Thursday, April 3, 2025
Both drivers were injured Saturday morning in a two-vehicle crash at one of Nottoway County’s most dangerous intersections. Saturday’s collision occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of Rts....
TREASURER UNLOADS IN RESIGNATION LETTER TO TOWN EDITOR’S NOTE: Over the weekend -- after our recent interview with departing Town Treasurer Brittany Morgan on today’s front page -- the Courier...
The new Chairman of the Blackstone Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors says he’s “humbled and honored” to lead the organization in the year ahead. Chris Page offered his remarks...
A Burkeville business was honored Saturday night by the Blackstone Chamber of Commerce with the New Business of the Year award. Meat & Greet, which opened in December 2023, was...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an update we published on October 5, 2000 -- four years after our series on the double murder that occurred in the early morning hours of...
Citizens and other visitors addressing Blackstone Town Council no longer will have to state their addresses or even their names. The new policy was approved March 17th in a 6-1...
Fees waived for three per year Blackstone residents are now allowed to hold three yard sales per year free-of-charge -- with the Town’s $5.00 permit fee waived. Town Council approved...
Zach Horvath (“Chef Zach”) and Chris McAllister of The Kitchen Table catered Saturday night’s Blackstone Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. Horvath’s full-service catering business began here last November. Its primary...
SCHOOL LEADERS#1--Riley Coates, 7th grade, 461 points.#2--Evelyn Prater, 1st grade, 392 points.#3--Liam Scheid, 7th grade, 258 points.#4--Rachel Segura, 4th grade, 253 points. GRADE LEADERSGrade 1: Evelyn Prater, 392 points.Grade 2: Averylynn Paulette, 179 points.Grade 3:...
Three technology employees of Lunenburg County Public Schools were honored March 19th at Longwood University during the Southside Virginia Regional Technology Consortium (SVRTC) Awards Banquet. The event recognizes individuals and school divisions that demonstrate exceptional...
The Courier-Record does NOT get involved in disputes between private individuals and/or businesses unless there are criminal charges, significant lawsuits, or sizeable civil claims awarded by a court or in public settlements. That’s been our...
Sailor’s Creek Historical Battlefield State Park, located at 6541 Saylers Creek Road, Rice (Amelia County), invites the public to the 160th anniversary commemoration of what the South grimly called “Black Thursday” (April 6, 1865) --...
Sailor’s Creek Historical Battlefield State Park, located at 6541 Saylers Creek Road, Rice (Amelia County), invites the public to step back into a tumultuous moment in American history with Their War is Over: Prisoners, Casualties,...
Part of being a decent journalist and columnist is admitting when you’re wrong. Recent events have me re-evaluating my previous...
Not California -- at least not yet! Dear Sir: Maybe Chris Ellington needs to wake-up and go on the website...
They didn’t have Kareem, Shaq, or Kobe, but these Lakers still managed to win the Blackstone Recreation Association’s Youth Basketball...
Saturday’s grass fire in the Town Square sure created an interesting aftermath. I’m looking for a hearty IPA to wash...
SHOWDOWN NEXT TUESDAY AGAINST AMELIA The Nottoway Lady Cougars finished runner-up Saturday in an invitational softball tournament. at Dream Fields in Weems (Lancaster County). The varsity girls lost in the championship game, 10-4, to St....
Blackstone native Tyler Banks doesn’t fear big linemen, fast running backs -- or nosey sports reporters. He fielded a number of inquiries last week as Ole Miss spring football practice got underway. The rising senior...
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...
