News
Several readers reached-out to me last week and raised a good question. If the feds rename Fort Pickett, will the Town follow suit and rename Pickett Court?
By Billy Coleburn
The Town of Blackstone is seeking proposals from development firms or individuals interested in buying a two-acre lot owned by the Town at 610 Second Street.
Sports
Blackstone’s outdoor basketball courts will remain open until further notice after Councilman Nathaniel Miller was whistled for political double dribbling last week by one of his colleagues.
Tyler Banks of Blackstone barely has his driver’s license, hasn’t even started his junior year at Nottoway High School, and already has a full scholarship offer to play NCAA Division I football.
Dance It Out, located at 124 South Main Street in La Crosse, will hold auditions for a December production of The Nutcracker in South Hill. Many roles are available.
Columns & Opinions
UNACCEPTABLE
Last week’s events in Washington are at the top of everyone’s mind right now. What happened was unacceptable.
By Del. Tommy Wright R-61st District
I write this letter in support of Deacon Christine Easterling and her unrelenting, valiant effort to bring justice to the unjust situation of the racist refusal to rightly rename the Nottoway Inter
By Rev. Glen Benson
REVERSE ORDER
Every year, the most important thing that the Governor of Virginia does is produce a budget or a revised budget.
By Frank Ruff (r) State Senator, 15th District
Blackstone Courier Record