Wednesday, April 30, 2025
It’s been more than six years in the works, but renovations finally have begun to transform the former YakAttack building in Burkeville into Nottoway County’s new animal shelter and adoption...
Work has begun on Nottoway County’s new animal shelter, which will be located on North Agnew Street in Burkeville overlooking the Rt. 360/460 interchange. Local officials and members of the...
For the first time in 51 years, Blackstone doesn’t have a Mayor. Ben Green resigned April 16th, and the Town also is now without a Treasurer after Brittany Morgan’s recent...
The price of outfitting a firefighter is about $5,000 today, Fire Chief Zac Beares recently told Blackstone Town Council. That includes helmet, hood, jacket, pants, and boots. The department recently...
Blackstone’s 5th Annual Juneteenth Celebration is set for Saturday, June 28th. Town Council voted 7-0 at its April 21st meeting to once again close Main Street because renovations at the...
A local pastor prayed for unity and peace when she delivered the Invocation at the April 21st meeting of Blackstone Town Council. It was the first Council meeting since the...
An independent accountant is said to be closer to reconciling Blackstone’s $480,000 financial discrepancy that has delayed the Town’s annual audit report on its 2023-24 fiscal year. Town Manager Philip...
A Blackstone man was charged with Malicious Wounding after a report that a woman had fallen down a stairway. The incident occurred Friday night in the 500 block of North...
A Benefit Yard Sale will be held here this coming Saturday, May 3rd, to help a county youth recently diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma -- a cancer that affects the body’s immune system. The...
The Courier-Record last week incorrectly reported that Carole Hagaman was the first woman to join Town Council when she was appointed in 1974 after the resignation of Gordon Cole. Actually, the first woman to run...
Blackstone-based Citizens Bancorp of Virginia, Inc, parent company of Citizens Bank & Trust Company, reported record first quarter earnings of $2.367 million for the period ended March 31, 2025. That’s up 9.58% from $2.160 million...
The Nottoway County Republican Committee is offering scholarships to high school seniors, and the competition is open to graduates of Nottoway High School, Kenston Forest, or home-schooled students. Applicants must reside in Nottoway County; and...
The Commonwealth Chorale will present Les Mélodies - One Song More! this coming Saturday, May 3rd, at Grace Hills Baptist Church, 4320 Pumping Station Road, Appomattox; and Sunday, May 4th, at Farmville United Methodist Church,...
With more than 4,000 print subscribers, 20,300 active Facebook Followers, and 600+ digital subscribers, the award-winning Courier- Record today is being seen -- and its content discussed — by more readers and viewers than ever...
A naked man showed-up Monday afternoon outside Central High School in Lunenburg County. That’s taking Charger Pride to new heights....
There he goes again... Dear Sir: It was only four weeks ago that I suggested that the C-R give Sam...
Winners of the Miss Black Teenage Nottoway County Pageant in May 1974 included, from left: Miss Hermania Doris Jefferson, daughter...
It was late April 1978 when the Nottoway Emergency Squad showed-off its recently-purchased $28,992 ambulance. He wasn’t identified in the...
Kenston Forest golfer Kelsey Carter last week made a hole-inone -- and quite possibly VCC golf history -- as the Kavaliers improved to 23-0. Playing last Thursday at Providence Golf Club in Richmond, the sophomore...
Nottoway sophomore Katherine Gravely smacked a line drive homer over the fence Thursday, and she also hit two doubles to help give the varsity Lady Cougar softball team a 16-5, six-inning, slaughter rule victory at...
Amir Fitzgerald (center) of Blackstone was among 10 students from a wide area graduating Southside Virginia Community College’s Diesel Technician program. Among those congratulating him were Instructors Russ Hicks (left) and Billy McGraw. Other grads...
The Nottoway Lady Cougars stranded six base runners and failed to score Thursday evening in a 3-0 varsity softball loss to the Central of Lunenburg Chargers. Sophomore Kathryn Gravely tripled for host Nottoway, but Central...
The only thing brighter than new lights at Nottoway High School’s softball field last Tuesday night, April 8th, was the Lady Cougars’ high-powered offense. Nottoway slaughtered Amelia, 13-3, in six innings. Sophomore Cambria Ashford (3...