Jeffrey Layne Chandler, of Halifax County, passed away Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Halifax County July 31, 1954, he was a man who was loved by all who knew him. Jeffrey was the ...

Jean Marion Lightcap of South Boston passed away Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, at the age of 92. She was born in Nottingham, England, Feb. 11, 1934, to the late Edward Harris and the late Nellie Eaton Harris ...

Today’s edition of The Sun is being mass mailed to 18,000 homes in Mecklenburg County and surrounding areas — the third and final time The Sun will mass mail our newspaper as part of our 2026 ...

Half a century after the first Boydton Day festival, the Town of Boydton will once again honor its history, resilience and ...

South Hill Town Council will pay $575,761 to VDOT to move forward with the Country Lane/Route 58 intersection project, a ...

Last week in the Oct. 14 edition of The Sun profiled candidates for local office, including competitive races for town council seats in Chase City. Since then, several things have changed — Garland ...

A standing room-only crowd showed up Monday night for the monthly meeting of the Mecklenburg County School Board, with a ...

Controversy over the Mecklenburg County High School homecoming court drew a crowd to the Oct. 19 meeting of the Mecklenburg ...

It was like a bad suspense thriller in the movies. Yet it was real. And near. Over several weeks in October 2002, the D.C. snipers killed 10 people and wounded three in random attacks in Washington D.

Boydton Town Council grappled with years of incomplete financial audits at its Oct. 13 monthly meeting as members acknowledged the town has not completed an audit since fiscal year 2022. No ...

At its Oct. 13 meeting, Chase City Town Council held first readings on a proposed code change to increase council members’ annual pay and offer a proposed retention stipend for longtime Chase City ...

The Mecklenburg County High School jayvee football team played one of its best games of the season but came up just short, ...