Roanoke– You expect first game mistakes, but they hurt when the result is a single digit defeat. Pulaski County dropped open passes, committed a dozen penalties for 95 yards, and kicking game mistakes were huge. The result was Northside scored four touchdowns. Pulaski County also scored four touchdowns, and kicked a […]
Abingdon 34, John Battle 8 Altavista 21, Central Lunenburg 17 Appomattox 44, Buckingham County 7 Battlefield 44, Oakton 0 Blacksburg 50, Giles 7 Broad Run 31, Potomac Falls 0 Brooke Point 27, Potomac 6 Carroll County 21, Patrick County 6 Central Wise 41, Eastside 27 Christiansburg 14, Floyd County 12, […]
Jeffrey Wayne Gillespie, age 46 of Christiansburg, VA went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. After a battle with cancer. Born January 27, 1972 in Tennessee he was the son of the late Edward & Geraldine Campbell Gillespie. He […]
Pedro Espinola used his second double-digit strikeout performance of the season to lead the Yankees to a 3-2 win over the visiting Princeton Rays Thursday night. Pulaski salvaged a victory in the series finale to avoid the sweep in advance of their 2018 home finale Friday. Espinola earned his first […]
Blasting could start any day now at the site of construction for the new middle school. Representatives of RRMM Architects and Gay and Neel provided an update on construction of the school Wednesday evening to a joint meeting of the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors and School Board. Board members […]
“The goal was always to provide an opportunity where an opportunity wasn’t. And it goes both ways. Whether you’re seeing a show, or whether you’re performing in the show,” said Kendall Payne, founder of Adaire Theatre.Adaire Theatre is in its seventh season, and for Payne, the journey just keeps getting […]
The Pulaski County football team will open the 2018 season on the road in Roanoke Friday evening against long standing rival Northside. The Vikings took the measure of the Cougars last season in the lid-lifter in Dobson Stadium, 38-28. Pulaski County leads the all-time series between the two schools, […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Audrey Gertrude Shufflebarger Burton announces her peaceful passing on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at the age of 94 years. She was born on February 18, 1924 in Pulaski, VA to the proud parents of Jesse and Maggie (Linbury) Shufflebarger. Audrey attended […]
RAPHINE, Va. (AP) — An urgent care clinic is set to open next year at a travel center off Interstate 81, partly intended to serve truck drivers passing through.The Roanoke Times reports Carilion Clinic announced Wednesday that it will lease much of an 8,300-square-foot building being constructed by the truck […]
The Pulaski Yankees took part in their first doubleheader of the 2018 season, and the Princeton Rays won both games at Calfee Park by scores of 7-5 and 9-4 on Wednesday night. In the opener, the Pulaski Yankees erased a 4-1 deficit and grabbed a 5-4 lead, only to have […]
Wingfoot One visiting New River Valley as part of Thompson Tire’s 50th Anniversary celebration The iconic Goodyear Blimp Wingfoot One will fly over Calfee Park Friday evening during the Pulaski Yankees final home game of the 2018 season and will visit the New River Valley August 23-25 in celebration of the […]
Ruby King Poore, 92, of Roanoke, Va., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital surrounded by family. She was born Ruby Lois King on May 28, 1926 in Switchback, W.Va., to her parents, Robert Roy and Betty (Hedge) King. She married Jesse Poore, Jr. on […]