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. […]
After over 40 years in business, the Sherwin Williams Paint Store on Jefferson Avenue in Pulaski is closing. The store will close Friday, according to a store employee. The closing affects three employees. The store sells Sherwin-Williams brand interior and exterior paint, painting equipment, stains, and wallpaper. Currently the company’s […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A national coalition of labor unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work this month, as part of an ongoing reckoning on systemic racism and police brutality in the U.S. Dubbed the “Strike for Black Lives,” tens of thousands […]
House Republican Leader Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, Caucus Chair Kathy Byron, R-Bedford, and Caucus Whip Jay Leftwich, R-Chesapeake, issued the following statement today: “Both the Centers for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics have made it clear — the bigger risk for our students is keeping schools closed this fall. […]
Today is Wednesday, July 8, the 190th day of 2020. There are 176 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 8, 2000, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 7-6 (3) for her first Grand Slam title, becoming the first Black female champion at Wimbledon since Althea […]
Some of our best childhood memories are of summer camp. This year due to Covid 19 groups and organizations have not been able to schedule their normal summer activities for area children. In an effort to provide some summer camp activities, community partners have decided to provide a pick up […]
The Town of Pulaski Police Department responded this morning at 10:34 a.m. to Washington Square Apartments in reference to suspicious persons possibly holding someone at gunpoint. Officers arrived and identified Eric Garrand Cherry, 63 of Whitsett, N.C. and Chrisley Ann Adkins-Davis, 40 of Greensboro, N.C. as suspects in an alleged […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after today introducing the Granny Pods Study Act of 2020: “For some families, ‘granny pods’ are an appropriate and safe choice as they care for loved ones with long-term mental and physical impairments. My bill would require the Centers for Medicare and […]