Mecklenburg County News

In 1977, U.S. News & World Report declared Boydton "a small town that refuses to die." Despite some tough times in the ensuing years, Boydton is still not dead, although it is kind of quiet.

Like Shenandoah, Warren and Rappahannock counties, three Southside Virginia jurisdictions spent years planning a regional jail, were granted an exemption to a moratorium on jail building by the General Assembly and were told they'd get state funding for some of the construction costs.

A Rockingham County man has pleaded guilty to saying he was going to assassinate President Obama.

Monday marked the first time animal rights activist John Goodwin caught a glimpse inside the Page County cockfighting pit he worked years to close.

A Cary man accused of murdering his wife then setting her body on fire doesn't want a jury to hear statements he made to police before his arrest.

Teresa Puryear drove to meet a man she knew on a Sunday evening in June, and that's the last any of her friends saw her in Mecklenburg County.

Teresa Puryear drove to meet a man she knew on a Sunday evening in June, and that's the last any of her friends saw her in Mecklenburg County.

Teresa Puryear drove to meet a man she knew on a Sunday evening in June, and that's the last any of her friends saw her in Mecklenburg County.

The South Hill Enterprise says that it has the "largest paid circulation of any Mecklenburg County newspaper," which we take to mean it gets whomped by penny savers but otherwise has cornered the market in southern Virginia.

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a Mecklenburg County mother. 24-year-old Tereasa Puryear was found late Wednesday evening behind a church.

Mecklenburg Co., VA - Some vacationers in Mecklenburg County are being credited with helping save a young girl from drowning Sunday.

You've heard the expression, 'Nothing in this world is free.' Well yes, even rain costs money and some Mecklenburg County homeowners may soon have to pay more in storm water fees.

Looking for a bargain on a foreclosed house? John Farnor may buy one for rental property in Henrico County -- if he can get it cheaply enough.

About 75 foreclosed houses in Virginia -- including 25 in the Richmond area -- are slated to be sold to the highest bidders in an auction Sunday morning.

Officials seek support, funds for landfill, industrial sites Rep. Tom Perriello listens as Martinsville Public Works Director Leon Towarnicki describes the citya s plans to capture methane gas from the landfill and turn it into a source of funds and energy.

Charlotte's bid to expand its energy hub gained new credibility Tuesday as a nuclear-power unit of electronics giant Toshiba announced nearly 200 jobs averaging six-figure wages.

Five people have been indicted on charges of embezzlement from a South Hill company managed out of Danville.

Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corp. said yesterday that it will open a national project-management and engineering center in Mecklenburg County.

A glimmer of hope emerged Wednesday from two otherwise dreary reports on the Charlotte economy.

David Francis was appointed principal of Western Albemarle High School March 27.