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National Academy members speak in Danville on uranium

Comets win Poetry Out Loud

Looking back at 112 years of Virgilina history

Happy birthday, Virgilina! Few people know it, but the town will be 83 years old this February. According to the first town council minute book, Virgilina was incorporated and its…

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Comets fall to Patrick Henry


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UPDATE: Judge affirms jury’s sentence for Scribner

South Boston News
Debra Kaye Scribner
Halifax County Circuit Court Judge Joel Cunningham affirms the jury's recommendation of 22.5 years for the South Boston grandmother

UPDATE: Spaceship recovered in Yanceyville, N.C. – wasn’t commandeered by joy-riding aliens

South Boston News
Turns out that the metal spaceship that has been sitting in a yard on the side of Highway 58 west of South Boston for some years wasn't stolen after all – nor was it commandeered by joy-riding aliens

Rabies found in Virgilina

A feral cat captured in the Virgilina community has tested positive for rabies, according to a press release issued late Friday afternoon by the local health department.

RISING TALENTS

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Top, Lions District Governor Janis Chenery and South Boston Lions Club President Winston Harrell congratulate 2012 Bland Contest winners Dalton Eric Shaffer, instrumental, and Caleb Anthony Flowers, vocal. Flowers was also a winner last year. Above, Lions District Governor Janis Chenery and South Boston Lions Club President Winston Harrell stand with Bland contestants, left to right, Sarah Anne Aderholt Coe, Joshua Baldwin Coe, Dalton Eric Shaffer, Thomas Paul Freeman, Dominique Stratton Shaffer, Caleb Anthony Flowers, Kelsey Brooke Thomas, Courtney Joy O’Shea and Lauren Arnold.
Caleb Anthony Flowers, a 14-year-old soprano from Clover, and Dalton Eric Shaffer, 15-year-old violinist from Vernon Hill, each took home $300 after winning the South Boston Lions Club’s Annual James Bland Memorial Music Contest on Friday night at The Prizery.

Supes laud departed member for service

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Ronnie Snead

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