The Ruritan Road Ruritan Club members are busy planning their second annual Fireball Charity Golf Challenge – set for Saturday, May 4 with a rain date of May 5. Thorn Spring Golf Course & Event Center will once again be hosts for the event which netted the club $4,000 for Pulaski County fire departments. Although the participants […]
The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Wytheville Field Office is investigating the shooting of a Bluefield, Va. Police Officer shortly before midnight. The search also remains underway for the shooting suspect, Donquale M. Gray, 25, of Bluefield, W.Va. The incident began at approximately 11:45 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 16) when a Bluefield, Va. Police Officer […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed legislation that will lower and simplify state tax bills. Northam signed tax-overhaul legislation into law Friday. The legislation will give taxpayers refunds this year to compensate for higher state taxes on 2018 income. The rebate will be up to $110 for individual filers and $220 […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement in response to the declaration of national emergency by President Trump regarding the situation at the southern border: “Since the National Emergencies Act was signed into law in 1976, presidents have used it dozens of times to declare national emergencies. For example, President George W. Bush issued […]
Town of Pulaski offices will be closed on Monday, February 18th in recognition of Presidents’ Day.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Battling with one branch of government and opening a new confrontation with another, President Donald Trump announced Friday he was declaring a national emergency to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Bypassing Congress, which approved far less money for his proposed wall than he had sought, Trump […]
The top ten capital improvement needs facing the Pulaski County School System will require over $4.2 million to address. Add to that security and vehicle needs and the price grows to almost $4.9 million. For the second straight year, the county’s School Board approved a resolution identifying the school system’s capital improvement priorities. The resolution, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign Congress’ border security compromise, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday. The announcement removed the last ounce of suspense over the fate of a bill that would provide just a sliver of the money Trump wants to build a wall with Mexico but also would avoid a […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — With Virginia’s top Democrats mired in scandal, the fourth man in line to become governor is keeping a low profile even as his status rises. Republican House Speaker Kirk Cox, a soft-spoken retired public school teacher, could play a key role in determining the fates of the three highest-ranking Democrats in […]
Frank Purpera Jr. Sentenced to 20 Months After Being Convicted of 69 Counts Following Four-Day Trial in February 2018 ROANOKE – The former owner of the Virginia Vein Institute in Blacksburg was sentenced yesterday to 20 months in federal prison resulting from his conviction on nearly 70 federal drug charges for illegally obtaining 3,200 oxycodone pills, […]
