The Courier-Record has a new addition. Jakiyla Watson, our summer intern, will be working with us for six weeks pursuing her interest in photojournalism. She recently graduated from Nottoway County High School with High Honors and will be attending Radford University to study engineering and environmental geosciences, on the path to becoming a geotechnical engineer with the four-year college’s help. […]
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COUNTY GETS SOLAR APPS.
Nottoway County, which for several years had a ban on industrial solar facilities, has received two applications with more reportedly on the way. According to County Planner Gregg Zody, the first two applications — since the County’s new solar ordinance was made more “solar friendly” in April — are for small sites in western Nottoway. Don & Gene Knight are […]
HONORED BY SCHOOL BOARD
Fifteen graduates of Nottoway High School earned certificates in various fields from Southside Virginia Community College and were honored at Thursday night’s School Board meeting. General Studies/STEM: Carys Lindsey, Ja’kiya Wilson. Criminal Justice: Jalyra Epps, Katelynn Nicely. Electrical: Jackson Grey, Cyrus McMillian, Alexander Morales, Caleb Tolbert, Kenneth Turner, Jr., D’Aunte Watson. Welding: William Mottley, Owen Schleife. Cybersecurity: James Armes, Logan […]
NOTTOWAY HIGH SVCC GRADS
Fourteen recent graduates of Nottoway High School also earned Associate of Arts & Sciences degrees from Southside Virginia Community College. Among those honored at Thursday night’s School Board meeting: Taylor Atkinson, Chloe Dillemuth, Mariana Eppes, Logan Hayes, Karrson Lee, Ashby Procise, Anaria Terry, Adriana Twiford; Those graduates also completing Governor’s School of Southside Virginia are: Rayna Aranzamendez (Governor’s School STEM); […]
Fire In The Sky
Amberly Eells captured this image of storm clouds above downtown Blackstone on the night of Sunday, June 8th, at approximately 9:00 p.m. after work at Trippin’ Billies Brewery. While this area had a chilly early Spring, the heat, humidity, and occasional storms have arrived for 2025. The first day of Summer — and the day with the most daylight of […]
‘GOD WAS WATCHING OUT FOR MY SON’
Nottoway Class of 2025 graduate survives Sunday night accidentA recent graduate of Nottoway High School is lucky to be alive after a Sunday night crash in the Meherrin area. It was around 11 p.m. Sunday night, June 15th, and Owen Schleife of Blackstone had gone to check on a relative who was house-sitting. He was on his way back home in foggy conditions when the 2011 Ford Edge […]
REVIVAL STARTS WED.
New Gailee Baptist Church, located at 4565 Plank Road, Kenbridge, invites the public to its Annual Revival Services next Wednesday, June 25th, through Friday, June 27th, beginning each night at 7:00 p.m. Preacher for the week will be Rev. Trava Hawkins of Zion Hill Baptist Church, Victoria.
BULLYING AND POOR PARENTING
School Discipline Committee takes-on wide variety of issuesBUT SOLUTIONS STILL ELUSIVE… Bullying is a serious problem in Nottoway County Public Schools — and getting parents pro-actively involved in their children’s education is another. Those were among issues presented Thursday night by the division’s “Discipline Committee,” which held three meetings this Spring. “It’s hard for us to get parents to really even just come to meetings,” said Nottoway […]
FINALLY! ON RT. 46
$9 million bridge opens after delaysAfter being closed for more than two years, the Rt. 46 bridge over the Fort Pickett Reservoir dam re-opened last Thursday morning with little fanfare and big sighs of relief from many area residents, particularly tractor trailer drivers. The 500-ft. long span linking Nottoway and Brunswick counties had been closed since April 2023 and witnessed several delays. Construction originally was […]
REVENUE SURGE
$1 million+ from meals, lodgingThe Town of Blackstone in its 2023-24 fiscal year made a record $857,426 from its meals tax, which translates to $13.1 million prepared food and drink sales. Those numbers come from the Town’s audit report prepared by Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates. The Town also made a record $182,800 from its lodging tax — believed to have been aided in large […]
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