Schools closed Tuesday
Pulaski County Schools will be closed on Tuesday, with Employee Code 1.
The Patriot expands website to include complete coverage of NCAA Basketball Tournament and NASCAR
Keep up with all the current news on the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NCAA College Football on The Patriot’s Digital News Experience micro sites by the Associated Press. Go to www.pcpatriot.com
Virginia unanimous No. 1 in final AP Top 25; Kansas to 4th
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Virginia went from being an unranked team that few expected to contend in the Atlantic Coast Conference to the unanimous No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the season. The Cavaliers (31-2) earned all 65 first-place votes in Monday’s poll to remain on top […]
Obituary for Clarence Emory Jones
Clarence Emory Jones, age 73 of Draper passed away Friday, March 9, 2018 at his home. Born March 4, 1945 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert Emory Jones and Margaret Evelyn Stoots Jones. His grandparents and brother, Clifford Jones also preceded him in death. He […]
NCAA Tournament dishes Virginia a tough road as top team
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Virginia earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, its reward for one of the best seasons in Atlantic Coast Conference history. The selection committee didn’t do the Cavaliers any favors on their side of the bracket. The No. 1 seed in the South […]
NCAA on the bubble: Virginia gets top billing for March
From the top seed in the NCAA Tournament — Virginia — to those that barely made it into the bracket — Arizona State and Syracuse — it feels as though everyone involved in March Madness is on the bubble this year. College basketball is in trouble. The brackets came out […]
NCAA Tournament: Virginia No. 1 overall seed; Virginia Tech and Radford make the field
Virginia, Virginia Tech and Radford are headed to the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament and they now know their opponents in this coming week’s opening round games. Virginia, the ACC Champions and No. 1 overall seed for the tournament, will open Friday in Charlotte in the South Region against University of […]
Schools opening two hours late Monday
Pulaski County Schools will open two hours late on Monday in anticipation of inclement weather. Watch for updates.
Winter Storm Warning in effect from Midnight tonight through Monday
The latest from the National Weather Service… A complex storm system will develop over the southeastern US today then begin moving northeast tonight and Monday, eventually toward the North Carolina coast later in the day Monday. While there remain some uncertainties, confidence is increasing that this storm has the potential […]
ACC Tournament: No. 1 Virginia wins ACC title, 71-63 over No. 12 NCarolina
NEW YORK (AP) — With no one-and-dones, no sure-fire NBA lottery picks, No. 1 Virginia put together one of the most dominant seasons in the storied history of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball. Kyle Guy, Devon Hall and the Cavaliers beat No. 12 North Carolina 71-63 in the ACC championship game […]
Virginia lawmakers finish 2018 session with no budget
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers finished up the 2018 session Saturday without doing their most important job: passing a state budget. Legislators ended in a stalemate over whether to expand Medicaid to about 300,000 low-income adults. A similar budget impasse over Medicaid in 2014 took months to resolve and […]
General Assembly 2018: A look at some of this year’s oddball bills
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Here is a look at some of this session’s oddball bills and how they fared: —Dogs in wineries: You could soon be able to bring your dog inside with you on your drinking adventure under legislation that passed both chambers by a wide margin. The bill […]