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Kenston Forest led 22-0 at halftime, 30-0 after three quarters, and cruised to a 38-13, eight-man football victory over visiting Blessed Sacrament Huguenot last Wednesday, Feb. 20th, at Larry Clary Field. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the...

‘YOU FAILED!’ Citizens blast County’s response to ice storm

Nottoway officials are awaiting results of an “After Action Report” from the Virginia Dept. of Emergency Management to critique the County’s response to the Feb. 13-14th ice storm. “I want to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly,” Supervisor Steve...

BOARD SORRY IF IT VIOLATED FOIA ‘FIVE-MINUTE OR LESS CONVERSATION’ Vaughn: Closed door gathering was ‘personal in nature’

BOARD SORRY IF IT VIOLATED FOIA Vaughn: Closed door gathering was ‘personal in nature’

Board of Supervisors Chairman Sherman Vaughn opened Thursday night’s Board meeting with a public apology for a closed door gathering of all five Supervisors that may have violated the Virginia Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA). Vaughn was referring...

AROUND TOWN

It’s hard to compare natural disasters, but I’ll say this about the Feb. 13-14th ice storm and its aftermath: I can’t recall so many Blackstone residents and Southside Virginians going so long without electricity. Blackstone’s dedicated linemen,...

Serving Others

Caylee Goad organized and worked a water/food distribution point over the week-end in tbe Blackstone Police Station parking lot, while Rob “DJ Rob” Staylor helped distribute free chicken Saturday at Mercy Outreach Motorcycle Ministry (former...

PROTEST OUTSIDE SEC OFFICES

The President & CEO of Southside Electric Cooperative in Crewe promises a “frank and transparent discussion” about the co-op’s planning and response to the crippling Feb. 13-14th ice storm. But for now, “We are focused on the task at hand --...

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‘YOU FAILED!’ Citizens blast County’s response to ice storm

Nottoway officials are awaiting results of an “After Action Report” from the Virginia Dept. of Emergency Management to critique the County’s response to the Feb. 13-14th ice storm.

‘PETITION ON, BABY!’ ‘Let the Concerned Citizens be concerned’

Supervisor Steve Bowen -- one of three board members being targeted by petitions for Removal -- mocked his detractors Thursday night and urged them to “Petition On, Baby!”

BOARD SORRY IF IT VIOLATED FOIA Vaughn: Closed door gathering was ‘personal in nature’

Board of Supervisors Chairman Sherman Vaughn opened Thursday night’s Board meeting with a public apology for a closed door gathering of all five Supervisors that may have violated the Virginia Free

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FOOTBALL FEVER

Kenston Forest led 22-0 at halftime, 30-0 after three quarters, and cruised to a 38-13, eight-man football victory over visiting Blessed Sacrament Huguenot last Wednesday, Feb.

BLACKSTONE OFFICIAL HAS ‘CHANGE OF HEART’

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.

BOSTON COLLEGE ‘BANKS’ ON NOTTOWAY COUGAR QB

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.