Nottoway County News

A female soldier was flown to VCU Medical Center and 13 other soldiers were taken to hospitals after an explosion last night at Fort Pickett, officials said.

They're riding out Ida at Jordan Point Yacht Haven in Prince George County. The James River lapped at the docks and finally sunk many of them as high tide came in just before noon.

Wind Chill: 37 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA Font Size: Two men accused of plotting to kill former Berryville Town Council woman Gail Smith have been arraigned.

Town police with assistance from the Nottoway County Sheriff's Department and Virginia State Police are looking for twin brothers in connection with an assault that was followed by shots being fired into a vehicle and two residences, Blackstone Chief Nicholas C. Kuzmiak said today.

Authorities announced Friday that three people have been indicted for their alleged involvement in a plot to kill Town Councilwoman Gail Smith.

Halifax County voters will go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and House of Delegates representative.

Dear readers, As the last few weeks have shown, perhaps the biggest problem we cyclists encounter is finding a place to just ride.

A Blackstone woman was killed in a single-car crash yesterday in Nottoway County.

There's no easy answer to what to do about sex offenders. Two developments, on opposite coasts and from opposite ends of a continuum, illustrate how complicated, and how serious, this issue is.

The state's new $62 million home for sexually violent predators, including rapists and child molesters, will fill up in the next two or three years, officials warned yesterday.

Authorities continue to question people in the slaying of Councilwoman Gail Smith, but still have named no suspects.

Virginia State Police say a helicopter crashed last night at Fort Pickett in Nottoway County.

Six Norfolk-based Navy crewmen suffered minor injuries when their helicopter crashed during a training exercise at Fort Pickett in Nottoway County.

Dinwiddie/Nottoway County Line - We're following breaking news tonight. A helicopter has crashed near the Dinwiddie/Nottoway county line.

Nottoway County, VA _ A former employee of the Piedmont Geriatric Hospital in Burkeville, Virginia was arrested Tuesday by trooper and special agents with the Virginia State Police Bureau of criminal Investigation.

Last year at this time, Powhatan County was one of the fastest-growing communities in the region and had gone six years without a homicide.