Courier-Record Newspaper

12/02/2025

FROM OUR FRIENDS AT THE TOWN OF CREWE -- Kick-off the Christmas Parade season this Thursday, December 4th, at 7:00 p.m!

11/30/2025

OBITUARY ANNOUNCEMENT: Family visitation and service are set for this coming Wednesday afternoon, December 3rd, for Lillian Goodrich Newcomb, 86, of Burkeville, formerly of Rehoboth in Lunenburg County.

11/29/2025

OBITUARY ANNOUNCEMENT: Graveside service is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. next Thursday, Dec. 4th, in Kenbridge for Kathryn "Kitty" Barnes Whitlow, 75.

11/29/2025

STATE POLICE SEEK PUBLIC'S HELP IN TROOPER BEING STRUCK YESTERDAY:

Virginia State Police is looking for the public’s help with information regarding an incident where a trooper was struck during a checking detail in Dinwiddie County.
At approximately 3:16 p.m. yesterday afternoon (Nov. 28, 2025), a Virginia State trooper was participating in a checking detail on the ramp from Squirrel Level Road to northbound Interstate 85. The trooper was informing drivers to have their information ready for the detail further along the ramp.
As this process was occurring, the driver of a white Ford SUV with expired temporary tags informed the trooper that he was not going to go through the detail. The trooper informed the driver that he had to continue through, and the trooper put his hand on the SUV’s door handle. At this point, the SUV reversed, backed into a guardrail, got back onto Squirrel Level Road, and fled in the direction of Halifax Road in the City of Petersburg.
Because of the positioning of the troopers on the ramp, there was no pursuit.
The trooper was checked out but not injured.
The incident remains under investigation.
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has video of the incident is asked to contact Virginia State Police Division 1 Dispatch at (804) 750-8758 or email [email protected].

11/29/2025

FORUM WRITERS DISCUSS VARIOUS ISSUES:

Find a hobby, California Chris Dear Sir: So “California Chris” Ellington is trying to condemn School Board member Bill Outlaw for a Trespassing charge. Last time I checked, Mr. Outlaw is innocent until proven guilty. And Chris keeps saying that I was charged with a crime. In my opinion, he needs...

11/29/2025

BLACKSTONE RESIDENT ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY FLEEING LOCATION ON FALLS STREET -- ALSO: ASSAULT CHARGE FILED AFTER INCIDENT AT WENDY's; LOCAL WALKERS DISCOVER KNIFE IN DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT.

A Blackstone man, who’s scheduled to go to trial next month on drug and fi****ms charges, is in more trouble after an incident last week. Blackstone Police Lt. Tony Mayton reports that Therman Rudolph Oliver III, 21, of Taylor Street, has been charged with felony Possession of a Schedule I/II Drug...

11/28/2025

K-9 UNIT 'HITS' ON VEHICLE IN CREWE, SAY POLICE:

A traffic stop in Crewe recently resulted in two drug arrests with assistance from a K9 unit. Sheriff Robert Jones said the incident occurred at 1:37 a.m. on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 12th, in the 1100 block of Virginia Avenue (Rt. 460). He said a Prince Edward K-9 arrived and ‘alerted’ on ...

11/28/2025

HOSPITAL ON 360 COULD OPEN AS EARLY AS 2029, according to reports.

A proposed hospital in Chesterfield County could reduce wait times for Nottoway residents needing critical life-saving care. Nottoway Emergency Services Coordinator Buddy Hyde last Thursday night briefed the Board of Supervisors on the “Magnolia Hospital” proposed for the intersection of Hull St...

11/28/2025

NOTTOWAY TAXPAYERS APPLAUDED....

Tax bill payments to Nottoway County are coming in steadily before the December 5th due date, Supervisor Dicky Ingram reported Thursday night. “The Treasurer says she’s real tickled with the amount of money that’s coming in already,” said the District 1 Supervisor. “A lot of people are pay...

11/28/2025

DIVISION LEADER SPEAKS OF CHALLENGES, PARTNERSHIPS, and the importance of strong public schools.

SUPT. MAKES FUNDING APPEAL TO SUPERVISORS A joint work session is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 8th at the high school mini-auditorium between members of the Nottoway School Board and Board of Supervisors. Scheduled topics include future use of the former Burkeville Elementary building and...

11/28/2025

IS THERE A BETTER NAMED ROAD FOR SOLAR FARMS THAN.....Sunnyside?

Nottoway County is expected “two to three” new applications for solar farms, Planner Gregg Zody told the Board of Supervisors last Thursday night. Zody said they’re relatively small in size and planned for the Sunnyside Road area. An application for a proposed 700+ acre site along Rocky Ford a...

11/28/2025

EMS IN NOTTOWAY TREATS EVERYBODY THE SAME -- BUT FIXED INCOME RESIDENTS DIAL 911 MOST FREQUENTLY, says Emergency Services Coordinator.

Complaints by citizens on fixed incomes about Nottoway County’s new tax levies for Fire and EMS were addressed Thursday night by Emergency Services Coordinator Buddy Hyde. “Guess who the number one caller of EMS is?” Hyde told the Board of Supervisors. “People on fixed incomes. And the geria...