Friday, October 17, 2025
Nottoway Supervisor Dicky Ingram expressed frustration Thursday night about social media comments and other statements made by some citizens. “I don’t comment (on Facebook) but I read comments that people...
Nottoway Supervisors voted 5-0 at a worksession last week to reject all five proposals from prospective buyers of the County-owned Nottoway Lanes bowling alley on Darvills Road (Rt. 40) east...
Does the school division’s SOL scores have a cause-andeffect relationship on Nottoway County’s efforts to attract new industry? Yes, according to District Three Supervisor Daphne Norton, who made the link...
The Chairman of Nottoway County’s Board of Supervisors has received a formal opinion, stating he can vote on the proposed Rocky Ford Road solar project. District Five rep Bill Collins...
Ryan Williams captured this image of a large albino buck and another “nice” buck at about 11:25 p.m. Friday night, Oct. 10th, outside The Inn at Blackstone. Williams was on...
The Piedmont Soil & Water Conservation District is hosting a farm tour next week for landowners in Amelia, Nottoway, and Prince Edward counties. The tour will cover conservation programs, show...
The Nottoway JV Lady Cougars traveled to Colonial Heights last Monday, Oct. 6th -- a school night -- but someone on the Colonials staff failed to inform Nottoway that they...
ALTERCATION INVOLVES NIS STUDENTS AGES 10-12 A complaint that a gun was held to the head of a student shortly after he was dropped-off by a Nottoway County school bus...
A local chiropractor is now leader of a statewide group that’s the leading voice for his profession. Dr. Taylor Myers, owner of East Coast Elite Chiropractic Sports Performance & Rehab in Blackstone and Powhatan, recently...
‘ELITE’ EVENT FOR COURT’S FIRST BLACK CHIEF JUSTICE A Blackstone native and her staff recently were chosen to cater a ceremony honoring the first Black Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. Spring Henderson- Neal,...
Amedysis Hospice of Blackstone recently held a ceremony, which included a release of butterflies, in memory of its hospice patients who died during the past year. Chaley Barlow RN, Director of Operations, is shown here...
With the help of Nottoway Sheriff Robert Jones, Crewe Primary School installed members of its Student “Safety Paw- Trol.” FRONT PAGE FROM LEFT: Helena Miller, Brennan Carwile, Aubrey McMillian, Melody Robertson, Jonathan Leon- Morales. MIDDLE...
The LOVE sign in Blackstone’s Town Square recently was decorated by Blackstone Woman’s Club member Candy Early. The club in recent years has volunteered to decorate the wooden sign during different seasons.
Several area school divisions were among 99 statewide receiving security equipment grants from the Virginia Dept. of Education. Recipients announced last week include: AMELIA: $250,000 --Amelia County Elementary, Amelia County High and Amelia County Middle....
I don’t know if it’ll do any good, but the Board of Supervisors might want to see if “Dr. Phil”...
Hyprocrisy at its worst Dear Sir: The vile and disgusting attitude of Jay Jones, Democrat candidate for Virginia Attorney General,...
This was a gag photo published in our Nov. 12, 1959 edition, previewing the opening of deer season that year....
If you ask people about the deer in their yards, unless they hunt, there are usually rolled eyes, sometimes a...
Nottoway’s varsity volleyball team had another split week -- winning on the road at Colonial Height before being swept at 1st place Amelia. At Colonial Heights last Monday (Oct. 6th), Nottoway won in four sets...
Nottoway junior Ewan Gray led Cougar Cross Country runners in a home meet last week with a 5K time of 23:13. Amelia won the meet over Buckingham. Amelia Raider Patrick Critchfield finished 1st with a...
Wearing special edition Virginia National Guard ‘camo’ uniforms that included Virginia and American flags, the Nottoway Cougars’ varsity football team did everything but make Prince Edward “surrender” last Friday in a 68-0 victory on Military...
It was Military Appreciation Night (and Homecoming), and the Nottoway Cougars’ ground campaign could not be contained by the Prince Edward Eagles, who hastily retreated to Farmville last Friday night after a 68-0 varsity football...
Nottoway High School alumni turned-out in force for Friday night’s Homecoming festivities, with graduates by decades making an entrance and forming a tunnel for football players taking the field. FROM LEFT: Becky Covington wore her...