2023-02-15

2023-02-15 E-Edition

‘NOTHING BUT HATE’

‘Real citizen’ blasts School Board detractors

‘THEY SEEK… TO DEMORALIZE & DESTROY’ Nottoway School Board members Thursday night received spirited words of support from resident Thomas Reynolds, who said the county is enduring too much “childish drama” and that “citizens should be aware of that precipice before falling into the prickly unknown.” Even the most educated in the high school mini-auditorium may have been looking for […]

Mother, Children Escape

This was the scene last Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 8th, on South Main Street in front of Clay’s Garden Center. Police say southbound blue truck at left crossed center line and struck mini-van, which was southbound and stopped, yielding to make a left turn into the Goodwill/O’Reilly Auto Parts/The Bargain Bin lane. The white mini-van was driven by Karen Martin (right) […]

MILLION DOLLAR LOTTERY TICKET

Blackstone winner takes $625,000 lump sum option

VIRGINIA LOTTERY — Willie Lawson was at home when he scratched the Virginia Lottery ticket he’d bought earlier that day. When he saw what the $10 ticket revealed, he couldn’t believe his eyes. “I said, ‘This ain’t real!’” he told Virginia Lottery officials. “No way! Not in my little town!” The Blackstone man had just won the $1 million top […]

AROUND TOWN

Those UFOs that President Biden has been shooting down are from a planet whose inhabitants, until recently, co-existed peacefully for many years. My sources at the Pentagon tell me it’s a rural planet with beautiful sunsets that’s been rocked by petty political feuding, jockeying, and grandstanding. It had enjoyed harmony and a fairly stable government until recent years. Strife and […]

‘PUT GOD BACK IN THE SCHOOLS’

Nottoway priest warns of ‘homosexual debauchery’

SPEAKER ASKS IF ‘GAY AGENDA’ IS BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS HERE Nottoway School Board members were asked Thursday by a local preacher to support a petition and take a stand against “using tax dollars to promote the gay agenda.” Rev. Paul Ashman of Old Nottoway Road presented copies of the Forest-based Christian Action Network packet and said he hopes they’ll […]

$8.4 MILLION SOUGHT FOR SAFER SCHOOLS

Tighter security said needed in Nottoway

Nottoway School Board members are planning to ask the Board of Supervisors to fund construction of security vestibules at each of the County’s five school buildings at an estimated total price tag of $8.4 million. Division Supt. Dr. Tameshia Grimes made the announcement at Thursday night’s School Board meeting just several hours after the high-middle-intermediate school complex had been on […]

HELP FOR HIGH SCHOOL

Nottoway awarded $252,425

A quarter-million dollar grant will provide Nottoway High School with tools to increase student and community engagement, mental health and wellness, and will also help the division hire a School Community Coordinator. School Board members voted 5-0 Thursday night to accept the $252,425 “Community Schools Grant” that requires no local match. Assistant Supt. of Instruction, Dr. Marcia Martin, said Nottoway […]

Flippen

James Michael Flippen, 70, of Richmond, VA, formerly of Blackstone, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2023. He was the first-born son of Doc and Jo Flippen, a loving son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend. He is survived by his brother, David Flippen (Rita) of Blackstone; nephew, Jason Flippen (Carrie) of Johns Island, SC; niece, Sarah Walker (Jason) of Blackstone; […]

THE FORUM

Appalling and uncalled for

Dear Sir: I have questions concerning a speech given by General Registrar Rodney Reynolds at the September 2022 Nottoway Board of Supervisors meeting. I was caught off-guard. Somehow Mr. Reynolds’ remarks about election readiness turned into outrage against what he called “the big lie.” Mr. Reynolds said fears and concerns about the Nov. election were the end product of “IGNORANCE […]