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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

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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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Trustee's Sale
506 Bellwood Lane, South Boston, Virginia 24592
(Tax ID No. 017-01-05-0003)
Default having been made in the terms of a certain Deed of Trust dated July 27, 2006, in the original principal amount of $182,807.00 and recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Halifax, Virginia in Deed Book 964, page 323, the undersigned Substitute Trustees, will sell at public auction on October 11, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., in front of the building housing the Halifax County Circuit Court, Courthouse Square, 5 Main Street, Halifax, VA, the property designated as Lot 3, Block 5, Section C, of Brentwood, containing 20,000 square ft., being shown on a plat of Brentwood, Section C, recorded in the aforesaid Clerk's Office in Plat Book 15, Page 107, and also on plat of survey dated June 18, 1992 and recorded in the aforesaid Clerk's Office in Deed Book 580, Page 439.
Sale is subject to all prior liens, easements, restrictions, covenants, and conditions, if any, of record, or other matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey or inspection of the premises. TERMS: CASH. A deposit of $18,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required of the successful bidder at time of sale. Prior to the sale, interested bidders will be required to register with and must present a bid deposit which may be held during the sale by the trustee. The bid deposit must be certified funds and/or cash, but no more than $10,000 of cash will be accepted. The successful bidderÕs deposit will be retained at the sale and applied to the sale price. If held by the trustee, all other bid deposits will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders. Settlement is to be made within 15 days. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Memorandum of Trustee's Sale, available for review on the Foreclosure Sales page of http://www.glasserlaw.com, outlining additional terms of sale and settlement. A TrusteeÕs Deed will be prepared by TrusteeÕs attorney at high bidderÕs expense. This is a communication from a debt collector. Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C. and/or Rocky Mount Title, Inc., Substitute Trustees, Crown Center Building, Suite 600, 580 East Main Street, Norfolk, VA 23510, File No. 80630, Tel: (757) 321-6465, Between 10:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon only.