The Danville Otterbots won the 2024 Appalachian League Championship by defeating the Greeneville Flyboys 11-5. With the score tied 1-1 after the first inning, Danville exploded for six runs in the second to take command of the game and never looked back. Greeneville tacked on four runs in the top […]
On Saturday, August 3rd at approximately 8:42 p.m., deputies from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, along with Riner Fire Department, and Montgomery County Fire and EMS responded to the 5600 block of Riner Rd/Route 8, near the intersection of Broad Shoals Road. On arrival, deputies located a single vehicle crash. […]
Badcock Home Furniture & More is closing both its Pulaski and Fairlawn locations as part of a company-wide shutdown. The closings are due to the bankruptcy filing recently of Badcock’s parent company Conn’s. News broke early this week on Badcock’s Facebook page that the company is closing all 380 of […]
The Pulaski River Turtles closed out the 2024 Appalachian League season on Wednesday, beating the Tri-State Coal Cats, 12-4 in Calfee Park. With the win, Pulaski finishes the 2024 season with a 23-24 record, 7 ½ games behind East Division winner Danville (31-17). Pulaski ended the season in third place […]
Walter Jackson Quesenberry, age 82 of Allisonia passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Born June 15, 1942 in Pulaski, he was the son of the late Alfred & Kelly Turner Quesenberry. He was also preceded in death by the children’s mother Carolyn Merrell Quesenberry and sisters Thelma O’Dell and Lois […]
Robert A. “Sonny” Cassell, Sr., age 82 of Pulaski, died Monday, July 29, 2024 at Lewis Gale Hospital – Pulaski. He was born on May 26, 1942 in the state of New Hampshire, and was the son of the late Loretta Evelyn Follett Cassell Peltier and the late John David […]
Mary “Sissy” White Andrews, age 76 of Pulaski passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at the Bland County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born October 21, 1947 in Pulaski, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Ernest & Mary Myers White. She was also preceded in death by her two […]
Betty Sue Phillips Martin, affectionately known as Sue to her friends and family, passed away peacefully on July 31, 2024, at her home in Pearisburg, Virginia. Born on February 2, 1965, in Pulaski, Virginia, Sue was a beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend.Sue is survived by her devoted […]
October 10, 1957 July 29, 2024 Terri Lynn Wade Reese, 66 of Dublin, passed away on Monday, July 29, 2024. She was preceded in death by her parents, Romma Harvey, Sr. and Shirley Ramsdell Wade. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Jessica Hoover (Paul); son and daughter-in-law, Matt Ratcliffe (Ginger); […]
Richard (Dick) Graham Fizer, Sr., age 79, of Pulaski, died Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at Lewis Gale Hospital – Pulaski. Arrangements are pending with Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski. www.seaglefuneralhome.com 540-980-1700
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Florida State, the 2023 defending ACC Champions, has been picked to win the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference football title, according to a preseason poll of 170 media voters. The Seminoles went 13-1 overall last season, including a perfect 8-0 record in conference play, on their way to […]
The Draper Quilt and Art Collective has made and donated a quilt to be raffled off to benefit the Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley. PULASKI – Five years ago, Alice Schaaf moved to the area and wanted to get to know people in her New River Valley […]