Monday, March 27, 2023
There are no immediate plans to rename “Pickett Park,” which is Nottoway County’s 3,000-acre industrial and commercial site adjoining Fort Pickett, which will be renamed Ft. Barfoot this coming Friday....
If all goes well, Nottoway County Supervisors in April will review plans for the County’s new animal control shelter -- to be built in Burkeville at an estimated $2.6 million....
Nottoway Treasurer Ellen Flynn Myatt is resigning June 30th, and there’s still no courtappointed successor. “We don’t need somebody July 1st, we need someone in there like in April or...
Blackstone Police are investigating two B&Es in which forcible entry was gained but no items reported missing. Police responded at 1:51 p.m. on Friday, March 17th to a residence in...
Nottoway Supervisors voted 5-0 Thursday night to grant a Use by Special Exception permit for John & Alexis Fathbruckner to place a manufactured home on a site just south of...
Last week’s page 11 story on Nottoway School Board Student Liaison Drake Gilmore incorrectly identified his parents. The NHS senior is the son of Francis Gilmore and Merryan Dorin. We...
BUT SCHOOL BOARD RACES ARE MOST IMP., SAYS SUPERVISOR Nottoway Supervisor John Roark -- perhaps the most high profile and most outspoken public official in County history -- says he...
It was St. Patrick’s Day (last Friday, March 17th) when retired Burkeville Police Chief Billy Abel stumbled into a Leprechaun named ‘Mischievous Johnny McNabb’ on Blackstone’s Main Street. Abel said...
Maybe it’s because I’m old, and my taste buds are not as sharp and demanding as they used to be, but I think the food here is good. I offer proof that I have gained...
Loved ones of the late Curtis “Shep” Shepherd (lower right), who died January 29th at age 62 and who served 42 years with the Virginia Dept. of Transportation, were presented a Resolution of Appreciation and...
BIRTHDAYS Wednesday, March 22nd -- Tyler Khomdath, Duke Thomas Lloyd. Thursday, March 23rd -- Kyle Redford, Aaron Dale Bates, Kristi Gordon, Ryan Johnson Ledger, Amira Hurley Friday, March 24th -- Peyton Cl borne, Norma Spencer,...
Crewe-based Southside Electric Cooperative wants to help graduating high school seniors with the costs of higher education. The Cooperative’s Southside Opportunity Fund is accepting scholarship applications through next Monday, March 27th. High school and home-school...
Weekly Lenten services and lunches have returned to Blackstone. Lent, which began Wednesday, Feb. 22nd, is a 40-dayseason of soul-searching, reflection and repentance. Wednesday services are held at Crenshaw United Methodist Church starting at 12...
Lunenburg County Republicans are now accepting applications for multiple scholarship opportunities. To be eligible, you must be a Lunenburg County resident and have a minimum 2.7 GPA. Applications can be found at Central High School,...
Fort Barfoot will become the new name of Fort Pickett after a ceremony this coming Friday. The 1:00 p.m. event...
It all adds up to a big fat zero! Dear Sir: Ukraine gets a bail-out with billions of taxpayers’ money,...
Gay Johnson brought home a trophy for Kenston Forest School in March 1973. She won 1st Place in Varsity Art...
‘GREEN ENERGY’ BURNS GREEN MONEY Under Governor Glenn Youngkin, Virginia is moving to end its participation in the Regional Greenhouse...
Nottoway seniors Anari Smith and Kylie Atkins each homered Tuesday, March 7th for the Nottoway Lady Cougars’ softball team in a 13-5 home scrimmage win over the Fuqua School Lady Falcons.
Referee Milton Lawson (left) wasn’t phased by tournament pressure of Nottoway Youth Basketball, which wrapped-up another successful season Saturday. Lauren “Baby Shaq” Hite (right) kept it light at tip-off, and she and her 10U Donut...
Kenston Forest’s Lady Kavaliers went 22-4 in varsity basketball this season, sharing regular season title with Brunswick Academy and finishing tournament runnerup to those same Lady Vikings. FRONT ROW FROM LEFT: Mary Katelyn Hite, Michaela...
Five Kenston Forest varsity girls’ basketball players were honored last week by the Virginia Colonial Conference. FROM LEFT: Leah Briggs (1st Team All-VCC, All-Tournament); Hanna Mahaney (1st Team All-VCC, All-Academic), Kirsie Jackson (1st Team All-VCC);...
