Halifax News

Real Estate Assessment Raising Eyebrows

Two wineries opened for business here last month, Dr. McPhersona s Hunting Creek and Marshall Mollivera s operation on Waller Road in Nathalie.

The Halifax Sheriff's Dept. is currently investigating a break-in at a rental home on Joel's Lane in Nathalie.

The 2009 football season should be remembered for a couple of new school records being set and one nearly being tied.

Nine bands will perform in South Bostona s Christmas Parade when it gets under way Saturday, Dec.

It was my pleasure again this past Saturday to attend a portion of the Wounded Warrior Deer Hunt.

A 26-year-old South Boston man pled guilty Friday to gang participation and numerous drug charges in Halifax County Circuit Court.

Fire destroyed a single-story log home on Mountain Road Thursday evening. Halifax Volunteer Fire Department responded to the call shortly after 7 p.m. and found the residential structure fully involved when they arrived at the scene, a fire department spokesman said.

Halifax County Assessor Harold Throckmorton is expected to update county supervisors and South Boston and Halifax Town Council members on the 2010 tax reassessment when the three boards meet tonight at 6 p.m. in the Mary Bethune Office Complex second floor conference room.

Emergency teams from Halifax County, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management , and FEMA has completed a preliminary estimate of the damage caused by last week's flash flooding in the county and South Boston.

The search for 21-month-old Marcellus Powell ended in tragedy Monday night when emergency and law enforcement personnel found his lifeless body in a pond near his home in the Turbeville area.

Halifax Co., VA - Authorities are investigating the death of a Halifax County toddler.

The search for county resident Hattie Gertrude Brown continued yesterday as the Virginia State Police Dive Team searched the Hyco River on Lowery Road for the 48-year-old Halifax County woman who was last seen in the early morning hours on Saturday, May 16.

South Boston, VA - The heavy rains are causing a big problem for residents in South Boston, where the swelling Dan River is threatening a major road closure.

VDOT reports that several roads in Halifax and Pittsylvania counties are closed or blocked due to high water.

Halifax Co., VA - Six months after a Halifax County woman vanished, there's a renewed effort to find clues in her case.

Applications for over 70 agricultural/forestal districts including approximately 38,000 acres met Fridaya s deadline for inclusion in the special tax designation program that could result in the loss of $77,000 in county revenue.

The Halifax County Public Schools Education Foundation is currently contacting businesses and individuals throughout Halifax County in a fall campaign to raise funds, according to HCPSEF President Logan Young.

It's an amazing show of support for a former librarian in South Boston, forced to resign two weeks ago for waiving some overdue fees.

The full tobacco commission met Thursday in Wytheville. In addition to $3 million in new tobacco money designated for county projects, on Thursday the commission also consolidated three previous grants for the Modeling and Simulation Center for Excellence and the Riverstone Energy Center, both housed at Riverstone Technology Park.