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Pulaski River Turtles release 2024 schedule
Opening Night set for June 7th at Calfee Park PULASKI, Va. – A new season of Pulaski River Turtles baseball is slated to begin Tuesday, June 4th, on the road against the newest member of the Appalachian League, the Tri-State baseball organization located on the campus of Marshall University in […]
Fentanyl trafficker pleads guilty
ABINGDON, Va. – A Buena Park, California man, who supplied as many as 30,000 pressed fentanyl pills a week to individuals who shipped the pills to Southwest Virginia, pled guilty today to a pair of federal drug charges. Robert Contreras, 23, a.k.a. “Quill,” pled guilty to one count of conspiring […]
Chief Niece retiring, Shumate hired
From Town of Pulaski The Town of Pulaski would like to announce that after over 25 years of dedicated law enforcement service to the community, Police Chief Jill Neice is retiring on January 2, 2024 and handing over the torch to a very capable and equally dedicated public servant, Samuel […]
Motor Mile to manage speedway again
RADFORD, Va. – After leasing Motor Mile Speedway & Dragway to Rusty Wallace Racing Experience owner Mark Ebert for the 2021-2023 seasons, Motor Mile will resume management of the venue for the 2024 season. Current plans include several special events such as the always-popular Monster Truck, Nights of Destruction and […]
Miss Virginia to support Coats for Kids
American Business Women’s Association – New River Valley (ABWA NRV) continues to work with the Women’s Resource Center of the New River Valley, a domestic violence shelter in Radford, VA. Brenda Eanes is chairwoman of ABWA NRV Coats for Kids, a coat drive to help women and children in domestic […]
Pulaski declares state of emergency
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, Governor Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency for the Commonwealth of Virginia due to the statewide drought conditions; and, WHEREAS, the Mayor of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia does hereby find Due to drought conditions and abnormally dry conditions, which create a high risk […]
State Police probing Wythe Co. death
The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Wytheville Field Office is investigating the circumstances that lead up to the unattended death of an adult male in Wythe County. At approximately 10:58 a.m. on Nov. 8, 2023, state police was notified that a deceased male had been located under the […]
PCHS sports & activities schedule
Monday 11/13/23 Winter Sports Parent Meeting: Little Theater 6 pm Wednesday 11/15/23 Last day of VHSL Winter Dead Period Thursday 11/16/23 Boys Basketball Scrimmage: Pulaski Co. @ Lord Botetourt JV @ 6 pm, Varsity @ 6 pm. Girls Basketball Scrimmage: Lord Botetourt @ Pulaski Co. JV @ 5:30, Varsity to Follow — Scott Vest Athletic […]
High School Playoff Football Scores
VHSL Playoffs Regional Quarterfinal Class 6 Battlefield 26, Patriot 6 Colonial Forge 49, Gainesville 26 Fairfax 32, Edison 20 Freedom 41, Potomac 0 Herndon 28, McLean 21 Highland Springs 49, Cosby 6 James Madison 42, Langley 6 Lake Braddock 49, Mount Vernon 16 Manchester 42, Landstown 0 Mountain View 48, […]
Maryland man charged for sex trafficking
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The FBI’s I-81 Human Trafficking Task Force has charged a Maryland man with using drug dependency to force at least five adult victims into commercial sex work, United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh and Stanley M. Meador, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division, announced […]