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Courier-Record Newspaper The award-winning Courier-Record is a weekly news publication in Blackstone VA.

Serving Nottoway, Lunenburg and surrounding counties, the Courier-Record newspaper has a weekly circulation of 6,150. With a reputation for honest and hard-hitting news reporting, excellent photography, and top-quality
advertising and printing services, the Courier-Record is Southside Virginia’s top choice for local news and information.

SPECIAL OFFICE HOURS AT COURIER THIS WEEK:
11/24/2025

SPECIAL OFFICE HOURS AT COURIER THIS WEEK:

The Courier-Record will be closed Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27th) and Friday, Nov. 28th. We’ll re-open at 9:00 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1st. We’ll still be checking email. Sorry! An active online subscription is required to access this content. Please login below or Subscribe today! Username Password * Re...

OBITUARY ANNOUCEMENT for Louise Wilson Watkins, 98, of Midlothian, formerly of Wellville east of Blackstone.
11/24/2025

OBITUARY ANNOUCEMENT for Louise Wilson Watkins, 98, of Midlothian, formerly of Wellville east of Blackstone.

11/24/2025

Missing juvenile in Crewe found safely moments ago….

11/24/2025

+++UPDATE FOUND++++

****MISSING JUVENILE****
Hispanic Male, 5'6" about 125lbs, black hair, brown eyes, last seen at 9:00PM on Sunday, November 23, 2025 wearing blue jeans and a sweatshirt (unknown color). If you have any information please call Nottoway Sheriff's Office at 434-645-9044.

11/24/2025

UPDATE 8:18 a.m. -- Regarding the missing juvenile in Crewe, Nottoway County is preparing to issue a CodeRed phone alert throughout Nottoway County and a Facebook post as well. As soon as we receive description from authorities, we will post.

11/24/2025

MISSING JUVENILE:
7:37 a.m. Monday, November 24th -- Town of Crewe and Nottoway County authorities, including K-9 unit "Bailey" and handler Lt. Ty Moore, are searching for a reported missing juvenile. We are awaiting more details but it's reported to be a student at Nottoway High School who was last seen around 9 p.m. last night. A Be On Look-out (BOL) is being issued. We are not yet aware of an age or description. If you happen to have any information that could help, call Nottoway County Sheriff's Office at 434-645-9044.

VARIETY OF CALLS FOR BLACKSTONE POLICE:
11/22/2025

VARIETY OF CALLS FOR BLACKSTONE POLICE:

A woman, who was stopped by police on suspicion of stealing a truck here, wasn’t charged in that incident but instead was held on outstanding warrants from Chesterfield. Blackstone police were dispatched at 8:02 a.m. Monday morning, Nov. 17th, to the 200 block of West Broad Street for a report tha...

LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURES BRILLIANT LATE NIGHT IMAGES:
11/22/2025

LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURES BRILLIANT LATE NIGHT IMAGES:

This is one of several images captured last Wednesday night, Nov. 12th, by photographer Callie Previtire of Zilles Road in western Dinwiddie County. They show the northern lights (during a geomagnetic storm) and a shooting star at approximately 11:10 p.m. during the peak of the orionids meteor showe...

SCENES FROM TOWN OF BLACKSTONE's NOV. 11th VETERANS DAY CEREMONY:Temperatures around 40° and breezy conditions didn't st...
11/22/2025

SCENES FROM TOWN OF BLACKSTONE's NOV. 11th VETERANS DAY CEREMONY:
Temperatures around 40° and breezy conditions didn't stop approximately 40 area residents from turning out. That's local resident David Flippen singing The National Anthem.

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SARAH ALLEN TO SCHOOL BOARD: "I BROUGHT RECEIPTS"
11/22/2025

SARAH ALLEN TO SCHOOL BOARD: "I BROUGHT RECEIPTS"

Sarah Allen took two members of the Nottoway School Board on an unpleasant stroll down “Memory Lane” last Thursday night. She accused Bill Outlaw and Sonny Abbott of wanting to sell the old Burkeville Elemen- tary School so they can evict the Registrar. “This is purely political...They have a ...

BIG GAME HUNTER -- 10-year-old bags first deer -- an impressive buck -- after killing her first Spring Gobbler earlier t...
11/22/2025

BIG GAME HUNTER -- 10-year-old bags first deer -- an impressive buck -- after killing her first Spring Gobbler earlier this year.

Arden Morton, 10-year-old daughter of Travis & Megan Morton of Lunenburg, killed her first deer Monday afternoon, Nov. 17th after school, and it was a nice one. She was hunting with her father and other members of Old Timer Hunt Club -- including Nelson Mayton and Bobby Finch who ran dogs -- when sh...

SALUTING VETERANS AND PLANNING FOR AMERICA's 250th BIRTHDAY:
11/21/2025

SALUTING VETERANS AND PLANNING FOR AMERICA's 250th BIRTHDAY:

The William Taylor Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) met recently at Victoria Baptist Church. Chapter Regent Sheila Amos (left) of Victoria introduced guest speaker, State Registrar Janice Poole. Registrar Poole, of Amherst, gave an entertaining and informative speech, “Exp...

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