Schools closed today
Pulaski County Schools are now closed for today.
Obituary for Pearl Mae (Jones) Bishop
Pearl Mae (Jones) Bishop, 78 years old, born April 15, 1939 in Blackwater, Kentucky, entered Heaven’s gates on March 12, 2018 at Wythe County Community Hospital, Wytheville, Va. while rested peacefully. Pearl was a 30 year resident of Wytheville, Va. She loved the Virginia Mountains, the spring time breezes and […]
Obituary for Bonnie Horton Raines
Bonnie Horton Raines, age 76 of Pulaski, died Saturday March 10, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. She was born on October 1, 1941 in Pulaski, and was the daughter of the late Annie Lawson Horton and Chester Horton. Bonnie was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church. In addition […]
Radford downs LIU Brooklyn for its first NCAA tourney win
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Travis Fields Jr. and Ed Polite Jr. each scored 13 points to lift Radford to its first-ever NCAA Tournament win, 71-61 over LIU Brooklyn in the First Four on Tuesday night. Carlik Jones added 12 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for the Highlanders, who move […]
Virginia’s Hunter to miss NCAAs with broken wrist
Top-ranked and top-seeded Virginia will be without forward De’Andre Hunter, the ACC’s sixth man of the year, for the NCAA Tournament because of a broken left wrist. The school announced Tuesday that Hunter, a 6-foot-7 swingman who can also play guard, suffered the injury during the ACC Tournament, but did […]
Gov. Northam calls April 11 special session for General Assembly to complete work on state budget
RICHMOND – Governor Ralph Northam today signed a proclamation calling the members of the Virginia General Assembly into special session on April 11th to complete their work on the Commonwealth’s budget after they adjourned last week without passing a biennial spending plan for Virginia. The Governor released the following statement on the […]
NBA put on hold at Virginia as Cavs’ upperclassmen thrive
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett has built the Cavaliers into one of the nation’s elite programs. The Cavaliers are enjoying arguably the most successful stretch in school history. Their No. 1 ranking is the program’s first since the Ralph Sampson era ended 35 years ago. […]
Street closures announced for “Color Me Cameron” 5K run and walk
On Saturday April 7, 2018, from approximately 7:30 am till 12:00 pm, part of Downtown Pulaski, including a section of Dora Hwy will be closed to through traffic. The streets are being closed in support of the “Color Me Cameron 5K run and walk”. The color run is a celebration […]
Former Hokie Bush transfers to Illinois
It’s been a long and winding road for A.J. Bush, Virginia Tech’s backup quarterback last season. Bush transferred to Tech from Iowa Western where he was basically a backup quarterback there after he transferred from Nebraska in hopes of getting playing time and new start. Now Bush has enough credits […]
NCAA Tournament First Four: UCLA starting in Dayton vs Bonnies
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — UCLA’s storied NCAA Tournament history includes 18 Final Four appearances. A First Four? None, until now. The Bruins open the tournament in Dayton on Tuesday at the bottom of the bracket looking up, an unexpected development for a team that started the season with an international […]
NCAA Tournament First Four: Streaking LIU-Brooklyn and Radford face off
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — No. 16 seed LIU-Brooklyn (18-16) vs. No. 16 seed Radford (22-12) First Four, East region; Dayton, Ohio; Tuesday 6:40 p.m. EDT. BOTTOM LINE: Northeast Conference Tournament winner LIU-Brooklyn makes its first appearance in the tournament in five years. Radford got in by beating Liberty at the […]
Schools closed Tuesday
Pulaski County Schools will be closed on Tuesday, with Employee Code 1.