Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Blackstone officials were put on notice Monday night: “We’re gonna make some changes here when we have another election -- from top to bottom. You understand me?” That was the...
Renovations to the Harris Memorial Armory should be complete in June, but what color to paint the exterior? A white primer was applied to the building last week, and Armory...
Local artist William Clarke said publicly Monday night that he doesn’t condone Councilman Nathaniel Miller’s actions that got Miller ejected recently from a Nottoway courtroom. “What he did in court,...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a four-part series written by late editor Doug Coleburn in 1996. It eventually led to a “cold case” investigation by State Police. Authorities...
It likely will be May before a company hired last Fall by Nottoway County Public Schools makes a report on the feasibility of re-opening the former Burkeville Elementary School. The...
Police say two children -- ages 4 and 7 -- were unattended Sunday morning, walking near the intersection of Irvin & Brown Streets. It was shortly after 8:45 a.m. when...
BUT ‘SPREAD PAIN’ ACROSS REST OF SCALE Nottoway School Board members want to adjust the division’s pay scale to better recruit first-year teachers. But “we just don’t have the funding,”...
Blackstone Police never know where the next call may take them. Instead of trying to track down the source of gunshots -- as has been the case several nights this...
Members of Nottoway High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club made a strong showing at March 11th competition at Longwood University. FROM LEFT: Jenyce’ Taylor, Oliyah Hickson, Haley Bulifant, Braylon Fuller, Soriyah Vaughan,...
U. S. Army veteran Sharon Hayes of Blackstone last Thursday, March 13th enjoyed meeting actress Bernadette Stanis, who played the role of “Thelma” (JJ’s sister) on the popular TV show Good Times, which aired from...
This area’s Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group will meet tomorrow (Thursday, March 20th) from 7-8 p.m. in Crewe at Christ Community Church, located at 1012 W. Carolina Avenue. Call Lynn Sadler at 804- 894-3270 for more...
Residents living in and around Blackstone can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening. Camp Pickett Officer’s Club will host this...
The Lunenburg County NAACP will hold its Annual Freedom Fund Banquet this coming Saturday, March 22nd at 3:00 pm. The Peoples Community Center, located at 1021 Tidewater Ave. in Victoria. Saturday’s guest speaker will be...
Daphne & Glenn Norton cut the ribbon Saturday outside Daphne’s new location for Memory Movers Estate Liquidators, which is now located at 302 South Main Street in downtown Blackstone. FROM LEFT: Shaun Otto, Audrey Roberts,...
It will take me a month to properly review the actions, discussions, and lively debate at Town Hall this past...
Good on border but really weak on Ukraine Dear Sir: Our President has done very well with slowing the flow...
In 1972, Linda Procise of “RFD 3 Blackstone” (Yellow Bird Road) was elected Treasurer of the Young Homemakers of Virginia...
It was May 1960, and little May Lynn Pennington (left on floor) pointed with pride to her brother, Ronnie, who...
The Lady Kavaliers didn’t need the runs, but that didn’t stop Kenston Forest softball player Hayden Hudson from diving safely to home plate during a 15-0, 3.5-inning rout of visiting Tidewater Academy last week. Roving...
With less than a second remaining, Nottoway Cougar senior Xxavier McCain caught an inbounds pass and made a fiercely-contested fade-away jumper from 12 feet as the final buzzer sounded. Nottoway basketball fans celebrated last Tuesday,...
Nottoway High School soccer stand-out, Thomas Ingram, left last week for Madrid, Spain to train for 10 days with the Laliga Soccer club, according to his father, Tony Stith. The son of Tony & Latonya...
Nottoway High School wrestlers went a combined 100-39 this year, with three members advancing to States. FROM LEFT: freshman Andre Smith (190 lbs); junior Colton Lewis (157 lbs., 1st place District, 2nd place Regionals/State Qualifier,...
Nottoway High School junior Colton Lewis, who’s already a two-time All-State golfer, became an All-State wrestler over the weekend in Bristol at the VHSL state wrestling tournament. Lewis, a 157-pounder, fin- ished sixth in his...