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SIX-FIGURE PAY IS DISCLOSED BY REQUEST Four of Nottoway County’s top 10 highest-paid employees make six-figure salaries, and that number in the school division is seven-out-of-10. The salaries of those employees — as well as each of Nottoway County’s five Constitutional Officers — are disclosed in a FOIA request made by District Two Supervisor John Roark. Roark on Sept. 19th […]

Supervisor John Roark told a Facebook Live audience last week that he still hasn’t opened his County tax bills because, “I had a stroke back in February, and I don’t want to have another.” Roark went ‘live’ last Tuesday, Sept. 30th, for the third time in as many weeks. He covered a wide variety of topics and urged residents who […]

“Messy” is a gentle word to describe events last week at Nottoway Courthouse, where a jury trial was postponed after commodes flushing upstairs resulted in sewage water entering the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office downstairs and saturating part of the carpet. Prosecutor Leanne Watrous’ motion to continue Friday’s felony Animal Cruelty case was granted. She said that generally speaking, “Sewage water was […]

Come join the Yielding Zion Baptist Church family in celebrating its 132nd Church Anniversary this coming Sunday, October 12th, at 11:00 a.m. Assistant Pastor Ralph H. Branch, Jr. will be the speaker. All are welcomed. Lunch will be ser ved. Courier Community Calendar: 50 words or less, $20 per announcement, per week. Using this Calendar guarantees that your non-profit/civic announcement […]

A head-on collision in Nottoway County has claimed the life of a Blackstone woman. The crash occurred at approximately 8:35 p.m. Friday night, Sept. 26th, on Rocky Hill Road (Rt. 153), near the intersection of Poplar Lawn Road (Rt. 660). The Courier-Record was unable to obtain an accident report until last Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 30 — after last week’s edition […]

Blackstone Town Manager Philip Vannoorbeeck says that ongoing repaving of South Main Street — between Clay’s Garden Center and southern corporate limits — “is nearing completion, with substantial completion scheduled for October 22nd.” Vannoorbeeck this week told the Courier-Record that the $339,777 project, which began last week, is being funded by a VDOT “State of Good Repair” grant. Colony Construction […]

Virginia Tech’s Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SPAREC) celebrated its 20th Family & Farm Day on Saturday, September 13, 2025. Family and Farm Day has been held on the second Saturday in September at the station on Darvills Road (Rt. 40) east of Backstone since 2005. The non-profit event brings together experts in the agricultural and natural resources […]

Nottoway Supervisor John Roark says debate about solar farms here is showing national politics at its worst. “You’ve got conservatives telling me, ‘Keep my taxes low and don’t tell me what to do with my property.’ But because the Democratic Party said, ‘Go green,’ now they’re willing to tell their fellow conservatives what they can and can’t do with their […]

Nottoway County in September issued 29 BUILDING PERMITS, including new home construction, renovations, home generators, decks, carports, and demolitions. Among the renovation sites is the western half of the Chubby’s convenience store building on South Main Street that once housed Taco Bell, Arby’s, Virginia BBQ, and El Patron restaurants. Below are names, addresses, brief descriptions and cost estimates of various […]