Thursday, November 27, 2025
Supervisor Bo Toth declared, “I need to smoke a cigarette” after Thursday night’s exchange between Supervisor John Roark and Daphne Norton (left). Toth is shown here seconds after Board Chairman...
Nottoway Supervisor John Roark’s wife Dana (left), and daughter Dallas (right) arrived at Thursday night’s Board of Supervisors meeting moments before Supervisor Roark criticized colleague Daphne Norton over what he...
Nottoway Supervisors likely will have to wait until 2027, but they’re not giving up holding a referendum to add another penny to the state sales tax to help fund paid...
Complaints by citizens on fixed incomes about Nottoway County’s new tax levies for Fire and EMS were addressed Thursday night by Emergency Services Coordinator Buddy Hyde. “Guess who the number...
Nottoway County is expected “two to three” new applications for solar farms, Planner Gregg Zody told the Board of Supervisors last Thursday night. Zody said they’re relatively small in size...
Tax bill payments to Nottoway County are coming in steadily before the December 5th due date, Supervisor Dicky Ingram reported Thursday night. “The Treasurer says she’s real tickled with the...
A proposed hospital in Chesterfield County could reduce wait times for Nottoway residents needing critical life-saving care. Nottoway Emergency Services Coordinator Buddy Hyde last Thursday night briefed the Board of...
Nottoway Supervisors are being asked to step-up efforts to give senior citizens age 65-andolder tax relief. Susan Fee of Blackstone asked officials Thursday night why taxes can be raised rather...
Six years ago, Willie Ragan of Burkeville was a dead man walking. He needed a new liver or he wasn’t going to be here much longer. Today he’s a miracle man. It was February 2020....
Local golfer David Pleasants shot a back nine 29 (seven under par) last Wednesday, Nov. 19th, at Nottoway River Country Club to complete a sensational round of 12-under-par 60. Pleasants, who turned 70 in April,...
Four local 3rd graders have been awarded the privilege of “throwing the switch” to thousands of Christmas lights in Blackstone’s Seay Park with Mayor Lafayette Dickens. Blackstone’s annual Grand Illumination ceremony is set for this...
BOOK SIGNINGS SET FOR DEC. 1 AT BOTH CO. LIBRARIES A Kenbridge native, who enjoyed a successful, exciting career with Virginia State Police, is coming home to sign copies of her new book, Becoming Fire...
Undercover State Trooper Jennifer Clarke Eskew never had to fire her weapon, “but I came close a few times, and a couple of those stories are in the book.” Jenn’s book, Becoming Fire, goes on...
Nottoway School Board members Thursday night approved 15 appointments, three resignations, three retirements, a salary adjustment, and two terminations. Some effective dates are pending, and others are at various dates in 2025 and 2026. APPOINTMENTS...
I feel badly for making the Sheriff do extra work last week. I woke-up in the middle of the night...
Find a hobby, California Chris Dear Sir: So “California Chris” Ellington is trying to condemn School Board member Bill Outlaw...
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Nottoway High School sophomore Lorraine Wilson (left) was named First Team All Region 2A in varsity volleyball. Lady Cougar teammate, junior Gracen Skinner, was named 2nd Team. Wilson made 151 kills from her middle hitter...
Kenston Forest’s varsity girls’ basketball team last Tuesday, Nov. 18th, opened its season with a nailbiting 32-31 loss to visiting New Covenant School of Lynchburg. The Lady Kavaliers led by five points going into the...
Three Nottoway Cougar football stand-outs received First Team postseason honors from the James River District, and six others were named Second Team All-District. One Coguar was named to both teams. FIRST TEAM selections include senior...
Bradley Hamilton held only a two-second lead just over halfway through Saturday’s State Championship race, but he stepped it up for the final two kilometers and brought home Nottoway High School’s first-ever state championship in...
After a big road tournament win over Thomas Jefferson High School, the #8 seed Nottoway Lady Cougars’ volleyball team was eliminated last Wednesday, Nov. 5th, at #1 seed Amelia in the Region 2A tournament. Nottoway...