Courier-Record Newspaper

01/10/2026

FROM OUR FRIEND, THE ALWAYS-ENTERTAINING JOHNNY SEAMSTER OF LUNENBURG: Don't miss Open Mic Night with Johnny -- Friday, Jan. 23rd at 7:30 p.m. at Mitchell's Restaurant in Blackstone!

01/10/2026

$2.6 MILLION SALE IN LUNENBURG -- and more building permits and Land Transfers from Nottoway County for December 2025:

Sondra Fitzgerald, 1049 Popular Lawn Rd., Blackstone, new single-family dwelling, $165,000. Barbara Briggins, 103 Carver St., Blackstone, 5’x16 handicap ramp on back porch, $1,200. Willie M. Hicks Jr., 5624 E. Courthouse Rd., Crewe, 20’x’20 carport, $1,900. LAND TRANSFERS Herman J. Fowlkes to ...

01/09/2026

STEPS, led by Sharon Harrup of Blackstone, ANNOUNCES MEETINGS FOR PLANNED HOUSING PROJECT:

STEPS, the Community Action Agency serving Central Virginia, has scheduled three community meetings in coming weeks to receive input on a proposed Israel Hill housing development west of Farmville. STEPS owns 51 acres of land on Layne Street and plans to develop a planned community that will acknowl...

01/09/2026

NEW NOTTOWAY CLERK JOINED BY FAMILY FOR SWEARING-IN:

New Nottoway Circuit Court Clerk, Kate Spence (5th from left), was joined by members of her family for a photo after her swearing-in last Wednesday, Dec. 31st. FROM LEFT: brother Ben, his wife Erin, and their son Vance; Clerk Spence’s husband Jeremy Worley and son Silas; Judge Teefey; Clerk Spence...

01/08/2026

NO CHILD ABUSE IN WAL-MART PARKING LOT, SAY POLICE:

Police say that a report of potential child abuse turnedout to be unfounded last week in Blackstone. Officers at 10:07 p.m. Tuesday night, Dec. 30th, were dispatched to the Walmart parking lot, where a parent reportedly was “beating their child,” and the caller could hear the child “screaming....

01/08/2026

INFINITI DRIVER GETS AWAY AFTER COX ROAD PURSUIT:

Speeds exceeded 80 mph Sunday afternoon on Cox Road north of Blackstone during a police pursuit that ended nearly as quickly as it began. It was 2:10 p.m. when Officer Deven Baugus attempted to stop a silver Infiniti for failing to stop for the stop sign at Pine Road and North Main Street. Lt. Tony....

01/08/2026

NOTTOWAY COUNTY BUILDING PERMITS FOR DECEMBER 2025:

Nottoway County in December issued 21 BUILDING PERMITS, six of which involve home generators. Many here haven’t forgotten the catastrophic ice storm of Feb. 13-14, 2021 that caused prolonged, widespread power outages. Some residents are planning for warmer days -- two of the permits are for swimmi...

01/08/2026

CELEBRATION OF LIFE IS ANNOUNCED FOR RETIRED LONG-TIME Nottoway County educator, Linda Johnson, 74, of Crewe.

01/08/2026

SPEEDS HIT 100 MPH IN BACK ROAD POLICE PURSUIT -- DRIVER OF FLEES ON FOOT:

Blackstone authorities are still looking for the driver of a vehicle that led police on a harrowing, 100 mph chase down several back roads early Sunday morning. It was shortly after 2:00 a.m. when Cpl. Jeremy Ruppert attempted to stop a van for failing to stop for the stop sign at Maben Avenue and C...

01/08/2026

REPORTED COUGAR SIGHTING ON COTTAGE ROAD:

A Nottoway County woman says she’s certain she saw a mountain lion (cougar) late Saturday night on Cottage Road about four miles north of Blackstone. Tori LaVelle says it was no ordinary cougar because it was black in color. Tori, 22 was driving home at approximately 11 p.m. when she saw the anima...

01/08/2026

EMPORIA MAN WANTED FOR ALLEGED STRANGULATION IS ARRESTED ON AMELIA AVENUE IN BLACKSTONE:

A man wanted in Petersburg for felony Strangulation and other charges in other jurisdictions was arrested here New Year’s Eve by an alert Blackstone officer. Lt. Tony Mayton identifies the suspect as 27-year-old Marquise Kabar Jennings of Emporia. According to Mayton, it was 6:45 p.m. on Dec. 31st...