Friday, February 21, 2025
Alexander “Al” F. Barnes, Commander Historian for the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Air National Guard, is well-qualified in the study of U.S. military history because of his 30 years of military experience in...
Southside Roots Salon & Academy, located at 114 East Broad Street in downtown Blackstone, held its Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting last Thursday, Feb. 13th. FRONT ROW FROM LEFT: Deb Rose of the Chamber of...
Back about 33 years ago (1935) at Blackstone Elementary School, there was a tiny little first grader and someone called him “Doll Baby.” As often happens in small towns, the nickname stuck, and today everyone...
Jacob Stallard of Blackstone recently was named to the Dean’s List (3.6 or higher GPA) at the College of William & Mary for the Fall 2024 semester. The son of David & Noel Stallard is...
Nottoway County’s 2024-25 Teacher of the Year was formally introduced at Thursday night’s School Board meeting. This year’s honoree is Liz Lee, who’s been teaching kindergarten for the last 21 years at Crewe Primary School....
Wendy Daniel Grimm, Immediate Past President of the Virginia Auctioneers Association (VAA), achieved two historic honors at the 2025 Annual VAA Convention, held January 24-25 in Williamsburg. Mrs. Grimm was crowned as the 2025 Virginia...
As a rule, I typically don’t quote anonymous sources. We make a rare exception this week with the story about...
RATEPAYERS, BEWARE For Virginia ratepayers, the hits just keep on coming. Democrats just don’t care that power bills are unaffordable....
Not many Blackstone residents have ever been named honorary citizens of New Orleans, but W. T. Birckhead, Jr. (left) earned...
The children of Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Roberts at 217 N. High Street in Blackstone enjoyed their snow day from...