Local News

PAGE TO LEAD ORGANIZATION AGAIN IN 2026 Blackstone’s Chamber of Commerce leader told an audience Saturday night that the organization is financially stronger than it’s been in many years. Chris Page, newly-reelected Chairman of the Chamber Board of Directors, said the organization today has more than $40,000 in cash — compared just $6,000 a year ago. “That’s a 660% increase,” […]

SHERIFF SAYS HOLDING CELL IS DAMAGED Nottoway authorities say a Lunenburg County man went berserk in a holding cell after being arrested last week for DUI and then continued his tantrum on the way to Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville. The prisoner became so unruly — allegedly trying to kickout the back winow — that a Deputy Sheriff had to […]

Nottoway Supervisor Daphne Norton has a message for what she describes as “Facebook warriors out here that tend to throw us under the bus.” Mrs. Norton last Thursday night declared, “I don’t talk about my personal business, but I will be going out for a rather extensive surgery, and you’re not going to see me for a little while. So […]

Kevin Hewitt of Burkeville received the 2025 Blackstone Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year award during annual banquet Saturday night. Hewitt was praised by Chamber Sec. Deb Rose (left) for his “lifelong dedication to protecting and serving others.” A retired Air Force Technical Sgt. and retired Maryland Master State Trooper, Hewitt was commended for his work with Hope Food […]

Supervisor Dicky Ingram is standing by his recent fiery comments that no Board member should release any confidential attorney-client privileged information without a decision by the full Board. Ingram ‘doubled down’ near the end of Thursday night’s meeting, defending his passionate remarks at a work session one week earlier. “I made some comments and of course, once again, it was […]

Lunenburg County Sheriff ’s Office has released a booking photo of a Dundas man charged with Aggravated Sexual Battery of a Victim Under the Age of 13. A preliminary hearing for the defendant — 49-year-old Jonathan Morgan Wallace — is scheduled for April 23rd in Lunenburg Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court. Lt. Kevin Abernathy declined to release additional details about […]

Sonny Abbott says he’s being blamed — unfairly — for a Constitional Officer reportedly receiving a service dog. Abbott, who serves on the School Board, made his remarks at the Board of Supervisors’ March 19th meeting. He emphasized that he was speaking only as a resident and not in any other capacity. Abbott once again asked several questions about the […]