Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Mourners and other visitors looking for the “other entrance” to Blackstone’s Lakeview Cemetery will now be aided by this $4,050 granite sign installed recently by Simmons Monument in Crewe. It...
The deadline to place an online bid for the County’s idle Nottoway Lanes bowling facility is tomorrow (11 a.m. Thursday, March 27th -- see ad on page 7). Nottoway Board...
Nottoway Supervisor Daphne Norton is warning constituents to “hold on for the ride -- because it’s going to be bad.” Mrs. Norton offered her bleak assessment near the end of...
Dream Makers Dance Studio invites everyone to join us at Kenston Forest on March 30th at 3 p.m. for a showcase of our talented dancers’ hard work and dedication throughout...
Nottoway Supervisors have approved a $2.1 million bid from Hurt & Sons LLC of Nashville, NC to renovate a 6,500 sq. ft. building in Burkeville that will serve as the...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last of a four-part series written by late editor Doug Coleburn in 1996. It eventually led to a “cold case” investigation by State Police. Authorities...
Nottoway County ended its 2023-24 fiscal year last June with $16.5 million in undesignated reserves. That’s almost exactly what County Administrator Steve Bowen and Supervisors had estimated last year, Bowen...
It was the 13th of March, but this Spring Gobbler (right) in the Darvills area of Dinwiddie County was hoping it would be his lucky day with an apparently-uninterested hen....
Have you been getting ready to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, which will be celebrated next year on July 4, 2026? In commemoration of the celebration, members of the William Taylor Chapter of the Daughters of...
Leisha Lopresti (left), self-employed speech pathologist who lives in Lawrenceville, was the after-dinner speaker at the March meeting of the Delta Alpha Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. She spoke about her creation...
Former Lunenburg County School Board member Amy Newcomb McClure (right) was honored during recent School Board meeting. She served on the Board for 12 years -- from Jan. 2013 to Jan. 2025. She’s shown with...
Seniors at several area high schools were chosen by their schools to receive the Good Citizens Award sponsored by the William Taylor Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Amelia Academy: Macy Grier Barnard,...
Lunenburg County Public Schools (LCPS) recently honored Amy McClure for exceptional service on the Lunenburg School Board from January 2013 to January 2025. “Throughout her tenure,” the division said in a statement, “Amy McClure demonstrated...
The joint choirs of New Hope Christian Church in Danieltown and Ocran United Methodist Church in Sutherland invite the public to performances of His Last Days by Dallas Holm -- a story in song about...
Saturday’s grass fire in the Town Square sure created an interesting aftermath. I’m looking for a hearty IPA to wash...
Extra Large cap for him Dear Sir: Ethics should be the main goal and role of the Town Mayor. He...
The Sept. 12th, 1968 Courier-Record reported, “Opening a pretty underpass in Blackstone required the services of two pretty girls,” Mrs....
No arrests were ever made in the Friday night, Aug. 27, 1982 arson that destroyed the old Norfolk & Western...
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...
Nottoway High School wrestlers went a combined 100-39 this year, with three members advancing to States. FROM LEFT: freshman Andre Smith (190 lbs); junior Colton Lewis (157 lbs., 1st place District, 2nd place Regionals/State Qualifier,...