A look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND No. 9 Florida State at No. 4 Virginia. The season’s first top-10 matchup of ACC teams matches the Cavaliers (12-0), ranked No. 2 in Ken Pomeroy’s efficiency rankings, against a Florida State team that finally […]
Charlottesville, Va. – The family of College Football Hall of Fame coach George Welsh announced today that he died Wednesday, Jan. 2, in Charlottesville. He passed peacefully in the presence of his family. He was 85-years old. Welsh served as the head football coach at Virginia from 1982 to 2000. During that […]
Frances Trail Ratcliffe, age 89, of Max Meadows, VA, passed away peacefully at her home Wednesday, January 2, 2019. She was born July 30, 1929, daughter of the late Coy Alford and Flora Alice Trail. She was preceded in death by her husband Arthur Steven Ratcliffe, her son, Donald Cecil […]
A final decision on a Special Exception request from Pulaski Medical is likely over a month away following the matter being tabled again Wednesday night by Pulaski Town Council. Also at Wednesday’s first meeting of 2019, council voted 5-1 to provide Pulaski Area Transit with level funding of $70,000 for […]
CHRISTIANBURG, Va. (AP) — A man accused of stealing a police car after his arrest on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle and drunken driving has been located and taken back into custody. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 26-year-old Cody Ryan Drain was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Wythe County […]
David Lee Hoback, age 81 of Pulaski passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at the New River Valley Medical Center, Radford. Born July 7, 1937 in Pulaski he was the son of the late William Thomas “Bud” Hoback & Lottie Reese Hoback. His step-son, Ricky Lee Hoback and brothers, William […]
SALEM – As part of the Route 100 bridge project over Route 11 in Pulaski County, a road closure has become necessary due to the demolition of the old bridge on Route 100. Effective this afternoon at approximately 3 p.m., southbound Route 11 in downtown Dublin will be closed and a […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Ty Outlaw hit the first 3-pointer, and it became his turn to carry the No. 10 Hokies in a game when four guys took turns. “He fuels me and we feed off each other,” Outlaw said of Ahmed Hill, who made consecutive baskets before Outlaw’s first […]
RADFORD, Va. (AP) — Devonnte Holland scored a career-high 16 points, Ed Polite Jr. had 12 points, nine boards and three blocks and Radford beat Division II Mars Hill 80-51 on Tuesday. Radford led 40-31 at the break with the help of 12 points off turnovers. Holland, who had 11 […]
Carl Pat Van Patten arrived into this world on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1966 in Spanish Fork, Utah. By the age of ten he could fix small motors and build his own go-carts. He spent most of his life bringing old bikes back to life and gifting them to neighborhood […]
Lucy Crowder Sonner Newman, 94, of Pulaski died Sunday morning, December 30, 2018 in the Carrington Place of Wytheville. She was born in Pulaski on March 30, 1924 and was the daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth Tipton Crowder and Ethan Thomas Crowder. She was also preceded in death by […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Racing back and forth on a drenched field, Cincinnati and Virginia Tech put up some lofty numbers as the rain came down in the Military Bowl. Michael Warren found his footing when it mattered most, scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 1:29 left for the Bearcats, whose […]