Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said this week there should be no waiver policy for any athlete that transfers to another NCAA member school. Bowlsby said all athletes should be required to sit out a year after transferring. Bowlsby believes as I do that making the next step is not […]
On June 10, 2019 at approximately 9:00 pm, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Deputy Giampocaro and K9 Zeus conducted a traffic stop on a 2007 Ford SUV on Cougar Trail Road. During the traffic stop encounter, a small amount of methamphetamine was located inside the vehicle. Further information was gained with the […]
The Calfee Training School Project is announcing an open call for Board of Directors nominations. Much of the group’s work over the past year has been guided by the Calfee Training School Project’s Ad Hoc Steering Committee. As the project moves forward, a formal decision making Board of Directors will […]
Funding to expand health care, spur economic development, improve infrastructure, and create jobs for the Appalachian Region RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced he is recommending more than $4.9 million in Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grants for 20 projects in the Appalachian Region of Virginia, which encompasses 25 counties and eight […]
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has been tried by a judge after biting off his grandfather’s fingertip and swallowing it during an argument. The digit was never recovered. The Roanoke Times reports 23-year-old Aaron Michael Adams was charged with malicious wounding and aggravated malicious wounding in the attack […]
Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce Membership Luncheon to begin at 12 noon The Pulaski Yankees and Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce will co-host their annual media day and membership luncheon on Monday, June 17. The luncheon will begin at 12 p.m., with players and coaches available to the media for […]
The New River is reaching flows are over 10,000 cubic feet per second of water at the Galax guage. Expect quickly rising water levels of Claytor Lake from its current level of 1843.85. Please take extra precautions with your docks, boats, watercraft, or any item that could be affected by […]
On June 8, 2019 at 12:58am the Radford City Police Department responded to Pine View Drive, to a call of an unresponsive female. Upon arrival, officers located a deceased female. The body has been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s in Roanoke for an autopsy. The death […]
WENDELL, N.C. (AP) — Authorities are investigating why a Virginia woman died while scuba diving at a former North Carolina quarry site. Media organizations report that the woman died Saturday afternoon after swimming to the surface of Mystery Lake Scuba Park and citing breathing problems. The Wake County Sheriff’s Office […]
ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (AP) — Under a starry sky, U.S. Navy fighter jets catapulted off the aircraft carrier’s deck and flew north over the darkened waters of the northern Arabian Sea, a unmistaken signal to Iran that the foremost symbol of the American military’s global reach is back […]