Halifax County News

Nov 25 - 4:46 AM A young woman put her head on her mother's shoulder and wept after a longtime friend of the family was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for trying to sexually assault her at knifepoint in a secluded area.

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

Tropical Storm Ida's flooding topped out at 27.5 feet in Riverdale cresting midday Saturday, well above the 19 foot flood stage, but well below the 32.2 feet flood that accompanied Hurricane Fran back in September 1996.

Dennis Lee Daniel fidgeted on the witness stand as he answered questions Friday in Pittsylvania County Circuit Court.

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 victim's husband and a Halifax County investigator who was at the first crime scene - a trailer where prosecutors say Dennis Lee Daniel smashed Courtney Marie Servais with a glass coffee pot and ripped out her hair with tape - both testified Wednesday in Daniel's capital murder trial.

The scorched remains of a Halifax County landmark came down this week as Jerry Epps Landscape Company razed the former NAPA store on Spencer Hill.

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.

Courtney Servais went missing in December of 2008. Dennis Daniel is accused of abducting, robbing and murdering Courtney Servais in December of 2008.

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.

Rain and gusting winds have plagued Halifax County since Tuesday afternoon and taken their toll in the form of power outages, according to Dominion Virginia Power officials.

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

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.

Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, recently issued a news release touting a $500,000 earmark he requested in an appropriations bill for a Halifax County wastewater treatment plant.

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.

Calling themselves a oePeople for Woodson,a this group of approximately 30 area residents gathered at the South Boston Library Thursday evening to show their support for Woodson Hughes, former South Boston Library branch manager who recently resigned.

A 25-year-old South Boston man has been charged with rape, according to Halifax County Sheriff Stanley Noblin.

Halifax County Sheriffa s deputies are investigating several recent break-ins and larcenies, according to Sheriff Stanley Noblin.

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.

Halifax County students began receiving H1N1 or a oeSwine Flua vaccinations Wednesday, according to Dr.