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Blackstone Police answered a wide variety of calls last week. They ranged from getting a girl who refused to go to school to reconsider her defiance, and charging a local man with threatening to burn down a home. Police responded last Wednesday morning, Oct. 1st, to Nottoway Manor Apartments, where a 12-year-old girl reportedly was rejecting her grandmother’s plea to […]

It was a beautiful September day, and more than 1,000 visitors attended Family & Farm Day, hosted by Virginia Tech’s Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research & Extension Center. UPPER LEFT: Lynsey Smith and friends, an Eastern Bearded Dragon and a corn snake, entertain visitors at Family and Farm Day. UPPER RIGHT: PJ Shepherd and grandson Colin Lightner make grain art. LOWER […]

Two local men — one from Nottoway and another from Lunenburg — delivered impressive performances in the 2025 NRA World Championship in Ediburgh, Indiana. Representing The Gunsite in Blackstone, Anthony Dattilo of Victoria and Shane O’Flynn of rural Blackstone competed against 174 other top shooters in the country and from other counties. They delivered standout performances on one of the […]

Nottoway Wall of Fame honoree, the late Karen Hurt, was incorrectly identified in last week’s Courier-Record as “Karen Wilson.” We apologize for the error and thank her mother, Elizabeth Hurt, for bringing it to our attention. Karen Hurt, who grew-up in Crewe, graduated Nottoway High in 1982 and was inducted to the Wall of of Fame for her success in […]

During a brief ceremony Friday before kick-off, “Coach Joe May Field” was formally dedicated in honor of Nottoway High School’s retired long-time head football coach. May is shown here displaying resolution adopted in August, 5-0, by the School Board, naming the field after him. The field is also lettered (below) in honor of May, who coached Nottoway to two state […]

‘GAME ON,’ SAYS ROARK, WHO ALLEGES ‘INSIDER INFO.’ John Roark hasn’t announced a resignation date but insists that he will be stepping down from his District Two seat on the Nottoway County Board of Supervisors. In a Facebook Live address Saturday evening — his second in eight days — Roark warned constituents, “Be very careful, very careful about who you […]

TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES NINE ARRESTS Nine county residents — eight men and one woman — have been arrested in the past several weeks following months of undercover investigation by the Nottoway Drug Task Force. Indictments were handed down by a Nottoway Circuit Court grand jury on Sept. 2nd. Seven of the nine defendants have prior drug arrest records. Several already […]

Six of 10 felony charges against a Nottoway County child molester were nol prossed — not prosecuted — this past Monday afternoon (Sept. 29th) in Nottoway Circuit Court. Jackie Lynn Dorton, 39, of the 300 block of Third Street, Blackstone, pleaded Guilty to Aggravated Sexual Battery (victim under 13), Sodomy (victim under age 13), Object Sexual Penetration by Force, and […]

While proposed ‘solar farms’ remain a hot topic in Nottoway County, one resident is urging the Board of Supervisors to consider nuclear energy. Claudia Thomas of Crewe told officials at their Sept. 18th meeting that Artificial Intelligence or “AI” is going to consume “enormous amounts of energy.” Mrs. Thomas, wife of Planning Commissioner Bryan Thomas, said that based on her […]

TOWN HOPES FOR OPENING IN MAY 2026 The Town of Crewe is well on its way to landing its first new bonafide grocery store since the former Star Value closed 20 years ago — back on October 31, 2005. Crewe last week received a $298,000 grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission to establish the “Crewe Food & Microenterprise Hub.” Town […]