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 […]
James “Jimmy” William Quesenberry, 71, of Draper, VA passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, January 20, 2019, after a long battle with cancer. He was born on October 25, 1947 to the late Clyde and Nannie Quesenberry. He was in the Army and was a veteran of the Vietnam […]
New Safety Approval Sticker Promotes “Move Over” Safety Message RICHMOND – The Virginia State Police Safety Division is rolling out a newly-designed vehicle safety approval inspection sticker that now includes a traffic safety message. Effective Jan. 1, 2019, all certified Virginia inspection stations began issuing the sticker which has been […]
In 2011 the Virginia High School League executive committee voted to allow year-round practice with the exception of various dead periods for all sports. That same governing body will consider if it wants to completely reverse that ruling this week in Charlottesville. Some have suggested that there’s […]
RICHMOND — A Senate bill that would have raised Virginia’s minimum wage is dead — much to the dismay of more than two dozen advocates who braved the cold to rally for the bill Monday morning. Introduced by Sen. Rosalyn Dance, D-Petersburg, SB 1200 would have increased the minimum wage to $10 […]
Second passenger train to Norfolk will help ease highway congestion, increase multimodal options, and boost economic vitality for Virginia RICHMOND – Hampton Roads citizens will soon have more options to avoid traffic and congestion in tunnels and on Interstates 64 and 95 with the Monday, March 4th, debut of a second […]