Friday morning. A golden fall day as I drive through Nottoway County: green rolling hills, scattered hay bales, grazing cattle as I listen to Waylon Jennings on the radio. Rural beauty in a place I now call home. But not for long if we let solar companies and several Board of Supervisors’ members have their way. We will become a... READ MORE >
A few days before Lafayette Dickens was appointed Interim Mayor of Blackstone, I knocked on his door and told him I thought he would be chosen and congratulations, not to mention thank you for doing the job. I said I hoped he could bring the town together, and I suggested we have breakfast in the near future; he could bring... READ MORE >
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in The Bull Elephant. For many years, my husband and I lived in Richmond, where we settled down, worked, and raised a family. During 2018, we decided to retire to Blackstone, a small town in Southside Virginia, and renovated an old house and embraced rural life. When we moved here, it was practically Mayberry,... READ MORE >
HE CREDITS HIS PROGRESS TO PRAYER & PERSISTENCE Two years ago in August, Tyler Russell was driving to his job in Prince George County at Lowe’s. It was around 7:30 a.m., and he was speeding a bit (Who doesn’t speed to work?) and distracted, the next thing he knew he was in the median and hit a culvert head-on. His... READ MORE >
There is a growing movement across the United States to stop renewable energy companies from desecrating rural land and harming our way of life. Now many residents in Nottoway are joining this effort as we fight back. I guess dead whales washing up on the shores of the East Coast, probably from offshore wind turbines, and the co-founder of Greenpeace... READ MORE >
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