Virginia Tech is hoping its Senior Day isn’t the last day of its football season. The Hokies (4-6, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) will honor 12 players before Friday’s game against Virginia (7-4, 4-3), and they will be seeking their 15th consecutive victory against the Cavaliers. If they can manage that, […]
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — As you carve your roast turkey and give thanks for all that’s good in your life, remember to give thanks for this: That you’re not celebrating Thanksgiving the way the first Virginians did. That would be back in December 1619 — two years before those […]
The numbers are somewhat misleading in the ACC this season. Things sound pretty good when considering Clemson is a national title contender, the league has had a record 10 football teams make an appearance in the Top 25 and 12 of its 14 teams could be bowl eligible. But step […]
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has been sentenced to three months in jail for shooting into an occupied vehicle and killing two dogs over the death of his rescue cat. The Roanoke Times reports 69-year-old Stephen Nichols Cook was also ordered Tuesday to attend anger management classes. Arthur […]
It’s official: DAK Lights has relocated to Randolph Park in Dublin, Virginia! Starting with this year’s premiere at 5:30pm on Thanksgiving Night, November 22, DAK Lights will run nightly through New Year’s Eve at the new location in the back of the park. DAK Lights is an annual Christmas light […]
Only two candidates will be on the ballot on Jan. 15 when voters go to the polls to elect a new Commissioner of the Revenue for Pulaski County. According to Pulaski County Registrar Kathy Webb, interim Commissioner Donna Gray has qualified as the local Democratic Party’s nominee, while Kim L. […]
Monday 11/26/18 Girls Basketball: Fort Chiswell @ Pulaski Co. JV @ 5:30, Varsity to Follow Tuesday 11/27/18 Boys Basketball Scrimmage: Pulaski Co. @ Graham JV @ 5:00, Varsity to Follow Wednesday 11/28/18 Girls Basketball: Pulaski Co. @ Carroll Co. JV @ 5:30, Varsity to Follow Thursday 11/29/18 Boys Basketball: Pulaski […]
Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall is embracing the importance of this week’s game against Virginia Tech. The Cavaliers (7-4, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) finish the regular season in Blacksburg on Friday against the Hokies (4-6, 3-4). The game for the Commonwealth Cup has taken on added importance for both programs in […]
RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS RANK 1 Duke (53) 3-0 1564 1 2 Kansas (7) 3-0 1510 2 3 Gonzaga 3-0 1437 3 4 Virginia (2) 3-0 1299 4 5 Tennessee (1) 3-0 1281 5 6 Nevada 3-0 1253 6 7 North Carolina 4-0 1246 7 8 Auburn 3-0 1123 […]
On Sunday, November 18, 2018 at approximately 10:22 p.m., Radford City Police, Fire, and EMS were called to the area of Walker and Ninth Street for a vehicle crash. Upon arrival, officers found an unoccupied 2006 Chevrolet Impala and a downed utility pole carrying electric lines. Investigation revealed that the […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Justin Robinson saw his Virginia Tech teammate Ahmed Hill coming off the floor after a disappointing first half. “We’re going to need you to win,” Robinson told him. Hill certainly listened and was instrumental in the 16th-ranked Hokies’ first in-season tournament title in coach Buzz Williams’ […]