With the kickoff to the 48th annual Virginia Lake Festival only days away, the public is reminded that Virginia Avenue in downtown Clarksville will be closed to traffic for this weekend’s celebration.

Unpaid for tax revenue cuts to Social Security is a treacherous and dangerous idea. It will only serve to weaken it. It is a sneaky Republican poison pill to try and destroy the program. What it ...

Politics aside, looking squarely at what we all know: the impacts of Hurricane Helene in late September 2024, the Los Angeles fires of January, and the floods in central Texas and New Mexico in early ...

Elevated water levels have prompted the US Army Corps of Engineers to close several boat ramps and day use areas around Buggs Island Lake. With Buggs Island Lake/Kerr Reservoir nearly 5 feet above ...

On June 28, Melissa Hortman was laid to rest in Minnesota, a 55 year-old victim of political assassination. Mrs. Hortman had been the Speaker of the State House of Representatives. As a moderate ...

South Hill Town Council voted Monday to expand townwide business incentives for building owners who are willing to improve their commercial structures in the downtown area and beyond. Council’s ...

About two years ago I had a letter published titled:” You might be a Democrat if…” I tried to make the point that the left has some shall we say different views from those on the right. With the ...

Mecklenburg County High School will be getting a new band practice room after Mecklenburg County supervisors voted Monday to spend $195,000 to transform the school’s wrestling practice gym into space ...

Mike, our car has only 23 miles of electric charge left,” wife Pickett told me on the phone. “That’s not enough to get home with U.S. 501 shut down.” So began a family adventure to get her back during ...

Frances Jeter Barksdale Wyatt of South Boston passed away Saturday, July 12, 2025 at the age of 92. She was born in Richmond, ...

Stars, the District 1 champions, went 2-2 in the Virginia Dixie Softball Angels state tournament in Clarksville over the ...

William Linwood “Bill” Quinn, age 64, of La Crosse, passed away Friday July 11, 2025.  Bill was the long time owner and operator of Bill’s Mechanical, a well known HVAC and electrical business.  Bill ...