Fort Chiswell High School has a new football coach. According to area sports site, RodneySportsNow.com, Robert “Spider” Thompson has been named as the head man for the 2021 season. It will be Thompson’s second stint with the Pioneers. He was head coach from 1999 to 2002 and compiled an 11-29 record during his stay. Thompson […]
ABINGDON, Va. – A North Carolina man, who used the popular social media messaging app Snapchat to solicit minors to send him sexually explicit photographs and videos in exchange for expensive gifts, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison. According to court documents, Jason Kelly Inman, 41, of Mount Airy, N.C., used […]
Earlier Wednesday afternoon, KTI LTD illegally disposed of approximately 500-600 gallons of curdled milk in a storm drain located at the former Pulaski Furniture Company site. At this time, further spread of the curdled milk has been contained to the area near Sproules Run. The Pulaski Fire Department, the Town of Pulaski’s Public Works Department […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration issued new guidance Wednesday on COVID-19 prevention measures for the upcoming school year, urging but not requiring continued masking in many circumstances. With a statewide public health order that had mandated masking in schools coming to an end Sunday, school divisions will have the ability to […]
In 2007, the Town of Pulaski adopted Ordinance 2007-06 which established that the owner(s) of a building within a conservation and rehabilitation district that has been vacant for a continuous period of 12 or more months must register such buildings with the Town on an annual basis. In the years since adoption, this ordinance has […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo ended one of the greatest NBA Finals ever with 50 points — and a championship Milwaukee waited 50 years to win again. Antetokounmpo had 50 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots as the Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 on Tuesday night to win the series 4-2. It was […]
The Pulaski Co Friends of the Library will hold a one day book sale on Friday, August 6th from 11am to 3:00pm. In case of rain, the book sale will be the following day on Saturday at the same time. The sale will take place at the corner of West 3rd St and Jefferson St […]
The Pulaski River Turtles take down the Johnson City Doughboys in an 8-5 victory Tuesday night. Highlight of the game was a grand slam by Garrett Rice in the bottom of the fifth. Johnson City falls to 12-22-1 on the city while Pulaski now improves to 24-14. We would find three scoreless innings until a […]
James Cecil Ivey, III age 89, formerly of Allisonia, Virginia passed away Monday, July 19, 2021 at Highland Ridge Health & Rehab Center, Dublin. Born May 2, 1932 in Alabama, he was the son of the late James Cecil Ivey, II and Marion French Ivey. He was preceded in death by his second wife, Peggy […]
The Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV) once again, held its largest giving day yet, GiveLocalNRV on Wednesday, June 23rd, to help over 90 nonprofits across the New River Valley raise money and draw attention to the important work they do for the region. The event exceeded its $430,000 fundraising goal, bringing in […]
Tuesday, August 10, 2021, Pulaski County Public Service Authority Board of Directors Meeting, Board Room, Pulaski County Administration Building, 143 Third Street N.W., in the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, 9:00 a.m. (Contact: Jared Linkous, Executive Director, Pulaski County Public Service Authority, 143 Third Street, N.W., Suite 1, Pulaski, VA, 24301, 540-980-7710, jlinkous@pulaskicounty.org) This Board is […]
Pulaski Daily Bread is in need of a couple of cooks on Mondays and one on Friday. We start preparing meals at 8:30 when meals are boxed or bagged and kitchen is cleaned cooks leave and servers come into serve meals from the door. At this time no one is allowed in to eat and […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Appalachian League announced today the rosters for the inaugural Appy League All-Star Game presented by Pennzoil. The rosters feature 44 of the league’s top players from the East and West Divisions, as nominated and voted on by the league’s managers. The 2021 Appy League All-Star Game is scheduled to take play […]
Pauline Mooney Lavinder, 93, of Roanoke, VA passed away Friday, July 16, 2021 at Brookdale Senior Living of Roanoke, Roanoke, VA. She was born in Pulaski, VA on November 21, 1927 and was the daughter of the late Henry E. Mooney and Ada Stoneman Mooney. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Murry […]
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Aric Almirola carried the weight of a winless season while chasing a playoff berth that seemed implausible for a driver buried deep in the standings on a Stewart-Haas Racing program that had yet to take a checkered flag. His confidence sagged. The pressure tightened on the No. 10 team. With darkness […]
The Pulaski River Turtles walked it off in a 3-2 victory over the Bluefield Ridge Runners on seven inning Sunday. The first ever walk-off win in River Turtles history would come off the bat of Ross Lovich. Bluefield now fall to 17-20 on the season while Pulaski now stands at 23-14, and still atop the […]