Blackstone Courier-Record

Blackstone Police are analyzing this brick (right), which they say was thrown and struck Blackstone Herb Cottage owner Candy Early in the head last Wednesday morning. The brick normally sits on top of a grease container behind her restaurant. Ms....

Emotional Farewell

Dr. Rodney Berry’s final School Board meeting as Superintendent of Nottoway Public Schools was a tear-jerker at times last Thursday night. Berry (left) is leaving the division Saturday after three years to serve as the Dept. of Corrections’ Supt. of...

COMPLETE DOMINATION BY NOTTOWAY

Nottoway girls knocked the cover off the softball last week, winning three games by a combined margin of 49-3. The varsity Lady Cougars’ softball team entered this week 13-1 (11-0 in James River District) after beating Cumberland, 15-0 and 17-2, in...

Signs With Flying Fleet

Kenston Forest School senior, Daniel Parham, signed to play baseball at Erskine College, a Division II school in Due West, South Carolina. Erskine’s nickname is the “Flying Fleet.” Daniel has played for the Virginia Spiders Showcase Team for two...

OPPORTUNITY LOST, SAYS OFFICIAL

$750,000 of ‘free money’ could have benefitted armory A member of Blackstone Town Council says he’s “disappointed” in his colleagues for not seeking a $750,000 federal grant to renovate the Harris Memorial Armory. Ward C rep, Col. Tom Wilkinson,...

Tomorrow’s Leaders

Caps, gowns, diplomas, smiles, and even a few nostalgic tears filled the Blackstone Primary School cafeteria, where a total of 35 Pre-K students graduated to Kindergarten. /*-->*/ To read more please log in or subscribe to the digital edition...

News

Escapes Serious Injury

Blackstone Police are analyzing this brick (right), which they say was thrown and struck Blackstone Herb Cottage owner Candy Early in the head last Wednesday morning.

DRUG ARRESTS IN NOTTOWAY

Seven men have been arrested, and four other suspects remain at-large after being indicted last week in Nottoway County on a total of 26 charges of distributing cocaine and methamphetamines.

Emotional Farewell

Dr. Rodney Berry’s final School Board meeting as Superintendent of Nottoway Public Schools was a tear-jerker at times last Thursday night.

Sports

VCC CHAMPIONS!

Kenston Forest School’s varsity softball team finished the regular season in 3rd place but peaked at the right time last week, winning the Virginia Colonial Conference tournament and proving once a

12-INNING BATTLE

In four varsity softball games last week, the Nottoway Lady Cougars scored a total of 47 runs and allowed only two, but those two scores came Friday in the bottom of the 12th inning at Amelia.