Tuesday, January 21, 2025
VFW Post 5313 Commander Haywood Anderson (right) and Senior Vice Commander Mearl Smith (back left) recognized Nottoway Middle School teacher Mrs. Ashley Staylor as the 2024 Teacher of the Year...
Blackstone Police are investigating a daytime drive-by shooting over the weekend. Lt. Tony Mayton reports that officers responded at 1:44 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12th, to 201 North Dillard Street. Mayton...
The Nottoway Civic League invites the public next Monday, Jan. 20th, from 12 Noon to 1:00 p.m. to celebrate, commemorate, and honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....
WILL NEXT LEADER HAVE TO LIVE IN NOTTOWAY? Nottoway School Board members will hold a special meeting next Wednesday, Jan. 22nd, at 5:30 p.m. at the School Board Office to...
‘BE KIND TO YOUR NEXT SUPT...I’M SURE YOU WILL’ A Nottoway School Bus driver says that School Board members Bill Outlaw and Sonny Abbott have been “just plain nasty, disrespectful,...
Blackstone Police say charges will be filed after a bizarre incident early Sunday morning, Jan. 12th. Lt. Tony Mayton said officers responded at 3:14 a.m. to the 400 block of...
Firefighters from Crewe, Burkeville, and Blackstone battled this house fire shortly after 2:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Jan. 4th, at 502 Custis Street in Crewe. Crewe Fire Chief Joey Schnepf says...
Several new elective classes have been approved for Nottoway High School next year. But School Board member Bill Outlaw asked Thursday night if the additions of Creative Writing, Debate, Communication,...
The Town of Blackstone didn’t have to disconnect any utility customers during the months of April and November 2024. A new state law, which took effect July 1, 2024, prohibits municipalities from disconnecting customers until...
An actress from California has arrived safely in Blackstone after evacuating disastrous wildfires in southern California. Marlyn Scott, daughter of Granville & Tyler Scott of Brunswick Avenue, left Los Angeles as a precaution, according to...
Duncan Quicke (left), Truck Driving Training School Coordinator at SVCC’s Occupational Technical Center in Pickett Park near Blackstone, received a Certificate of Appreciation at the recent Department of Military Affairs (DMA) holiday luncheon. Quicke was...
A planned new committee, which the Board of Supervisors had discussed for several months, appears to be dead. “Our plate is so full,” District Three Supervisor Daphne Norton remarked during the Board’s organizational meeting last...
Town Council has awarded a $4,050 bid to Simmons Monument in Crewe to build and install a sign outside the 8th Street entrance to Lakeview Cemetery. The granite sign will measure three feet tall and...
Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Historical State Park, located at 6541 Sayler’s Creek Road, Rice (Amelia County), invites visitors to join Education Specialist, Alex Jones, for a lecture centered around the life of Robert E. Lee. The...
Fort Barfoot’s next Commander is a native Lunenburger. LTC Eric Quinn, whom I’m told grew-up on good ole Jonesboro Road,...
Mayor’s response crossed the line Dear Sir: Becoming a senior citizen is inevitable for every man, woman, and child. There...
Former President Jimmy Carter, who lived to the age of 100, died Dec. 29th and was laid to rest last...
NOT IMPRESSED Jimmy Carter’s press headquarters is located a few doors from cousin Hugh’s antique shop. A sign said members...
Kenston Forest 7th grader Lauren “Baby Shaq” Hite scored a season-high 14 points to help lead the middle school Lady Kavaliers’ basketball team (4-0, 3-0 VCC) to a 28-10 home victory Thursday night, Jan. 9th,...
As a snowstorm approached Friday, shooting went cold for Kenston Forest’s varsity girls’ basketball team, which lost 44- 24 at Brunswick Academy. The Lady Kavaliers shot 23% from the field at 13% from the free...
Kenston Forest 7th grader Lauren “Baby Shaq” Hite scored a season-high 14 points to help lead the middle school Lady Kavaliers’ basketball team to a 28-10 home victory Thursday night, Jan. 9th, against Brunswick Academy....
Ole Miss junior linebacker Tyler Banks of Blackstone made one tackle and had two assists in the Rebels’ 52-20 Gator Bowl victory over Duke (9- 4) last Thursday, Jan. 2nd, in Jacksonville, Florida. It was...
A graduate of Kenston Forest School is a member of Dartmouth College’s football team, which recently won a share of the Ivy League championship. Gergely “Gergo” Hudák was an international transfer student from Hungary at...