By MIKE WILLIAMS The Patriot A mainstay of the Pulaski business community since 1890 – Stevens Funeral Home – has been sold. Effective July 1, Norris Funeral Services, Inc. – owned by David and Michelle Norris – purchased the funeral home from the Stevens family. Terms of the sale were […]
Pulaski River Turtles defeated Johnson City Doughboys 9-4 on Wednesday thanks in part to Myles Smith, who drove in six runners. Smith drove in runs on a home run in the second and a grand slam in the third. Johnson City Doughboys scored three runs in the ninth inning, but Pulaski River Turtles still managed to pull out the […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia is expected to receive up to $530 million over many years from a proposed $26 billion national settlement agreement to litigation over the opioid crisis, Attorney General Mark Herring announced Wednesday. Herring and other attorneys general outlined key details of the proposed agreement that states […]
Fort Chiswell High School has a new football coach. According to area sports site, RodneySportsNow.com, Robert “Spider” Thompson has been named as the head man for the 2021 season. It will be Thompson’s second stint with the Pioneers. He was head coach from 1999 to 2002 and compiled an 11-29 […]
ABINGDON, Va. – A North Carolina man, who used the popular social media messaging app Snapchat to solicit minors to send him sexually explicit photographs and videos in exchange for expensive gifts, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison. According to court documents, Jason Kelly Inman, 41, of […]
Earlier Wednesday afternoon, KTI LTD illegally disposed of approximately 500-600 gallons of curdled milk in a storm drain located at the former Pulaski Furniture Company site. At this time, further spread of the curdled milk has been contained to the area near Sproules Run. The Pulaski Fire Department, the Town […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration issued new guidance Wednesday on COVID-19 prevention measures for the upcoming school year, urging but not requiring continued masking in many circumstances. With a statewide public health order that had mandated masking in schools coming to an end Sunday, school divisions […]
In 2007, the Town of Pulaski adopted Ordinance 2007-06 which established that the owner(s) of a building within a conservation and rehabilitation district that has been vacant for a continuous period of 12 or more months must register such buildings with the Town on an annual basis. In the years […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo ended one of the greatest NBA Finals ever with 50 points — and a championship Milwaukee waited 50 years to win again. Antetokounmpo had 50 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots as the Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 on Tuesday night to win […]
The Pulaski Co Friends of the Library will hold a one day book sale on Friday, August 6th from 11am to 3:00pm. In case of rain, the book sale will be the following day on Saturday at the same time. The sale will take place at the corner of West […]
The Pulaski River Turtles take down the Johnson City Doughboys in an 8-5 victory Tuesday night. Highlight of the game was a grand slam by Garrett Rice in the bottom of the fifth. Johnson City falls to 12-22-1 on the city while Pulaski now improves to 24-14. We would find […]
The Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV) once again, held its largest giving day yet, GiveLocalNRV on Wednesday, June 23rd, to help over 90 nonprofits across the New River Valley raise money and draw attention to the important work they do for the region. The event exceeded its […]