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Town Manager Provides Details On Changes In Governing Body

CREWE — The Journal reported in its March 21st edition on recent changes in the town’s governing body. The newspaper later received the following information about the changes from Crewe Town Manager Phil Miskovic. As a courtesy and for public awareness, the press release is published below with no narrative added by The Journal: Following a closed session during the... READ MORE >

Deputies Probe Stolen-Vehicle Case And Bizarre Incident At Quality Inn

NOTTOWAY — The Journal received the following report from Sheriff Robert L. Jones after last week’s edition had gone to press: On 03/018/2024, a Blackstone resident arose and found their vehicle, a 2023 black Nissan, had been stolen. The resident reported the larceny of the vehicle at 06:43 a.m. The vehicle had a tracking app on it and was last... READ MORE >

Brightspeed Service Anything But Bright

Much is made in the current hour about March Madness — the competition among the selected college basketball teams scrambling to make the Final Four and an eventual championship. That is not the only March Madness at the moment. We have been engaged in one with the local telephone company whose corporate fathers rebranded the former CenturyLink to something called... READ MORE >

Virgie Cliborne, 77, Of Crewe, Dies March 18

Virgie Mary Cliborne, age 77, of Crewe, VA, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, March 18, 2024. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jimmie Cliborne. Virgie is survived by her two daughters, Deborah Gray and Janet Cliborne; three sons, James, William, and Tommy Goin; five grandchildren, Crystal, Tracey, David, Benny and Mary; five great grandchildren; and... READ MORE >

Services Held For Lloyd Wynn, 92, Of Blackstone

Mr. Lloyd R. Wynn, 92, of Blackstone died March 3, 2024. He is survived by two daughters Lloyettte and Celeste Wynn; a son, Llyod Wynn: five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Preston H. Watkins; other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Friday, March 15, 2024, at Springhill Baptist Church, Blackstone. Interment followed in Virginia Veterans Cemetery at Amelia. W.E.... READ MORE >

ECHOES OF THE PAST

1944 — 80 Years Ago This Week Mr. and Mrs. C.G. Pond, a navigator-bombardier, of Crewe received a telegram from the Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D.C., stating their son, Lt. John Dan Pond has been reported missing in action since March 8 over Germany. A public mass meeting was held in Crewe March 28 at Crewe High School to... READ MORE >

Governor Youngkin Not Pleased With Budget Sent To Him

We’re several weeks into the interregnum between the Regular and Reconvened Sessions, and the state of play between the Governor, the House and Senate majorities remains fraught at best. Democrats continue to attack the Governor, who in turn has said he has not ruled out vetoing the entire budget. Governor Youngkin is not pleased with the budget sent to him... READ MORE >

Imbalance In News Coverage

CARRBORO, N.C. — , Recently, former Vice-President Mike Pence announced that he would not support Donald Trump, the man he used to serve. At the New York Times, the news made barely a bleep. They never put the story on the front of their homepage. They ran a short piece that offers little analysis and few insightful details. The episode... READ MORE >

JOURNAL EDITORIAL

This is being written on Sunday, the day before former President Donald J. Trump faces a Monday, March 25 deadline to post a $464 million bond in New York or face seizure of his properties by the state’s attorney general. Mr. Trump said last Friday that he “nearly” has the cash, but keen observers questioned the statement as just another... READ MORE >

The Color of Compassion

Is the U.S. government showing its true colors when it comes to sympathy for war victims? — Khalil Bendib... READ MORE >