On Saturday, July 11 8:40 a.m. the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office received a call to 357 Lone Ash Road in Barren Springs, Virginia in reference to a domestic situation. The juvenile caller stated that his mother had been shot by his father during an argument. Wythe County Sheriff’s Deputies and […]
Attention parent of 2020-2021 kindergarten students, please register your child for kindergarten as soon as possible. You may request a paper copy from any elementary school or complete an online application located at www.pcva.us If you have any questions, contact Tammy Harrell at 540-994-2524. Proof of a completed school entrance […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Baseball has its answer to penalty kicks, overtimes and shootouts, and it figures to stir just as much debate as all those other tiebreakers. Major League Baseball will start each extra inning in this abbreviated, 60-game season by putting a runner on second base. The rule has […]
The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic. The conference cited medical advice in making its decision and added ominously that the plan would […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on Virginia’s state budget hasn’t been as bad as previously feared. Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that Virginia ended fiscal 2020 with a $236.5 million budget shortfall, far less than anticipated. Overall, state revenues were up 2% from the previous fiscal year. […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Initial payments have begun to laid-off workers under the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, which Virginia lagged most other states in getting up and running. The program referred to as PEUC provides up to an additional 13 weeks of regular unemployment insurance to individuals who have […]
Christopher Shawn Wheeler, who gunned down Wythe County Deputy Cliff Dicker in 1994, is scheduled for a parole hearing next Wednesday (July 15). The prospect of Wheeler winning his freedom has spurred Dicker’s family into action to try and see to it the killer remains in prison. Karla Dicker Turman, […]
Today is Thursday, July 9, the 191st day of 2020. There are 175 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 9, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington’s troops in New York. On this date: In 1755, British General Edward Braddock […]
On July 7, shortly before 10:00 P.M. the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office and Virginia State Police responded to a domestic situation where a gunshot had been fired at 586 Whippoorwill Road here in Wythe County. The officers responding to the call were walking up to the residence when two deputies […]
Tuesday evening Pulaski Town Council selected a new vice-mayor, heard from its newly elected mayor and interim town manager, and recognized a former member of council. During the first meeting of the town’s new fiscal year, council also heard a presentation on retail development – a subject that has been […]
44 DUI Arrests Over Holiday Weekend RICHMOND – Unfortunately, thousands of drunk, speeding and reckless drivers kept Virginia State Police busy and put countless lives at risk during the 2020 July 4th holiday weekend across the Commonwealth. Preliminary reports indicate nine individuals, to include a 4-year-old child, died during the […]
On July 7, 2020 at 9:15 p.m. The Town of Pulaski Police Department responded to the 600 Block of Mount Olivet Road in reference to a motor vehicle crash with a report of injuries. While investigating the crash Officers determined that one of the drivers involved, Walter Vance Erps Jr. […]