Thursday, June 5, 2025
Blackstone Police in April wrote a total of 30 speeding tickets -- or an average of one per day. Most (16) were for drivers exceeding speed limits by 15-19 mph....
Three people -- none of whom were wearing seatbelts -- were injured in a two-car crash on Memorial Day weekend in Nottoway County. The collision occurred at approximately 7:50 p.m....
The Lunenburg community is mourning the tragic death of one of its recent Central High School graduates. Less than six hours after receiving his diploma on Saturday, May 24th, 18-year-old...
COUNCIL OKs $180 PER HOUR Blackstone officials have complained about “Human Resources” for several years, now they’re doing something about it. Council voted 7-0 last Thursday to spend up to...
A Nottoway official says that claims by some residents -- that they could lose their homes due to higher County taxes -- are inaccurate. “I’ve had some people say they’d...
Twice in recent weeks, Nottoway County has spoken with state officials about economic development “for a couple of different things,” Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Collins revealed Thursday night. “We...
A Blackstone resident, who was wanted by Nottoway County authorities, recentky was arrested at his home on South Main Street and charged with a felony. Chief of Police Sam Murphy...
Amaree Parker (left) of Blackstone won 2nd Place in the Virginia State Beauty & Talent Pageant held May 17th at the Holiday Inn in Fredericksburg. Amaree, a 16-year-old rising junior...
Martha Lee of Blackstone and her grandson, Sansir Lewis, came by the Courier- Record last week with a sheet of dollar bills she obtained 40 years ago for his father, Nick. Martha bought the display...
Competition was fierce but friendly in Central High School’s Class of 2025 for Valedictorian, which wasn’t announced until the night before graduation. Shown here from left at Charger Commencement on May 24th are, FROM LEFT:...
Chief of Police Sam Murphy says that a Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO) will determine if charges are warranted in the recent Orbeez toy gun incident at Blackstone’s Wrigglesworth Sports Complex. No one was injured in...
AMELIA -- Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Historical State Park, located at 6541 Saylers Creek Road in Rice, invites visitors to join Alexandria Jones for a program centered around cleaning our Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Even this far...
Joseph Dreher (left) of Crewe and Brandon Ross of Keysville are among the April graduates of Southside Virginia Community College’s Power Line Worker Training Program at Pickett Park near Blackstone. Dreher is a graduate of...
Mackenzie Harmon of Blackstone was named to Dean’s List for the Spring ‘25 semester at Auburn University. A 2024 Kenston Forest graduate, Mackenzie is the daughter of Johnny & Robin Harmon and is majoring in...
I’d love to be a fly on the wall this week at the Town’s mandatory training -- for all employees...
New day or more of the same? Dear Sir: So Blackstone has a new Mayor. Welcome to the show! Let’s...
It was July 1975, and these illustrious baseball players on Blackstone’s team in the Southside Junior League gathered for this...
The Courier-Record reported in July 1975 -- 50 years ago -- that Burke’s Tavern in “upper Nottoway” had been placed...
Due to a muddy softball field at home, #8 seed Nottoway was forced to travel last Wednesday to #9 Randolph-Henry, but the Lady Cougars weren’t complaining after a hard-fought 4-3 Region 2A victory in red...
Four Nottoway Lady Cougars were named to the All-James River District softball team. Senior Cheyenne Estep, 1st Team Pitcher; Senior Taylor Atkinson, 1st Team Outfield; Sophomore Katherine Gravely, 2nd Team, 2nd Base; Freshman Jayden Banks,...
Nottoway High School sophomore Bradley Hamilton was named James River District Track & Field Male Athlete of the Year after two dominating performances in the JRD championships held last week at Nottoway. Hamilton, who also...
The Nottoway Lady Cougars entered the final week of their 2025 varsity softball season in solo third place in the James River District (5-4 JRD, 9-8 overall). Nottoway lost on the road Thursday, 8-5, at...
