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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 […]

BUT HE REMOVES SCRUTINIZED FACEBOOK POST 48 HOURS LATER District Two Nottoway Supervisor John Roark has removed a Facebook post that appeared on his page for two days and triggered speculation about its target. The post was interpreted by some that Roark was accusing a Nottoway bus driver of forwarding sexually explicit material from school property. Roark says the post […]

Saturday was the last day of the rabbit season, and these youths from Lunenburg and Nottoway counties enjoyed a successful outing, killing 14 rabbits in Nottoway. Wells Bacon is shown relaxing alongside Saturday’s harvest. FROM LEFT: JW Shepherd, Wyatt “Twinkie” Trinkle, Whit Taylor (standing), Trip Shepherd, and Channing Parrish.

BILL WILSON IS SURPRISED AT ALMA MATER A native of Crewe, who’s a long-time attorney and former member of the House of Delegates, has been honored with the David Marion Award for Legal Excellence. William T. “Bill” Wilson of Covington received the award last Fall during a meeting of the Hampden-Sydney College Bar Association. Wilson, 88, graduated from H-SC in […]

WITNESS SAYS CIA PUT CHIP INTO HIS HEAD It took a Nottoway County jury last week less than 10 minutes to acquit a Blackstone man of a felony drug charge. Daniel Allen Seamster, 35, of Blackstone was found Not Guilty last Friday, Feb. 27th, in Nottoway Circuit Court. Seamster was among nine residents indicted last Fall by a grand jury […]