~ Lottery generated nearly $650 million in profits for K-12 public education in Fiscal Year 2019 ~ RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that the Virginia Lottery recorded its biggest year yet, with sales reaching over $2.29 billion and profits totaling nearly $650 million in the last fiscal year, which ended […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act: “People are fed up with the scam calls they receive from numbers that look familiar. Today the Energy and Commerce Committee acted on a bipartisan basis to end […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or tunnel his way out of trouble. A federal judge in Brooklyn handed […]
The Pulaski Yankees completed their four-game sweep of the Bristol Pirates on Tuesday night as they won the game 3-2. The win also pushed the Yankees winning streak to six games in a row and closed their seven-game home stand at Calfee Park. For the first time all series the […]
Pulaski Town Council Tuesday evening voted to approve a request by Pulaski Medical for a Special Exception to town zoning laws – a move that will now allow for an expansion of the methadone clinic on East Main Street. Pulaski Mayor David Clark cast the tie-breaking vote, and an ordinance […]
Pulaski Town Council Tuesday evening voted to approve a request by Pulaski Medical for a Special Exception to town zoning laws that will allow for an expansion of the methadone clinic on East Main Street. Pulaski Mayor David Clark cast the tie-breaking vote and an ordinance allowing the expansion passed, […]
The Draper Community Park Board has been diligently working on major improvements to the new Draper Community Park in conjunction with the County of Pulaski. The new basketball court and goals are a big part of this newly established, on-going, park project. “Unfortunately we have experienced another round of vandalism to one […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia state and local governments may have to pay more each year to cover public employees’ retirement costs. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the state’s pension plan for public employees is looking at lowering its expected rate of investment returns. The Virginia Retirement System could lower […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is struggling to raise big money in a key election year after a blackface scandal nearly ended his political career. But he’s also managed to remain a major source of campaign cash for Democrats, including those who have previously called on him […]
Elizabeth Florence Osborne, 83, of Pulaski died Tuesday morning July 9, 2019. She was born October 20, 1935 and was the daughter of the late Arthur Wesley Robertson and Vannie Smith Robertson. She was also preceded in death by her husband Charles P. Osborne and a brother Arthur Wesley Robinson […]
The Pulaski Yankees defeated the Bristol Pirates 10-2 on Monday night at Calfee Park and have won five games in a row. The five game winning streak is a new season high for consecutive wins and leaves the Yankees +3.5 games in first place in the Appalachian League East Division. […]