By ANDREW RAMSPACHER UVa Today The University of Virginia football team has announced its home game against Costal Carolina University on Saturday has been canceled. The decision was delivered Wednesday morning as the Cavaliers remain grieving following Sunday’s shooting on Grounds that killed three members of UVA’s team – Devin […]
To the Public, Today, Richard Dalton Simpson, was sentenced for his June 3rd, 2022 convictions for fifteen counts of possession of child pornography. The Court ordered him to serve 75 years with a 15-year active prison sentence in the Virginia Department of Corrections. When a 55-year old man is in […]
(Richmond) If you are veteran who was serving on active duty in October 1983 and were personally involved in the bombing of the US Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon or the US invasion of the island of Grenada, the Virginia War Memorial wants to hear from you. Both of […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement: “Since Russia launched its brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine nine months ago, there has been fear that this conflict could spill over into neighboring NATO countries and result in a dangerous […]
From Pulaski County Schools Friday it was announced that Pulaski County Public Schools is one of several schools located throughout the Commonwealth that will receive part of $12 million in grants for security updates. Pulaski County and Roanoke County received the largest grants in the area, $250,000 each, which is […]
Fred Graham Pickett, age 77 of Pulaski passed away Monday, November 14, 2022 at his home. Born July 5, 1945 in Pulaski he was the son of the late Fred Graham Pickett, Sr. & Mary Yonce Pickett. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Mae Ella Doss and […]
Hello Pulaski County 4-H and Extension Friends, Please consider supporting the 4-H Thanksgiving Dinner Baskets Service Project started by our local 4-H’ers 13 years ago. We’ve gone from supporting one family back then to 30 families per year now. Every dollar helps, whether $25, $50, or $95 to fill a […]
By Darlene Johnson Capital News Service RICHMOND, Va. – William H. “Bozo” Winston Jr. was athletic and family oriented up until the day of his murder in 1986. He was 23 years old. “We played football, basketball — whatever — together,” said Taras Winston Sr., William’s brother and youngest of […]
Ethel Mae Fowler Witt, age 82 of Pulaski passed away Sunday, November 13, 2022. Born February 7, 1940 in Gary, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late Charlie & Pearl Mitchum Fowler. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll E. Witt and daughter-in-law, Patricia H. Witt. […]
Ray Benjamin “Benji” Simpkins, age 43 of Snowville passed away Saturday, November 12, 2022 at his home. Born May 30, 1979 in Radford, he was the son of Harold Ray Simpkins & Verily Flinchum Simpkins. He was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Gene Owens. He was a 1997 graduate […]
Join Pulaski County Democrats for a No-Agenda Social at 11:30 a.m. at Max on Main, downtown Pulaski. If you need more information, contact Rebecca Scheckler at 540-557-7810 or email pulaskicountyvademocrats@gmail.com. Can’t come at 11:30? Come later.
New River Community College Professor of English Ben Campbell will have two poems published in the new book “The Southern Poetry Anthology IX: Virginia,” which will be released in late November. Campbell’s poems, “Left to Smolder” and “Soup Bean Supper,” will be featured in the work. The book is part of the Texas […]