Friday, July 11, 2025
A man arrested here in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, June 30th -- after shining a flashlight near the woods on North Main Street -- has been charged with...
A Nottoway County resident is facing several drug charges after a traffic stop in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Dare County, NC Sheriff ’s Office announced on its Facebook...
Independence Day “festivities” got off to an early start for Blackstone Police. Chief of Police Sam Murphy reports that 21-year-old Rodney Nasir Morgan of Farmville Road, Meherrin, has been charged...
A Nottoway County man is facing several charges after a traffic stop for speeding near Burkeville. Sheriff Robert Jones identifies the suspect as Edwyn H. McGhaney, Jr., 28, of Burkeville....
Nottoway authorities are still investigating what Sheriff Robert Jones says he believes is a cell phone “swatting” incident that resulted in a strong and -- as it turned-out -- unncessary...
Supervisor Bo Toth wants to know what Nottoway County’s five School Resource Officers (SROs) do during the summer when schools are closed. Toth questioned Sheriff Robert Jones during the Board’s...
A home security system did its job last week in Nottoway County. Nottoway Sheriff ’s Office was notified last Wednesday afternoon at 12:21 p.m. of a front door alarm activation...
State Police are still investigating a recent crash in which the driver was nowhere to be found. The single-vehicle accident occurred at approximately 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon, June 15th, on...
Ja’Ani and Ci’Ari Hendricks had their hands full July 1st at the Crewe Airport waiting for fireworks. They’re shown here with bubble toys. Photos by Jakiyla Watson BELOW: Gwendolyn Ward, Jackie Wells, and Delores Mitchell...
Corie Sasser, 8 months, was mesmorized by fireworks July 2nd at Fort Pickett with mom, Madelyn Long Sasser. Corie is the daughter of Caleb & Madelyn Sasser. Proud grandpa J. W. “Teddy” Long captured the...
ST. LUKE’S CHURCH WILL ALSO SERVE AS RESEARCH CTR. The Lunenburg County Historical Society (LCHS), established in 1996, continues to further its purpose of preserving the county’s historic legacy by dedicating its headquarters and research...
A free diaper pantry opened this week for parents in need in Nottoway County. The pantry is located at 720 E. Virginia Avenue in Crewe, Room 114 and is operated by Christen Johnson of Blackstone....
Several area resisdents last week were appointed/reappointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to various state boards: BOARD OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES Brittany Jones of Blackstone, Partner, Richlands Agritourism, Dairy Farm, and Creamery; Cecil Shell of...
George Washington didn't build a home in Lunenburg, but one of that county's native sons now plays an even more prominent role at the first President’s estate, Mt. Vernon. Adam Erby, son of Lunenburg Circuit...
The Marcia Martin Administration is off and running and will make its public debut at tomorrow night’s School Board meeting....
Too many ‘pilots’ in the cockpit Dear Sir: It’s amazing to see that Blackstone’s Town Manager appears to have been...
It was July 2005, and Doug Ferguson (right), 13, wished little Jay carr, 4, would “pick on someone his own...
Blackstone’s 2005 Minor League All-Star baseball team (ages 10-and-under) used five different pitchers to capture the District Five title in...
YANCEY SETS RECORD WITH EIGHTH FINISH AS MEDALIST In dominating fashion, Nottoway River Country captured another Southside Men’s Golf Association championship Sunday, posting a cumulative twounder par team score (992) for the weekend at Lunenburg...
The Nottoway Coach Pitch All-Star baseball team (ages 8 and under) played five consecutive days in high heat and humidity and finished runner-up in the District Five tournament held June 20-24th in Farmville. It’s among...
In an exciting five-hole playoff that could serve as a preview of more friendly battles to come, rising Central of Lunenburg senior Parker Hite fended off rising Nottoway senior Carsten Beck last Thursday when the...
A mini-golf course will be open at the Blackstone Library for one night only -- this coming Friday, June 27th from 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. All are welcome, and Summer Reading participants who attend will...
Rising Nottoway High School senior Colton Lewis and guest Ty White of Emporia eagled the second hole of sudden death Sunday to win Crewe Country Club’s Member-Guest golf tournament. In sweltering heat and humidity, they...