BRISTOL, Va. – An Abingdon resident is behind bars tonight on more than a dozen charges after beating a panhandler on the side of an Interstate 81 exit ramp. A. Victor Asher, 60, is being held at the Bristol, Va. Jail on multiple charges to include three charges of assault on a police officer, domestic […]
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A jury has been chosen for the trial of a former Virginia Tech student charged with killing a 13-year-old girl. A jury of eight women and six men — including two alternates — was chosen Monday in the trial of David Eisenhauer. He’s charged in the stabbing death of Nicole Lovell, […]
Stuart Dean Kress, age 79 of Newbern passed away Sunday, February 4, 2018 at his home. Born May 6, 1938 in Pulaski he was the son of the late Albert & Maggie Turner Kress. His sister, Claudia Lee Crowder, brothers, June, Buddy and David Kress and half-sisters – Darlene Parks and Angie Carr also preceded […]
NOTING ACC BASKETBALL ACColades The ACC’s fourth ESPN “Big Monday” of the season features Louisville at home versus Syracuse … the Cardinals have won the last three meetings in the series, including both matchups in 2016-17 … Syracuse ranks fourth nationally in field-goal percentage defense (.381) and seventh in scoring defense (62.7) … Sunday’s lone […]
Naomi Davis Brunk, 84, of Pulaski, VA died Sunday morning, February 4, 2018 at her home. She was born in Bland County, Virginia on May 13, 1933 and was the daughter of the late Gilford and Beatrice Kitts Davis. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Vance Clayton Brunk and her son, Jack […]
William S. “Bill” Kelly, 89, formerly of Pulaski, Virginia died peacefully Friday February 2, 2018 at the Melech Hospice House in Temple Terrace, Florida. The fourth son of the late William and Anna Stover Kelly, he was born in Long Branch, West Virginia on March 4, 1928. Bill was quite young when both of his […]
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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Tech student has pleaded not guilty in the killing of a 13-year-old girl. Media reports say David Eisenhauer entered his pleas to first-degree murder, abduction and concealing a dead body just before jury selection began Monday in the stabbing death of Nicole Lovell of Blacksburg. Prosecutors say the […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Villanova, Virginia and Purdue are making themselves comfortable atop the AP Top 25. The Wildcats are ranked No. 1 in Monday’s latest poll, followed by the second-ranked Cavaliers and the third-ranked Boilermakers. It marked the fourth straight week that with the trio sitting 1-2-3 in the poll as they continue extended […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nick Foles did his best Tom Brady impersonation, leading a late-game comeback to cap a season that began as a backup and ended as Super Bowl MVP. Foles’ journey mirrored Brady’s 16 years ago and ended late Sunday night, with green-and-white confetti falling as delirious Philadelphia Eagles fans celebrated their first NFL […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two years after a 13-year-old Virginia girl was found stabbed to death, a former Virginia Tech student is going on trial in her killing. David Eisenhauer’s first-degree murder trial in the 2016 death of Nicole Lovell is scheduled to begin Monday in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christiansburg. Prosecutors say Lovell […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ray Lewis and Brian Urlacher terrorized opposing offenses from the middle of the field. Randy Moss and Terrell Owens did the same to defenses on the outside. The two hard-hitting linebackers and two big-play receivers highlighted an eight-person class voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. Safety Brian Dawkins […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Call Virginia’s Pack-Line defense impenetrable. You’ll get no argument from Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim. De’Andre Hunter scored 15 points, Kyle Guy added 14 and the 2nd-ranked Cavaliers smothered struggling Syracuse 59-44 on Saturday. The 44 points were the Orange’s fewest since the Carrier Dome opened in 1980, another feather in the […]
The Pulaski Yankees are proud to announce the hiring of Betsy Haugh as the team’s Assistant General Manager. Haugh, a native of Earlysville, Va., joins the Yankees after two seasons with the Danville Braves, where she started as a trainee before being named Sales & Marketing Manager in September 2016. Prior to beginning her career […]
SALEM – The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is advising drivers to expect possible icy and slick road conditions on Sunday, February 4, due to a wintry mix of snow, freezing rain, sleet and rain that is anticipated to pass through southwestern Virginia starting before sunrise and continuing into the day. Drivers are encouraged to monitor […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Anthony Lawrence II scored a career-high 25 points to lift Miami to an 84-75 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday. Lawrence hit 9 of 10 from the floor, including three 3-pointers, as Miami (17-5, 6-4 ACC) won its second straight game and fourth in its past five. Lonnie Walker IV and […]