Job creation across much of Southside Virginia stalled in November, according to the Virginia Employment Commission. Labor force participation also slowed while unemployment rates edged up, as ...

"We're in a belt-tightening spot this fiscal year ... and so it is what it is unless we want to consider a tax increase," said Commissioner Mark Jerrell at the commission's annual retreat.

To help reduce and prevent youth crime, Mecklenburg County’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Council will be allocating over $2 million in funding to local at-risk youth programs for fiscal year 2022-23.

Former Hopewell High football coach Brandon Gentry is leaving Mecklenburg County for a new job at Hickory Ridge High School Kelly Hood Special to The Observer “I did three years at Hopewell ...