2022-05-18

BLACKSTONE CASE DROPPED

Video that surfaces helps clear local woman

Charges filed here in a recent car vs. home incident on Viewbank Street were not prosecuted recently in General District Court. Evelyn Wallace, 66, of Viewbank Street, was charged by Blackstone Police with mis­demeanor Leaving The Scene of an Accident and felony Un­authorized Use of A Vehicle. The incident occurred Friday afternoon, April 8th. No one was injured, and the […]

TOWN LIGHT BILLS

Deadline is Friday for PRS aid

Piedmont Senior Resources Area Agency on Ag­ing (PSR) is still offering energy assistance to adults age 60 and older who are supplied electricity from the Town of Blackstone in an effort to help them with their past due electric bills. • Applicants must approach STEPS, Inc. for assis­tance before applying. STEPS can be reached at 434- 315-5909. • Applicant must […]

2022-05-18 E-Edition

DRUGS, SCALES, LOADED GUN

Saturday pursuit ends with crash, arrest

AFTERNOON SPEEDS HIT 65 MPH ON BRUNS. AVE. A Nottoway County man is facing several felony charges after a traffic stop Saturday afternoon turned into a police pursuit through several residential neighborhoods of Blackstone. The suspect is identified by Blackstone police as Jordan Alexander Munir, 22, of Park Avenue, Crewe. According to Sgt. Chris Mathias, Munir has been charged with […]

‘PACKING HEAT’ AT PODIUM

Speaker suggests official has carried gun on school property

POLITICAL ‘RUSSIAN ROULETTE’ They were once Republican allies, but an apparent fallout between Chris Page and School Board member Bill Outlaw reached a new level at Thursday night’s School Board meeting. Outlaw, who served in combat in Vietnam and the Middle East, wasn’t present to defend himself from Page’s allegations that Outlaw may have carried a handgun on school property […]

TECH TRIUMPH FOR LOCAL TRIO

Blackstone sisters receive degrees Saturday in Blacksburg

30 YEARS AFTER THEIR MOTHER EARNED HERS Academic success runs in the family for three Blackstone sisters, each of whom received various degrees Saturday from Virginia Tech. Emma, Ryann, and Ally Vermillion walked across the stage in Blacksburg to the cheers of thousands — including their mother, Carolyn, also a proud Hokie and VT grad, Carolyn’s fiancé Eric Brown, and […]

Around Town

As this is being written at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday morning, police on Riddle Road in Nottoway have just captured a wanted man, accused of stealing a truck in Lunenburg and firing gunshots Monday night at his pursuers. He caused all kinds of worry here late Monday night and into the morning. He took a four-wheeler on Cottage Road shortly after […]

Brown

Steven Laurence Brown, 65, of Sandston, passed away, Friday, May 13, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Margie H. Brown; daughter, Jamie Brown; son, Cody Brown (Sandra); grandson, Quinton Brown; brother, Dave Brown (Sharon); sister, Janet Brown; nieces, Kace and Allison; nephews, Chris, Josh, Jason, Garrett, and Colin; mother-in-law, Margaret Hipkins; father-in-law, Melvin Hipkins (Faye); brother-in-law, Lee Hipkins; and […]

Franklin

George Lewis Franklin, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. He is preceded in death by his wife, Rose Mildred Shelton Franklin; his parents, Coy James and Edith Blanche Courtney Franklin; granddaughter, Tracy Gross; four sisters, Clayta Anderson, June Neel, Peggy Fowler, and Bertie Wilson. George is survived by his five children, James Franklin of Johnson City, TN, […]

Hendricks

Elizabeth “Betsey” Bagley Hendricks, 79, of Kenbridge, VA, passed away May 11, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Wilson Wingold Bagley and Edna Anderson Bagley. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Robert Wayne Hendricks; her daughter, Robyn H. Fowler (Thomas); her sons, Jeffrey Hendricks of Newport News and Nathan Hendricks (Rose) of Illinois; her grandchildren; […]