Hassan Kingsberry has been appointed as the new county attorney for Prince George County. Kingsberry is the first Black person to hold this position in the county's history. He has an extensive ...

Bryan Foster has been named the acting City Manager of Fairfax City. The announcement was made after a closed, special meeting of the City Council on Jan. 21. It was convened so the Councilmembers ...

State Rep. Rodney D. Pierce (D-27) recently announced his applications for North Carolina highway historical markers honoring ...

Del. Wren Williams, R-Patrick County, called attention to the “clean-up bill” on the House floor. A review of other state health-related boards shows many have no members from ...

The General Assembly has now passed its midpoint, where each chamber is required to finish work on its own bills and send any that have passed to the other chamber. Here’s where some of the bills ...

Nobody asked Dan Rodricks, but... here are his ideas for how Baltimore could host some Washington entertainment, a rigatoni recipe, and more.

HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – In anticipation of the 250th birthday of the United States, Halifax County is hosting three days ...

"At first, I was surprised,” Edith Younger Edmunds said in a phone interview with The Mercury on Monday. “But now, I realized this was not about me, it was about McGuire. It was about him telling my ...

A heroic act is making a splash in the Halifax community.

The Halifax County Board appointed a temporary finance director for the county.

A felon tried to flush fentanyl down a toilet just as he was busted with a gun and various drugs during a raid this week in the Halifax County town of Roanoke Rapids, deputies said.