Halifax County News

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.

Rev. William J. Coleman has been hired as the new president and chief executive officer of Tri-County Community Action Agency, Inc.

A petition seeking reinstatement of South Boston Library Manager Woodson Hughes will be presented to library trustees tomorrow in Halifax.

Southside Economic Development Committee has recommended the Virginia Tobacco Commission approve a pair of grant awards totaling $3 million - $2 million for a "buildout" of space at Riverstone Technology Park and $1 million for additional start-up funds for the new advanced manufacturing initiative at the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center.

Eastbound lanes of Route 58 in Halifax County were closed for several hours Tuesday night after a tractor trailer caught fire and made the area dangerous.

A 34-year-old South Boston woman, Pamela Faulkner Brown, pleaded guilty Thursday in Halifax County Circuit Court to four felony counts of child endangerment, in addition to eight drug-related offenses.

Halifax town police are investigating two separate incidentsa 'a Friday shooting and a Thursday break-in at a town business, according to Halifax Police Chief D. E. Martin.

An early morning shooting injures three people in Lynchburg. Police say it happened in the 100 block of Spinoza Circle around 12:15 this morning.

Halifax County Sheriffa s deputies are investigating an attempted break-in at a Scottsburg church, according to Sheriff Stanley Noblin.

Halifax County Public Schools Education Foundation has awarded over $8,300 in 27 teacher mini-grants. The grants were presented during a reception Tuesday afternoon in the Leggett Auditorium at Halifax Regional Hospital.

William E. Coleman, the long serving president and chief executive officer of Tri-County Community Action Agency and Halifax County Community Federal Credit Union, officially stepped down last Wednesday after 42 consecutive years with the agency.

Storms and high winds have knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses this afternoon in Southside Virginia.

Halifax County authorities are at the scene of a home invasion that turned deadly Friday morning.

A home invasion in Halifax County ended with gunfire and one person dead Friday morning.