Wednesday, February 4, 2026
REIMBURSEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS ISSUE IN NOTTOWAY Nottoway School Board members are planning to amend a policy to better clarify what dues and travel expenses for professional development are...
Blackstone Police raided a mobile home Sunday morning and made a second arrest in connection with last week’s barrage of gunfire in the town’s west end (See story, page 1)....
This area’s Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregiver Support Group is scheduled to meet today (Wednesday, February 4th) from 2:00-3:00 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church. located at 1301 Milnwood Road in...
Nottoway Sheriff Robert Jones says that an investigation continues in a domestic incident last week involving a firearm, broken glass, and lawmen following a bloody trail in the snow. The...
Blackstone Town Councilman Chris Page is asking the Nottoway Board of Supervisors to donate County-owned Nottoway Lanes to the public school system in a move that he says would save...
A heavy police presence was noticed Sunday morning at the downtown laundry mat in Blackstone, where officers took a man into custody. Nottoway Sheriff Robert Jones said that deputies shortly...
Lawmen from Nottoway County and other local agencies spent two hours last week in Burkeville chasing two men in the snow. The foot pursuit went back-and-forth along Rt. 460/360, Norfolk...
A Richmond man was fined $400 last week and ordered to pay $104 in court costs after being convicted of Reckless Driving/ 93 mph in a 60 zone. Chibuike Clement...
One of Blackstone’s longest-running businesses -- Moncure Insurance Agency, Inc., which was founded in 1932 -- is under new ownership and now affiliated with Mechanicsville-based GHT Insurance Services. The business, located at 203 South Main...
Nottoway High School is one of only about 50 statewide -- and the only school in Region 8, which includes 12 divisions -- to be designated a “Community School” by the Virginia Dept. of Education....
A $22 million land deal has been recorded in Lunenburg County, where inquiring citizens and others appear to be having a hard time interpreting the sale. Lunenburg Circuit Court Clerk Gordon Erby tells the Courier-Record...
Blackstone Town Council has approved a conditional rezoning request that will let The Inn at Blackstone operate the Gables building as an event center and other activities. Town Council approved the request at its Jan....
A total of 170 students were named to lower school honorrolls for the 2nd grading quarter at Kenston Forest School -- 78 with Honors (All A’s) and 92 All-Academic (A’s & B’s). SECOND GRADE All-Academic...
Burnett “Trace” McMillian, Nottoway High School’s Class of 2024 Valedictorian, was named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2025 semester at Virginia Tech. Trace is majoring in Packaging & Design in Tech’s College of...
If you think your December light bills were high, wait until the bills for January that we’ll get in March....
Well done, Blackstone Dear Sir: The Town of Blackstone deserves praise for its performance under extreme winter conditions. The police...
It was January 1986 -- 40 years ago -- when Gerard Wilson of Rt. 1, Blackstone, displayed a pair of...
It was January 1986, and Blackstone was completing its first major grant project with the Virginia Dept. of Housing &...