The final eight is now in place for the Class 4 Girls State Basketball Tournament. The quarterfinals begin Friday evening with Pulaski County hosting Millbrook at Christiansburg High School. The Cougars are 21-6 on the season, the Pioneers 26-2. Tipoff is 6 pm. Admission $10.00. In […]
The Roanoke Times is reporting a surgeon who earlier this year ran into a pedestrian in front of the Christiansburg Walmart no longer faces a drunken-driving charge — because a breath test showed he was below the legal threshold for intoxication. The paper said a defense attorney stated the pedestrian […]
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Kihei Clark made both ends of a one-and-one with eight seconds left to provide the winning margin and No. 22 Virginia beat Miami 46-44 on Wednesday night for its seventh victory in a row. Six of the Cavaliers’ victories during the streak have been by […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech coach Mike Young gave a simple explanation for why his team played much better Wednesday night than it had in the past five weeks when it had lost nine of the past 10 games. “When that thing goes in the basket, the game is […]
RESTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE) – U.S. consumers received 106 billion unwanted robocalls (325 per person) in 2019 – a 49% increase from the previous year – according to the Transaction Network Services (TNS) 2020 Robocall Investigation Report released today. A key finding from the TNS report shows that robocallers are increasingly […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. It was a stunning collapse for the former New York City mayor, who had his 2020 hopes on the Super Tuesday states and drained more than […]
May’s municipal elections should be interesting this year with competition for every seat in both Pulaski and Dublin. Tuesday at 7 p.m. was the deadline for citizens to sign up to be candidates for council and mayor in the towns of Pulaski and Dublin in this May’s municipal elections. Pulaski […]
13 precincts of 13 (100.00%) reporting Candidate Votes Percent Cory Booker Democratic 2 0.09% Julián Castro Democratic 2 0.09% Bernie Sanders Democratic 585 25.25% Elizabeth Warren Democratic 192 8.29% Marianne Williamson Democratic 3 0.13% Michael Bennet Democratic 3 0.13% Joseph R. Biden Democratic 1,218 52.57% Amy Klobuchar Democratic 10 0.43% Tulsi Gabbard Democratic […]
5 precincts of 5 (100.00%) reporting Candidate Votes Percent Cory Booker Democratic 1 0.06% Julián Castro Democratic 1 0.06% Bernie Sanders Democratic 654 36.52% Elizabeth Warren Democratic 240 13.40% Marianne Williamson Democratic 1 0.06% Michael Bennet Democratic 3 0.17% Joseph R. Biden Democratic 705 39.36% Amy Klobuchar Democratic 12 0.67% Tulsi Gabbard Democratic […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden notched his first major Super Tuesday victory, winning battleground Virginia to start the most pivotal night of the Democratic presidential primary and add to a remarkable political comeback that looked unthinkable just last week. Sen. Bernie Sanders is looking for an early home-state win in […]
Amidst coronavirus’ rise, proper handwashing technique is more important than ever, says Virginia Tech food safety expert March 3, 2020 — With the coronavirus COVID-19 spreading across the country and illness prevention on everyone’s mind, it’s important to remember that the first line of defense against such infectious diseases is […]
Today’s Democratic Primary – in Pulaski County at least – isn’t bringing voters out in droves. According to Kathy Webb, Director of Elections and General Registrar for Pulaski County, only about 6 percent of the 22,156 registered voters in the county – 1,300 people – had voted as of 1:30 […]