When the country seems to be divided more than ever, it’s hard to find something that everyone can agree on, especially in an election year, but it’s safe to say that museums are on many lists of favorites. The Virginia Association of Museums’ Virginia’s Top 10 Endangered Artifacts program provides […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Jay Huff and Mamadi Diakite scored 17 points apiece as defending national champion Virginia snapped a three-game losing streak with a 63-58 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday night. The Cavaliers (12-5, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) finally regained their winning touch after dropping out of The Associated […]
CLINTON, S.C. (AP) — Carlik Jones had 20 points as Radford won its seventh straight game, beating Presbyterian 75-64 on Saturday in a battle of two of the three teams with perfect Big South Conference records. Donald Hicks hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 points, matching his career high, and […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech fans were having a great time giving Syracuse’s Buddy Boeheim a hard time after one of his first shots hit nothing on Saturday. “Airball! Airball!” the crowd jeered the next few times he touched the ball. Boeheim silenced them quickly, scoring 18 consecutive Syracuse […]
The Pulaski County girls basketball team moved to 9-4 on the season and an undefeated 5-0 in the River Ridge District with a convincing 64-48 victory on the road at Cave Spring. The team got off to a good start when Alaina Akers connected on two […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police are scouring the internet for clues about plans for mayhem, workers are putting up chain link holding pens around Virginia’s picturesque Capitol Square, and one lawmaker even plans to hide in a safe house in advance of what’s expected to be an unprecedented show of […]
Cave Spring came to Pulaski County Friday night undefeated and left the same way and everybody in attendance went home with a good understanding why the Knights haven’t lost, and might not. Pulaski Co. suffered an 84-54 shellacking dropping its record to 6-7. Sometimes you’re just overmatched. The […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dozens of North Carolina Republican state legislators are expressing solidarity with local governments in Virginia that have spoken out formally in recent months for gun rights. About 50 members of the state House Republican Caucus — including Speaker Tim Moore — signed a letter dated this […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s highest court on Friday upheld a ban on firearms at an upcoming pro-gun rally in the state’s capital, an event that authorities feared could erupt in violence at the hands of armed extremists. The Virginia Supreme Court’s decision came a day after gun-rights groups sued […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia urged the state Supreme Court on Friday to uphold a weapons ban at an upcoming gun rally in the capital, insisting it was necessary to prevent a repeat of deadly violence that erupted at a white nationalist rally more than two years ago. State Attorney […]
RADFORD, Va. (AP) — A Virginia dentist who was involved in a crash has been accused of driving under the influence with two guns, 150 pills and brass knuckles. Matthew Scott Mower, 40, had a bond hearing Thursday in Radford, The Roanoke Times reported. The crash happened Jan. 10. Mower […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A judge on Thursday upheld a ban on firearms at a pro-gun rally scheduled for next week in Virginia, rejecting a request from gun-rights groups that sued to overturn it. The Virginia Citizens Defense League and Gun Owners of America filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking an […]