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IN BROAD DAYLIGHT ON NORTH WEST AVE. A Blackstone woman and her two children in the back seat were “greeted” near the town welcome sign last week by a bullet that shattered the front windshield just inches from where she was seated. The incident occurred Friday afternoon, Feb. 20th at approximately 12:30 p.m. on North West Avenue. Lt. Tony Mayton […]

‘THIS IS MY FLAG!’ No Nottoway Supervisors responded Thursday night to citizen Darrell Garber’s fiery criticism of the County’s display of a torn American flag in front of the courthouse. “This is my flag!” Garber exclaimed as the first speaker under ‘Delegations of the Public. “ It was hanging on the flagpole when I got here tonight — ripped, torn, […]

SISTER STILL HAS QUESTIONS Nottoway County’s top prosecutor says she has determined that no charges will be filed in the officer-involved shooting death of Michael Woodson. It was Woodson who last August led police on an early morning, high speed chase down Rts. 360 and south down Rt. 153. That pursuit ended when Woodson’s pick-up truck ran crossed all four […]

A Kenbridge police officer remains jailed without bond on charges of shooting the mother of one of his children and fleeing law enforcement before surrendering the next evening. Charles Aaron Stokes, 44, has retained the services of long-time attorney R. Clinton Clary, Jr. of Lawrenceville. An appearance is scheduled for March 18th in Lunenburg General District Court. The shooting occurred […]

COURT RULES FOR PAGE IN TRESPASSING COMPLAINT Chris Page prevailed in General District Court last week in his Trespassing After Forbidden complaint against School Board member Bill Outlaw. Substitute Judge Stephen Bloom ruled Wednesday, Feb. 11th that Page and special prosecutor Stewart Ball of Amelia proved their case and that Outlaw was “very aggressive and vulgar” when Outlaw went to […]

Nottoway High School faculty member Madeline Duffy was formally recognized by the School Board last Thursday night after being named the Division’s Teacher of the Year. She’s shown above with, from left, boyfriend Jay Coleman, sister Morgan Duffy, mother Christie Carwile Duffy, and father Dale Duffy. Madeline, shown at lower right with School Board Chairman Damien Rowe, was praised by […]

Buddy Hyde, Nottoway County’s Director of Emergency Services, provided these photos from the Monday, Feb. 9th fire that destroyed the home of Tyler & Taylor Procise at 102 Brunswick Avenue. Hyde said top photo shows the value of Blackstone’s ladder truck extension and horizontal reach. Truck was positioned on Church Street and still enabled volunteers to fight fire from above […]

IRANIAN LISTED AS ARRESTED IN B-VILLE A U. S. Dept. of Homeland Security website reveals that a dozen “Worst of the Worst” illegal aliens have been arrested in this area by agents of ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement). The website address is: https://www.dhs. gov/wow. Residents can type-in the name of any locality and see the names of illegals — if […]

This was the scene Monday shortly before 12 Noon at 102 Brunswick Avenue, where fire destroyed the home of Tyler & Taylor Procise. Assistant Fire Chief Lee Williams said an unattended clothes dryer overheated and caught fire.