July 2, 2025
Blackstone Police are reviewing surveillance footage and are still trying to determine the cause of a large fire that brokeout...
July 2, 2025
This was the scene last Tuesday afternoon, June 24th, on South Main Street after a Blackstone Police vehicle and Ford...
July 2, 2025
TRASH AND BIRDFEEDERS LEAD TO MORE ENCOUNTERS Nottoway County has a “robust” black bear population, and residents are more likely...
July 2, 2025
SUPERVISOR ROARK SAYS MORE DETAILS ARE NEEDED The Town of Blackstone has made Nottoway County a $651,000 cash offer for...
June 25, 2025
The Nottoway Darlings swept the District One All-Star tournament at Bolter Field in Kenbridge -- outscoring their opponents by a...
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 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....
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
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...
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
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....
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
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...
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
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...
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
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...
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
Blackstone’s 5th annual festival enjoyed by many here Saturday
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
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...
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
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...
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
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...
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
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...
news@courier-record.com | June 25, 2025
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...
news@courier-record.com | June 25, 2025
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...
news@courier-record.com | June 25, 2025
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...
by Billy Coleburn | news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
Well, the year’s half over. The first six months of 2025 felt like a decade for those of us trying...
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
Why in the world did he do that? Dear Sir: Why did the Biden White House sit on its hands...
news@courier-record.com | July 2, 2025
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...