COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ty Jerome had a season-high 25 points and No. 5 Virginia added to its perfect start with a 69-52 victory over South Carolina on Wednesday night. The Cavaliers improved to 10-0 for the first time since they opened with 19 straight wins on their way to […]
GREENSBOBO, N.C. (AP) — Isaiah Miller scored 14 points, Eric Hamilton scored all 10 of his in the second half and UNC Greensboro beat Radford 65-58 on Tuesday night for the Spartans’ fourth consecutive victory. Francis Alonso scored all 11 of his points in the first half when UNCG (12-2) […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia is set for a heated debate over what to do with a projected multibillion dollar windfall from last year’s federal tax overhaul. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam presented a state budget plan Tuesday that holds on to the money, arguing the extra cash is a “once […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Penny Marshall, who starred in “Laverne & Shirley” before becoming one of the top-grossing female directors in Hollywood, has died. She was 75. Mashall’s publicist, Michelle Bega, said Marshall passed away in her Hollywood Hills, Calif., home on Monday due to complications from diabetes. Marshall starred […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Kansas, Duke and Tennessee were 1-2-3 Monday in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the second straight week, while reigning national champion Villanova fell out for a second time. The Jayhawks earned 56 of 65 first-place votes to stay at No. 1, a […]
A Service for the Longest Night will be held on Thursday, December 20, 7:00 pm, at First United Methodist Church in Pulaski. This community service is intended to bring light into the darkness of our lives that we experience and that can often make the Christmas season a time of […]
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — With his star player out indefinitely with a sprained knee and losses in three of its last four, without playing what he thought was a bad game, Clemson coach Brad Brownell felt his team needed a win Saturday to keep this season from spiraling down quickly. […]
Residents of Pulaski County have gotten what they were asking for concerning a traffic light near the new middle school. But VDOT’s approval comes with strings. Trevor Kimzey of the Gay and Neel civil engineering design firm, which has been working on the traffic light issue, provided an update on […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Virginia Tech handled some late pressure to earn a big victory Saturday night. The 13th-ranked Hokies withstood a second-half rally from Washington to earn a 73-61 win in the Air Force Reserve Boardwalk Classic. Nickell Alexander-Walker scored 24 points for Virginia Tech (9-1), which won […]
There will be a spaghetti supper fundraiser at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 at Jordan’s Chapel United Methodist Church. Funds raised at the event will go toward supporting an Eagle Scout project by Samuel Breedlove. Attendees will get spaghetti, a salad, drink and dessert – all for only $6.00
Roanoke, VIRGINIA – A federal grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke has charged a Salem man with stealing multiple firearms from a federal firearms licensee in Dublin, Virginia. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Thomas L. Chittum III, […]
Shortly before 5 p.m. on Dec. 13, 2018, the Virginia State Police was requested to assist the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office with a traffic pursuit of a stolen Jeep Cherokee that had refused to stop for its deputy on Interstate 81. The pursuit left Wythe County and proceeded south on […]