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High winds swept through this area Monday night, March 16th, with heavy damages reported at some locations in the Town of Crewe. Nottoway Emergency Services Coordinator Buddy Hyde captured these images after 8:00 p.m. storm rolled through. Top photo shows alley behind Yoder’s Market, where part of the roof was blown off and and tossed a block away. Photo below […]

POLICE SAY CHILDREN WERE LEFT UNATTENDED A Wilsons man and Blackstone woman each were charged with several felonies after a traffic stop in the wee morning hours. The incident occurred at 2:33 a.m. last Tuesday morning, March 10th on South Main Street near 4th Street. Lt. Tony Mayton reports that Cpl. Jeremy Ruppert stopped a vehicle for not displaying a […]

SUPERVISOR FRUSTRATED & ALARMED BY ‘LEAK’ Nottoway Supervisor Dicky Ingram says he’s “super P-O’d” and “I don’t know who I can trust anymore” after he says confidential communication to the Board from County Attorney Gary Elder was leaked to the Courier-Record. Ingram was visibly perturbed for several minutes Thursday night during a Board work session. “As far as I know, […]

CAS NAPA celebrated its Grand Opening here with a ribbon-cutting Friday at its Blackstone store on North Main Street. The Clarksville-based, family-owned business last year acquired Wright Auto Supply and its seven stores. FROM LEFT: Tyler Nutter – Vice President – Operations; Matthew Kelley – Counter Sales; Nathan Jeter – Director of Operations; Mayor Lafayette Dickens. Zachary Cline-Oakes – Counter […]

POLICE CALL UPSETS COUPLE Blackstone Mayor Lafayette Dickens confirms claims that he asked police to make contact with outspoken critic Sam Mordan and warn Mordan to stop texting him or he would press charges for harassment. Both Mordan and his wife, Joyce, have letters in today’s Forum, accusing the Mayor of overreacting and trying to trample their right to ask […]

The cost of educating each Nottoway County child in the proposed 2026-27 school budget is $17,528 per year. Of that total, the state would provide $10,752, federal funds would cover another $2,613, and Nottoway County would provide $4,163. School Board members and the Board of Supervisors met for more than two hours last Monday night, March 2nd, discussing the division’s […]

BUT TOTH IS TOLD, ‘YOU CAN’T REALLY SAY THAT’ A member of the Nottoway Board of Supervisors says that some parents are using Pre-K for “child care.” District 4 rep Bo Toth offered that assessment during a March 2nd joint meeting between Supervisors and the School Board. “I know when my dad went to public school, they didn’t even have […]

SUSPECT AT-LARGE AFTER SCAM VIA INTERNET Nottoway authorities are investigating a reported armed robbery in broad daylight. The incident occurred last Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 25th, near the center of the county and involved the attempted purchase of a vehicle via the internet. No one was injured. Nottoway Sheriff Robert Jones says that deputies were called at 1:11 p.m. to a […]

DEFENDANTS ARE TOWN & POLICE CHIEF The Town of Kenbridge and its Chief of Police are being sued by a woman who was shot several times last month, allegedly by an off-duty Kenbridge officer. The $143.7 million suit by Heather Burrow, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds on the afternoon of Sunday, February 8th, has been filed in Richmond City Circuit […]