MILWAUKEE (AP) – Andrew Jones scored 21 points, Marcus Carr beat the halftime buzzer with a shot from well beyond halfcourt to put Texas ahead for good, and the Longhorns beat Virginia Tech 81-73 on Friday for their first NCAA Tournament victory since 2014. The sixth-seeded Longhorns (22-11) advance to a second-round […]
By MIKE WILLIAMS The Patriot The Pulaski County School Board is ready to move toward having a school-based health clinic on the campus of Pulaski County High School. At its meeting last week, the board heard a presentation from Megan Atkinson, Director of Career and Technical Education on the health […]
By MIKE WILLIAMS The Patriot The Town of Pulaski is currently “doing very well” with its current budget, as far as revenues and expenditures are going. That was the good news presented to Town Council on Tuesday by Town Manager Darlene Burcham and Finance Director Jackie Morris. Morris provided council […]
Pulaski County High School, in conjunction with LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, will again be providing sports physicals to Pulaski County Public School students who will be enrolled in the 6th through 12th grades during the 2022-2023 school year. The physicals will take place at PCHS in the Career and Technical Education […]
Monday 03/21/22 Varsity Softball: Abingdon @ Pulaski Co. 5 pm JV Softball: Abingdon @ Pulaski Co. 5 pm @ Pulaski Co. Middle School Tuesday 03/22/22 Varsity Baseball: Christiansburg @ Pulaski Co. 5 pm JV Baseball: Pulaski Co. @ Christiansburg 5 pm Varsity Softball: Pulaski Co. @ Christiansburg 5 pm JV Softball: Christiansburg @ Pulaski Co. 5 pm […]
ABINGDON, Va. – A Clintwood, Virginia man, who concealed his ownership interest in a waste management company and failed to report his employment and income from that business on his Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of bankruptcy fraud in federal court. According to court documents, […]
ABINGDON, Va. – A Marion, Virginia man who used the online messaging application KIK to distribute child sex abuse materials featuring prepubescent children was sentenced yesterday to 87 months in federal prison. Travis Shane Smith, 38, pleaded guilty in September 2021 to one count of knowingly distributing visual depictions of […]
RICHMOND, Va., – Virginia Housing today announced a major change to the Virginia Mortgage Relief Program, or VMRP, that it launched on Jan. 3, 2022. Effective March 17, 2022, the maximum amount of assistance to eligible Virginia homeowners is now raised to $40,000 with no cap on the number of months […]
Legislation would use a portion of excess transportation revenue to support three month gas tax suspension RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that he would send a bill to the General Assembly in the upcoming special session to suspend Virginia’s gas tax for 3 months. The Governor proposes using over $437 million in […]
RADFORD – A new Radford City Public Schools program will enable more children to enter the classroom ready to learn, says Superintendent Rob Graham. The Kinder Camps program will be supported by Carilion Clinic and administered by United Way of Southwest Virginia (UWSWVA). “Participation in a Kinder Camp will prepare […]
STATEMENT OF SENATE INTEL CHAIRMAN MARK R. WARNER ~ On President Zelenskyy’s address to Congress ~ WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, released the following statement following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to Congress: “I was incredibly moved by President Zelenskyy’s words this morning and […]
ABINGDON, Va. – A North Carolina man, who used the social media platforms Snapchat and Grindr to target teenage boys from Southwest Virginia, pleaded guilty today to federal charges. Jonathan Avery Shumate, 53, of Warrensville, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today to coercion and enticement of minors. According to court documents, […]