Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway on April 06, 2025 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) By Holly Cain NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C. – A perfectly-executed […]
Staff Report The Pulaski County Cougar baseball team ran its record to 5-2 on the season as last week ended with back-to-back wins over Roanoke opponents. On Thursday, the Cougars whipped Northside 12-2 and followed that up by blanking old rival Cave Spring, 10-0. Brogan Epperly struck out 10 Viking […]
Braxton Merchant, Bryant Nottingham, Andrew Allen, Silas Sweet (Boys 4x1oom) By Britney Whittaker Pulaski County High School battled through tough competition at the 30th Annual Judy Thomas Washington County Farm Bureau Invitational on Friday, April 4th, 2025. Competing against some of the local bests, the Lady Cougars tied for […]
Pulaski County’s girls tennis team knocked off Carroll County on April 1st, 6-3. In singles: #1 Megan Martin lost 7-9 to her opponent #2 Sabryn Landreth won 8-4 vs. her opponent #3 Abby Shockley won 8-1 vs. her opponent #4 Amiah Miller won 9-7 vs. her opponent #5 Samantha Stroupe […]
Staff Report The Pulaski County Cougars softball team closed out last week with a big 10-3 win over Northside on Thursday before falling 5-4 on Friday to Cave Spring. Victoria Hale led the Cougars over Northside, hitting two homeruns and driving in three of Pulaski County’s runs. Addison Puckett struck […]
Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry make the following statement on quarterback Kyron Drones, who has been ruled out for the remainder of spring practice. “Kyron Drones is scheduled to have a minor medical procedure and we’ve made the decision to hold him out for the remainder of spring practice. […]
Frank Brammer Moore, age 82 of Blacksburg, formerly of Draper, died Saturday afternoon, April 5, 2025 at the Kroontje Rehabilitation Center of Warm Hearth in Blacksburg. Arrangements are pending with Seagle Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Pulaski. www.seaglefuneralhome.com 540-980-1700.
August 13, 1938 – April 2, 2025 Virginia “Arleen” Duncan Thompson, 86, of Radford passed away after a short illness to be reunited with her family in heaven. Retired from First Virginia Bank after 34 years of service. Arleen was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Junior Thompson; parents, Hubert […]
The Pulaski County High School Fine Arts Department would like to invite everyone to ‘A Night on Broadway,’ on Thursday April 10th in the Jeff McCoy Theatre at Pulaski County High School. The performance begins at 6:30 PM, and the doors open at 6:00 PM. Admission is free. There will […]
The Pulaski County School Board will meet on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. for a regular school board meeting at Pulaski County High School in the Little Theater. The meeting will be streamed live on the Pulaski County Public Schools YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@pulaskicountyschoolboard3729/streams The agenda is posted on BoardDocs. http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/pcva/Board.nsf/Public Teresa Porter, Assistant Director of Finance/School Board Clerk Pulaski County School Board
ABINGDON, Va. – The former Vice Chairman of the Smyth County School Board pled guilty today to using at least six minor, male victims to produce child pornography. Todd Stewart Williams, 54, of Chilhowie, Virginia, pled guilty today to four counts of persuading, inducing, enticing, and coercing and attempting to […]
Claytor Lake saw a major cleanup effort in 2024, driven by the dedication of Friends of Claytor Lake (FOCL) and its partners. Spanning from April to December, the cleanup was especially critical following Hurricane Helene’s impact in September. FOCL was on the water just one day after the storm passed, […]