Pulaski County Schools issued the following statement on their Facebook page: All of Pulaski County Public Schools have been placed on a “Shelter In Place” status. This status means that schools will be operating as usual but faculty and staff will be on a higher state of alert and additional […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND Syracuse at No. 10 Virginia Tech. In the weekend’s only matchup of teams above .500 in ACC play, the Orange — who entered Thursday night’s game against Miami at 13-5 overall […]
Officer M.R. Jennings of the Pulaski Police Department reports she has received complaints from local citizens on the following scam: Social Security Warns of a New ‘Spoofing’ Scam Fraudsters are using caller ID to make you think the agency is calling Yet another Social Security scam is surfacing. This time the […]
RADFORD, Va. (AP) — Ed Polite Jr. had 18 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, Carlik Jones added 13 points with eight assists and Radford beat Charleston Southern 86-78 on Thursday night for its seventh straight Big South Conference victory. Radford (15-6) is 7-0 in Big South play for the […]
On January 24, 2019 at 7:45 a.m. the Radford City Police Department was dispatched to the 1200 block of Clement Street in reference to a 911 call. Upon arrival officers located a deceased female who had multiple stab wounds. The victim is not being identified at this point, due to […]
A motion that would have eliminated out-of-season practices by VHSL member schools was soundly defeated by an executive committee vote of 29-3-1 Wednesday, but VHSL officials have decided to develop a committee to monitor the effect of out-of-season practices and see if maybe there can be […]
The Pulaski Yankees today announced the coaching staff for the 2019 season, as assigned by the New York Yankees. Luis Dorante, Pulaski’s manager in 2017, returns to Calfee Park after spending the 2018 season with the Trenton Thunder. He is joined by pitching coach Gerardo Casadiego, hitting coach Scott Seabol, […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia came into its first game since a loss at No. 2 Duke wanting to show that nothing has changed. The third-ranked Cavaliers wasted little time making that point, using sharp shooting and stiff defense to bolt to a 25-3 lead in a 68-45 victory against […]
Dorothy Joan (Sturgill) McNally passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Fairlawn, Va. She was two days shy of reaching her 88th birthday. She was born January 24th, 1931 in Kimball, West Virginia, to the late Walter and Clemmie Sturgill. She graduated from Bristol Virginia High […]
Lyle Thomas Comer, 79, of Pulaski, passed away on Monday, January 21, 2019 in Pulaski, VA. Lyle Thomas Comer was born in Rockbridge County to Charles Edward Comer Jr. and Mattie Bell St. John on May 20, 1939. He graduated from Pulaski High School. He served in the Air Force […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Mariano Rivera has become baseball’s first unanimous Hall of Fame selection, elected Tuesday along with Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina. Rivera received all 425 votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced. The quartet will be enshrined in Cooperstown along with […]
SALEM – The right lane of westbound Route 11/460 is closed in Roanoke County in the Dixie Caverns area. The closure is in place due to a depression in the pavement just south of Route 11/460’s intersection with Route 904 (Fallbrooke Drive). The Virginia Department of Transportation discovered the dip in the […]