Drewryville, VA

A Roanoke Rapids man was arrested today in the February 17 shooting death of a 19-year-old in Weldon. Chief Deputy Scott Hall of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said detectives and narcotics agents took Tremaine Devon Simmons into custody around 2 p.m. He is charged with murder in the...

Authorities believe a 53-year-old man was behind the recent string of fires set to vacant homes in the Potecasi area.

The following is a briefing from National Weather Service Wakefield, Va., as of 6:00 a.m., 5/16/2022, highlighting the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms expected this afternoon and evening. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across the area this afternoon and evening. Damaging wind gusts and large hail...

The local high school rowing season came to a conclusion at the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championship Day 2 Regatta on May 14 at Sandy Run Regional Park. Wakefield earned the impressive feat of winning both the Boys and Girls Varsity 8 championships in the same year, an accomplishment that Virginia schools have rarely done the last 20 years. The boys won the event for the first time. The girls defended their 2021 title.

The Woodland Heights Middle girls soccer team defeated Brawley I.B. Middle 1-0 in the Iredell-Statesville Schools Middle School championship game May 9 at North Iredell High. Bella Robillard scored the lone goal on an assist from Katie Walters. Jenna Troutman earned the shutout in goal for Woodland Heights (12-2).

The American Red Cross returns to Emporia to host a blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Family YMCA of Emporia-Greensville, 212 Weaver Ave. Wednesday’s blood drive is the third this year at the YMCA. If you would like to set up an appointment to donate...

After adding over 516,000 new cases throughout the last week, the U.S. now has more than 81.2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 990,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a steady rate. In the past week, there were an average […]

NEW YORK — A grocery store, a park, a church and a flea market were among the locations where gunfire erupted over the weekend in eight U.S. cities, leaving at least 65 people shot, 17 fatally. The shootings came over a violent 72-hour stretch and included multiple victims in...