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‘Justice for Emma’ rally hosted in unsolved death of Nathalie woman
It’s been seven years since Emma Compton Layne was last seen alive just miles from her northern Halifax County home. It was the evening of June 17, 2017, and the 52-year-old woman was seen locking up the Cody convenience store that she owned.
Bernita Mae Faulkner
Ms. Bernita Mae Faulkner of Waldorf, Maryland and formerly of Halifax County, died Saturday, June 8, 2024, at the age of 64. Ms. Faulkner was born in Halifax County on July 9, 1959, to the late Gracie Mae Faulkner Damon and was raised by her grandparents, the late Isabell Waller Faulkner and Weldon Faulkner. She was a member of Waldorf Seventh Day Adventist Church. Ms. Faulkner was formerly employed with USA Today, Edison Electric Institute and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Three men dead in Halifax boat crash
Three men have been reported deceased after a boat capsized in Halifax County Sunday evening, according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR). The DWR says crews received reports from the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office of a capsized boat in Banister Lake with three people missing. Zacharich Carter,...
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