GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The 2023 Major League Baseball Draft concluded on Tuesday with Rounds 11-20 and 14 Atlantic Coast Conference student-athletes were selected to close out the three-day event. A total of 54 ACC players were picked in this year’s Draft. After Pierce Bennett was selected by Philadelphia in […]
Drivers should pay attention to message boards, expect delays and consider alternate routes SALEM – Bridge repairs in the work zone on northbound Interstate 81 in Roanoke County near Salem are expected to create significant delays for drivers. The work is weather dependent. Motorists should pay attention to message boards, […]
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga. – Neither an early spin nor damage to his No. 24 Chevrolet could prevent William Byron from winning Sunday night’s rain-shortened Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway. With a storm approaching the 1.54-mile track, Byron surged […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – After 12 Atlantic Coast Conference student-athletes were picked on Day 1 of the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft, 28 players heard their names called on Day 2 with Rounds 3-10 concluding Monday afternoon. Overall, 40 ACC players have been selected in this year’s Draft. Five standouts […]
The NRV Antique Tractor Club will have a Tractor pull on Saturday, July 15th at the Ruritan National Grounds in Newbern, Va beginning at 10 am.
Patriot Staff Report Danville used an eight-run outburst in the bottom of the first inning Monday night to wallop Pulaski, 20-5 in Appalachian League action. The Otterbots scored their 20 runs on only 12 hits and were aided by five River Turtle errors in the game. Pulaski on the other […]
Mary Kay Tabor, age 73 of Fairlawn passed away Monday, July 10, 2023 at the New River Valley Medical Center. Born August 21, 1950 Wythe County she was the daughter of the late Howard Henry Roberts & Kattie Morris Robert. Mary is survived by her Husband – Garland […]
Pulaski dropped both ends of a double-header Saturday in Bluefield. The Ridge Runners won the first game, 9-3, which was a makeup of an earlier cancellation. In the nightcap, Bluefield came out on top of a 5-5 game by winning the tie-breaker. The losses dropped the River Turtles to 5-21 […]
William Christopher “Mark” Ramey, age 50 of Pulaski passed away Wednesday, July 5, 2023 with his family by his side at the Lewis-Gale Hospital, Salem. Born November 13, 1972 in Harford, Maryland, he was the son of the late Bobby Gene Ramey & Jacqueline Frances McAtee. After graduating High […]
Donald Ted Anderson, of Pulaski Virginia, born September 13, 1939, passed on to his heavenly home, on June 29, 2023, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He is proceeded in death by his daughter, Cynthia Jo Anderson of Pulaski, VA. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Harper Anderson, son Mark […]
12/30/1953 – 07/01/2023 Benny passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of July 1st at the age of 69. Benny was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing and hunting but was an even bigger lover of anything equestrian! Benny enjoyed his life to the fullest, going horseback riding/camping […]