The Patriot has learned that Fort Chiswell High School football coach Todd Tiller resigned Tuesday morning at the school. Tiller will return to his home area in the deep southwest corner of the state and be an assistant coach on the staff of relatively new school, Ridgeview. Both schools are […]
Luis Gil retired the first 10 batters of the night for the Pulaski Yankees, but the Princeton Rays held the Yanks’ bats in check to sweep a three-game series on Monday night, 4-3. Gil’s counter partner, Wanderson Linares was sensational on the mound as well, and received the hard-earned win […]
At 11:11 a.m., Monday (July 16) Virginia State Police Trooper D.D. Dunford responded to a two-vehicle crash in Wythe County. A 2014 Chevrolet Equinox was northbound on Interstate 81 when it ran off the left side of the highway and struck the guardrail. The Equinox then crossed back into the […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine and Republican challenger Corey Stewart have accepted invitations to participate in Virginia’s oldest and most widely broadcast televised debate this fall. “The People’s Debate” will be held on Oct. 2 in the studio of WCVE-TV — Virginia Public Television — in […]
Virginia Tech had a four-man recruiting class for the upcoming 2018 season with Landers Nolley being the featured recruit, a four-star rated player to go along with three, three-stars. And Buzz Williams is already trying to get his 2019 and 2020 recruiting classes in gear. In the past […]
Pedro Espinola was magnificent on the mound for the Pulaski Yankees, but the bats stayed silent in a 3-0 defeat to the Princeton Rays on Sunday night. Espinola finished the night with 11 strikeouts, marking a new season-high by a Yankees’ pitcher in a single game. The scoreless affair continued into the eighth winning […]
The Pulaski Yankees dropped the first of a three-game set against the Princeton Rays by a 13-1 final on Saturday night at Calfee Park. The loss dropped the Yankees’ record to 11-14 on the 2018 season. Princeton jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning courtesy of Wander Franco’s […]
Luis Rijo took the hill for the Pulaski Yankees and tossed six sensational innings leading to an 8-1 win over the Bristol Pirates on Friday night. The victory gave the Yanks a series win over Bristol, taking three of four games to kick off a seven-game homestand. Max Burt tripled […]
The Pulaski Yankees’ bullpen shined in holding the Bristol Pirates to two runs in nine innings en route to an 8-2 win on Thursday night at Calfee Park. Daniel Bies made the start for Pulaski and worked the first two innings allowing one run on two hits, and Justin Wilson worked the […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s state-owned lottery program had its best year on record with profits topping $600 million for the first time. Gov. Ralph Northam’s office announced Wednesday that the state lottery had a record $2.14 billion in sales in fiscal 2018. Officials said lottery players took home $1.3 […]
Jonah Davis drove in five runs for the Bristol Pirates leading to a 6-3 win over the Pulaski Yankees on Wednesday night at Motor Mile Field in Calfee Park. The defeat dropped the Yankees to 9-13 on the season and 5-5 at home. It only took one pitch into Wednesday’s game for […]
…A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PULASKI AND NORTHEASTERN WYTHE COUNTIES… Until 115 PM EDT At 1238 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Pulaski, moving southeast at 20 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include… Pulaski… Dublin… Allisonia… Patterson… and Claytor […]