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 […]
Virginia State Police is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash in Giles County. The crash occurred July 6, 2020 at 11:55 a.m. on Route 100, less than a mile north of Animal Sanctuary Road. A 2017 Dodge Caravan was traveling north on Route 100 when it crossed the centerline and struck […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Charlie Daniels, who went from being an in-demand session musician to a staple of Southern rock with his hit “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at 83. A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer died Monday at a hospital in […]
Tuesday, July 14, 2020, Pulaski County Public Service Authority Board of Directors Meeting, Board Room, Pulaski County Administration Building, 143 Third Street N.W., in the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, 9:00 a.m. (Contact: Natasha Grubb, Clerk to the Board, 143 Third Street, N.W., Suite 1, Pulaski, VA, 24301, 540-980-7710, ngrubb@pulaskicounty.org). This […]
Virginia State Police is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Carroll County. The crash occurred July 3, 2020 at 11:05 p.m. on Route 887/Glendale Road less than a mile west of Route 731. A 1994 Toyota Camry was traveling east on Glendale Road and coming through a curve when the […]