RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — All Virginians age 16 and older will be eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine beginning on April 18, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. Northam said that nearly everyone in the highest-risk groups who has preregistered for a vaccination appointment has received one. He said those who […]
Antonio Nottingham/PC Touchdown Club Pulaski County Head Coach Mark Dixon believes Friday’s game with Salem will be decided in the trenches. Here, Cougar lineman Diego Turner wins his battle in the trenches, standing up a Patriot ballcarrier while playing off a block from another Patriot. By MIKE WILLIAMS, The Patriot […]
Drive-ending miscues by the Cougars and clutch play by Patrick Henry’s talented senior quarterback Roy Gunn helped send Pulaski County to its first loss of the 2021 season Friday night, 24-23. “We just shot ourselves in the foot on a couple drives that were really tough, and then we struggled […]
Lillian Pauline Hopkins O’Dell (Polly) was 78 when she heard those sweet and comforting words “Come on, My Child. We’re going home” on March 30, 2021 at her earthly home in Hiwassee, Virginia where she lived for 40 years. Born in Smith County, Virginia on February 25, 1943 to Elsie […]
Charlottesville, Va. – The Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class of 2020 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is going virtual on Sunday, April 25. Due to the COVID pandemic and restrictions on gatherings, the VHSL is disappointed that it will not hold its annual in-person ceremonies to honor this inductee class […]
Longtime public servant Frank Conner passed away this morning. The Patriot was notified by his grandson, Chris that the former sheriff died about 1 a.m. Conner was best known for his time as Sheriff in Pulaski County – an office he held from 1978 until 1991. But he served in […]
(AP) – North Carolina announced Thursday that Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams is retiring after a 33-year career that includes three national championships. The decision comes two weeks after Williams closed his 18th season with the Tar Heels and a highly successful run at Kansas before that. Williams […]
County Offers Citizens and Organizations Prizes and Recognition for Adopting-A-Spot and Helping Clean Up the County The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors is kicking off a litter clean-up campaign, asking civic groups, churches, businesses and individuals to participate in a year-long Adopt-A-Spot Campaign to assist in keeping our county beautiful […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Adults in Virginia could legally possess and grow small amounts of marijuana beginning in July, about three years sooner than initially envisioned, under changes the governor proposed Wednesday to legislation passed earlier this year. “Our Commonwealth is committed to legalizing marijuana in an equitable way,” Democratic […]
ABINGDON, Va.- Hunter Royal, a Marion, Virginia man who used Snapchat to contact numerous underage girls and coerce them into sending him sexually explicit photos, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to 324 months in federal prison, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and Special Agent […]
Jeffery Wayne Edwards, age 51 of Barren Springs, VA passed away Sunday, March 28, 2021 at the Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. Born April 7, 1969 in Pulaski he was the son of the late Windle Jackson Edwards & Judy Elaine Jones Edwards. His brother, Windle Edwards, Jr., sisters, Tammy […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A faith-based conservative group filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Virginia’s new state guidelines on the treatment of transgender students in public schools, alleging the policies violate parental child-rearing rights and student rights to freely exercise their religion. The lawsuit filed by The Family Foundation of Virginia, […]