WILL COUNTY LEADERS GET VICTORY LAP? After several “caution flags” and “re-starts,” the Nottoway Board of Supervisors went full throttle last week and crossed the finish line on a $2 million deal with the man who won the Daytona 500 back in 2002. County leaders voted 5-0 last Monday night, Dec. 29th, to sell 183 acres to the Ward Burton […]
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NEW CLERK BEGINS DUTIES
Nottoway County’s new Clerk of Circuit Court took her oath of office last Wednesday morning, Dec. 31st, in the historic 1840 courtroom. Blackstone native Kathryn Lindsay “Kate” Spence was appointed Interim Clerk in December by Judge Joseph Teefey, Chief Judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit. Ms. Spence, 45, succeeds Jane Brown, who retired Dec. 31st after serving as Clerk since […]
‘LICENSE & REGISTRATION, PLEASE’
797 traffic citations written in Burkeville in 2025BUT DRIVERS ARE GIVEN 15 MPH LEEWAY, SAYS CHIEF Burkeville’s Chief of Police says that the department “had a very productive, proactive, and successful 2025.” Jake Herlong provided the Courier-Record a year-end report and noted that the Town had “virtually no violent crimes in 2025.” Herlong also said, “Property crimes have continued to decrease over the last five years, which […]
CONFIDENT SHE SAW COUGAR
Saturday night sighting reportedA Nottoway County woman says she’s certain she saw a mountain lion (cougar) late Saturday night on Cottage Road about four miles north of Blackstone. Tori LaVelle says it was no ordinary cougar because it was black in color. Tori, 22 was driving home at approximately 11 p.m. when she saw the animal which she said resembled a black panther. […]
NO HAPPY NEW YEAR
Wanted man arrested here 12/31A man wanted in Petersburg for felony Strangulation and other charges in other jurisdictions was arrested here New Year’s Eve by an alert Blackstone officer. Lt. Tony Mayton identifies the suspect as 27-year-old Marquise Kabar Jennings of Emporia. According to Mayton, it was 6:45 p.m. on Dec. 31st when Cpl. Jeremy Ruppert stopped a vehicle on Amelia Avenue for an […]
87 MPH BY WILBURN’S
Police searching for silver InfinitiSpeeds exceeded 80 mph Sunday afternoon on Cox Road north of Blackstone during a police pursuit that ended nearly as quickly as it began. It was 2:10 p.m. when Officer Deven Baugus attempted to stop a silver Infiniti for failing to stop for the stop sign at Pine Road and North Main Street. Lt. Tony Mayton said the car took […]
HIGH SPEED PURSUIT
100 mph here early SundayBlackstone authorities are still looking for the driver of a vehicle that led police on a harrowing, 100 mph chase down several back roads early Sunday morning. It was shortly after 2:00 a.m. when Cpl. Jeremy Ruppert attempted to stop a van for failing to stop for the stop sign at Maben Avenue and Courthouse Road. Lt. Tony Mayton said […]
MOTHER KNOWS BEST
Police say that a report of potential child abuse turnedout to be unfounded last week in Blackstone. Officers at 10:07 p.m. Tuesday night, Dec. 30th, were dispatched to the Walmart parking lot, where a parent reportedly was “beating their child,” and the caller could hear the child “screaming.” Lt. Tony Mayton said, “No abuse occurred. This was only a mother […]
Family Support
New Nottoway Circuit Court Clerk, Kate Spence (5th from left), was joined by members of her family for a photo after her swearing-in last Wednesday, Dec. 31st. FROM LEFT: brother Ben, his wife Erin, and their son Vance; Clerk Spence’s husband Jeremy Worley and son Silas; Judge Teefey; Clerk Spence’s parents Bird & Dr. Steve Spence; and Clerk Spence’s sister, […]
FIRE PROBE
Nottoway authorities are still awaiting a report from Virginia State Police on the Saturday night, Dec. 13th fire that destroyed Mt. Nebo Baptist Church west of Blackstone. Sheriff Robert Jones, who serves as the church’s Trustee Chairman, also said this week that an insurance investigator is close to finishing a report. Preliminary indications have pointed to the church boiler as […]
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