With these weekly columns, I may come across as a vibrant, active senior with perfect health. Well, I think I am quite healthy for an 83-year-old, though my wife thinks I complain too much. I don’t ...

On May 15, 2024, our daughter Julie Jones Aiken finally shared with us that her live-in boyfriend was physically, emotionally and verbally abusive and that she needed our help. While speaking with her ...

We have heard a lot of discussion about President Biden’s diminishing mental abilities at the end of his presidency. It appears that our nation and allies did not suffer in either defense or economy ...

Mildred Grace Brown Tuck Bell of Clarksville passed away peacefully Thursday, May 22, 2025.  Mildred was born Dec. 6, 1926 to Roy and Sarah Weston Brown on the Brown homeplace in Jeffress, Mecklenburg ...

Janet Linda German, 81, of Skipwith, and formerly of Manassas, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2025. She was born Nov. 16, 1943 in Arlington and was the daughter of the late Herman Neff and the late ...

Lillian Virginia Jackson, 92, of Chase City, entered eternal rest Saturday, May 24, 2025. Mrs. Jackson was born in Elizabeth Town, N.C., Nov. 16, 1932. She attended historic Thyne Institute in Chase ...

Gloria Bell Inge Matthews, widow of John Carlton Matthews, died at the age of 92, Friday, May 23, 2025. She was a member of Salem United Methodist Church where she enjoyed worshiping with her nieces ...

Valeria Stembridge Rickman, 89, of Chase City, passed away peacefully at her home Sunday, May 25, 2025. She was born June 4, 1935 in Skipwith and was the daughter of the late Silas Wilkie Stembridge ...

Helen “Polly” Whittingham was born March 14, 1937 in Halifax to John Hill Roberts and Katharine Jones Roberts. She passed peacefully Monday, March 31, 2025 at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, ...

The Mecklenburg County High School girls track team captured the recent Piedmont District track & field title while the boys team finished second. “We are so immensely proud of how hard our athletes ...

The Mecklenburg County High School varsity softball team fell 10-4 at Tunstall, the Piedmont District champions, in its regular season finale last Wednesday evening. The loss dropped the Phoenix to 11 ...

The Mecklenburg County High School varsity baseball team ended the season on a high note by topping Tunstall 7-3 in its finale last Wednesday night. The Phoenix finished 7-13, 6-6 Piedmont District.