Lynchburg– Pulaski County’s outstanding 2019 football season ended Friday night at City Stadium in Lynchburg. The Cougars fell to a talented E.C. glass team, 27-10. But the final score is not indicative of the game. With 1:04 left to play the Hilltoppers only led, 14-10, and the go ahead […]
VHSL Region Semifinal Class 6 Region A Oscar Smith 20, Landstown 16 Thomas Dale 36, Ocean Lakes 6 Region B Colonial Forge 42, Patriot 21 Massaponax 45, Freedom (Woodbridge) 42 Region C Lake Braddock 30, Mount Vernon 24, OT South County 34, T.C. Williams 0 Region D Westfield 42, South […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Christiansberg resident Rachel Sutphin mourns the loss of two men’s lives every day: her father, Cpl. Eric Sutphin and his killer, William Morva. Morva murdered Sutphin, who worked for the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, in Blacksburg on Aug. 6, 2006. On Thursday, Sutphin joined other families […]
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Nate Kennell finished with 20 points as Bradley topped Radford 70-61 on Friday night. Kennell made 8 of his 13 shots, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, for the Braves (4-1). Darrell Brown chipped in with 14 points and five assists. Elijah Childs snagged 12 […]
Virginia is on upset alert heading into its game against Liberty. The Flames (6-4) are one victory away from becoming bowl eligible for the first time in program history. The Cavaliers (7-3), meanwhile, have already secured a bowl spot and after hosting Liberty will take on No. 25 Virginia Tech […]
Volvo Trucks North America’s New River Valley Truck plant in Dublin will lay off some 700 employees in January. Word of the layoff began surfacing late today as WARN notices of the impending layoff began going out to second shift workers. Franky Marchand, Vice President and General Manager of the […]
The Pulaski Police Department, in partnership with the Radford Police Department, has been awarded a total of $42,927 in grant funding to purchase new body worn cameras for sworn members of these agencies. The U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, solicited law enforcement agencies nationwide for project […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Nahiem Alleyne scored 20 points to lead Virginia Tech to a 100-64 victory over Delaware State on Wednesday. Alleyne hit 7 of 11 from the floor, including five 3-pointers, and Jalen Cone added 17 points to help the Hokies (5-0) extend their home nonconference winning streak […]
We’ve all heard about sanctuary cities – cites where laws tend to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation or prosecution, despite federal immigration law. There are dozens of such self-proclaimed sanctuary cities across the U.S., along with others that are operated as sanctuary cities, but have not adopted an official sanctuary […]
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — For the Atlantic Coast Conference, eight may not be enough. Only eight ACC teams have secured bowl eligibility, and unless some teams find a way to rally that will mean the league will be sending fewer teams to the postseason than it has in any […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Mamadi Diakite and No. 7 Virginia found themselves in a nail-biter, and with Anthony Lamb putting on an offensive show in the second half, Diakite took it upon himself to try to slow down the Vermont star. Diakite also scored 19 points of his own and […]
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Carlik Jones scored 20 points, Travis Fields, Jr. added 15 and Radford used a 17-0 first-half run to stun Northwestern and then defeat the cold-shooting Wildcats 67-56 on Tuesday night. The Highlanders (2-2) shot 41.8% from the floor and outrebounded Northwestern 36-30 in the second meeting […]