Monday, July 7, 2025
Heat indexes in the low 100s didn’t stop crews from replacing the roof at Shiloh Baptist Church in Blackstone. One of the workers even gave the Courier- Record a thumbs-up....
A Crewe police officer was transported last week to Chippenham Medical Center after being attacked by a dog. Officer Dwayne Thornton was responding to a disturbance on Rock Castle Avenue...
Yielding Zion Baptist Church will celebrate its annual Homecoming service Sunday, July 13th at 11:00 a.m. Three-night Revival service July 14th, 15th, 16th. Prayer and Praise nightly at 7:00 p.m....
Blackstone Town Council voted last week, 4-2, to give all Town employees 4% pay raises. Councilmembers Eric Nash and Jake Allman dissented, saying 4% is higher than a true “cost...
Crewe Chief of Police Phil Morgan says authorities have developed a possible juvenile suspect in a recent rash of graffiti and vandalism. One particular crime involves spray painting profanity and...
The Nottoway County Public Library will host Ron Collins of Tampa Taiko on Tuesday July 8th beginning at 11:00 a.m. All are invited to Seay Park in Blackstone to watch...
The week got off to a fast start for Blackstone Police, who before sunrise Monday, June 30th already had made an arrest on North Main Street, Lt. Tony Mayton reports...
Dr. Marcia H. Martin yesterday (July 1st) became Nottoway County’s ninth Division Superintendent since consolidation took place in 1970. She was hired in May, and Dr. Martin was given a four-year contract with a starting...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced $570,000 in state funds to increase the presence of Southside Virginia Community College at Pickett Park near Blackstone. According to the Governor’s news release, the SVCC Foundation, in partnership with...
A former Nottoway County resident is Assistant Director of a movie that will premiere later this year. Lisa Platt was a member of Nottoway High School’s Class of 1986. She moved, however, in 1983 to...
The Shiloh Strong Scholarship was created to honor four members of Shiloh Baptist Church in Blackstone who lost their lives in a tragic motor vehicle accident in 2019. This year’s Shiloh Strong Scholarship recipients are...
Recent high school graduate Lindsey King, 16, of Crewe, captured this image Wednesday evening, June 18th, of a double rainbow arching above Crewe Country Club. Lindsey was on her way to Crewe Baptist Church when...
They delivered their speeches at graduation on June 7th, but Nottoway Valedictorian Taylor Leigh Atkinson (left) and Salutatorian Mariana Mone Eppes weren’t formally "introduced" by the School Board until its June 12 meeting. Taylor (4.2500...
Well, the year’s half over. The first six months of 2025 felt like a decade for those of us trying...
Why in the world did he do that? Dear Sir: Why did the Biden White House sit on its hands...
The Nottoway Lady Cougar varsity softball team in 1990 completed a perfect 12-0 regular season in the Southside District and...
YANCEY SETS RECORD WITH EIGHTH FINISH AS MEDALIST In dominating fashion, Nottoway River Country captured another Southside Men’s Golf Association championship Sunday, posting a cumulative twounder par team score (992) for the weekend at Lunenburg...
The Nottoway Coach Pitch All-Star baseball team (ages 8 and under) played five consecutive days in high heat and humidity and finished runner-up in the District Five tournament held June 20-24th in Farmville. It’s among...
In an exciting five-hole playoff that could serve as a preview of more friendly battles to come, rising Central of Lunenburg senior Parker Hite fended off rising Nottoway senior Carsten Beck last Thursday when the...
A mini-golf course will be open at the Blackstone Library for one night only -- this coming Friday, June 27th from 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. All are welcome, and Summer Reading participants who attend will...
Rising Nottoway High School senior Colton Lewis and guest Ty White of Emporia eagled the second hole of sudden death Sunday to win Crewe Country Club’s Member-Guest golf tournament. In sweltering heat and humidity, they...
