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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.

State Police announced Monday night the surrender and arrest of Kenbridge Police Officer Charles Aaron Stokes, who is charged with shooting Sunday afternoon into a vehicle occupied by a Lunenburg woman. She was wounded and able to drive to the Kenbridge fire station on 5th Avenue for help. This photo of vehicle was taken in front of the fire station […]

OLD RR TOWN HAS SECURED $7.5 MILLION+ IN TWO YEARS The Town of Crewe has been awarded a $1,190,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) through the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development to implement a major downtown facade and revitalization project focused on Crewe’s historic commercial district. The award funds a key component of the Town’s Downtown Crewe Investment […]

A Blackstone native is “chugging down the tracks” of history as the first black woman to become an Engineer at Norfolk Southern Railroad’s Crewe station. Bridgette Renee´ Williams Miller is not only the first black woman — but the first woman of all races — to serve as Engineer in Crewe. Bridgette previously had become Crewe’s first black Conductor, and […]