Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Members of the Nottoway School Board, Board of Supervisors, and staffs met for more than two hours Monday night -- from 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. -- discussing the school division’s...
A Nottoway County man is facing several charges after an incident that began with speeding and then turned into a “slow speed pursuit” that covered several miles along rural back...
Blackstone authorities made three arrests over the past week -- each over the weekend and each involving misdemeanor charges. According to Chief of Police Sam Murphy: On Saturday, Feb. 28th,...
For those with special items in Blackstone’s Lakeview Cemetery, the Town this week (March 2nd-6th) is conducting its annual clean-up. That means Town crews are removing all flowers, decorations, and...
A voting miscue and confusion over a Solar Siting Agreement have forced the Nottoway Board of Supervisors to call a special meeting on Ampliform’s proposed Rocky Ford Solar Facility or...
TOWN’S COST ROSE 132% FROM OCTOBER Town of Blackstone electric bills “broke previous records” for many households due to the severe January cold. But for other residents and businesses, the...
BIDS SOUGHT FOR NOTTOWAY LANES AGAIN Nottoway County once again is seeking proposals for its idle Nottoway Lanes bowling alley on Darvills Road. In a Legal Notice in today’s Courier-Record,...
Bethel United Methodist Church, located at 45 Church Street in Alberta, invites all area residents -- the young and young at heart -- to a Youth Revival from 1-8 p.m....
Blackstone native Tyler Banks has graduated a semester early from the University of Mississippi, where he was a fouryear football starter for the Ole Miss Rebels. Banks, who earned a degree in Computer Science, is...
MeriPage Spencer of Kenbridge recently was elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi -- the nation’s oldest and among the most selective all-discipline collegiate honor societies at Arkansas State University. MeriPage...
This spring, the Nottoway County Public Library is participating in Neighborhood Forest’s 16th Annual free tree program. The program provides free, 6-to-12-inch trees to children each year. Parents must register their children no later than...
What has been a long, cold Winter is about to get a little brighter. Area residents are reminded to turn their clocks forward by one hour before going to bed this coming Saturday night, March...
The Margaret Watson Bird Club invites the public to a rare opportunity to learn about birds of Bolivia tomorrow (Thursday evening, March 5th). Thursday’s program will be held in the Prince Edward County Extension Office...
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Folks sure are ready for Spring. I’ve never seen the golf course as busy in early March as I did...
Last year the Town of Crewe urged the Nottoway County Board of Supervisors to approach the courthouse decision with transparency...
The Courier-Record’s longstanding policy for letters to The Forum is no more than 300 words per letter, preferred. Exceptions are...
Nottoway High School’s baseball team in March 1986 included these six seniors. STANDING FROM LEFT: 1st baseman Tee Dooley, pitching...
WILBORN AND WINGFIELD AMONG TOP FINISHERS Nottoway 6th grader Chance Wilborn made history Saturday by becoming the first Nottoway youth wrestler ever to reach the state podium. Wilborn took 5th place (the top six medal)...
Nottoway High School’s JV girls’ basketball team won the James River District Championship, holding-off Central of Lunenburg, 36-32, in a physical nailbiter last Wednesday on the Lady Cougars’ home court. Nottoway enjoyed a 19-12 lead...
Nottoway Cougars Wrestling Club members Gauge Wingfield (left) and Chance Wilborn recently qualified for the 2026 Virginia Wrestling Association’s (VAWA’s) Kids Folkstyle State Championships, to be held in Prince William this coming Saturday, Feb. 28th...
Crewe Primary School principal Lloyd Page announced the names of students making Honor Roll (All A’s & B’s) for the 2nd quarter grading period. 1st Grade Brantley Allen, Keagan Andrews, Jamir Artwell, Andrew Atkins, Carson...
Kenston Forest School junior, Graham Sledd, last week scored his 1,000th career basketball point for the varsity Kavaliers. Sledd achieved his feat last Tuesday, Feb. 17th, during the semi-finals of the Virginia Colonial Conference tournament...