At 1:09 a.m. Sunday (July 12, 2020), Virginia State Police Trooper R.B. Mullins responded to a single-vehicle crash in Wythe County. A tractor-trailer traveling north on I-81 ran off the left side of the interstate at the 63 mile marker. The commercial vehicle struck the guardrail and bridge, and then went […]
Beulah Mae Richmond Hale, age 81 of Pulaski, died Friday, July 10, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Wythe County on January 6, 1939 and was the daughter of the late Mammie Linville Richmond and Walter Thomas Richmond. Mrs. Hale was a very devoted member to her family […]
On Saturday, July 11 8:40 a.m. the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office received a call to 357 Lone Ash Road in Barren Springs, Virginia in reference to a domestic situation. The juvenile caller stated that his mother had been shot by his father during an argument. Wythe County Sheriff’s Deputies and […]
Shirley Ellen Scott Giles, age 82 of Parrott, died Thursday, July 9, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Pulaski County on April 1, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Hazel Minnick Scott and Grover Leonard Scott. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death […]
Attention parent of 2020-2021 kindergarten students, please register your child for kindergarten as soon as possible. You may request a paper copy from any elementary school or complete an online application located at www.pcva.us If you have any questions, contact Tammy Harrell at 540-994-2524. Proof of a completed school entrance […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Baseball has its answer to penalty kicks, overtimes and shootouts, and it figures to stir just as much debate as all those other tiebreakers. Major League Baseball will start each extra inning in this abbreviated, 60-game season by putting a runner on second base. The rule has […]
The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic. The conference cited medical advice in making its decision and added ominously that the plan would […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on Virginia’s state budget hasn’t been as bad as previously feared. Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that Virginia ended fiscal 2020 with a $236.5 million budget shortfall, far less than anticipated. Overall, state revenues were up 2% from the previous fiscal year. […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Initial payments have begun to laid-off workers under the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, which Virginia lagged most other states in getting up and running. The program referred to as PEUC provides up to an additional 13 weeks of regular unemployment insurance to individuals who have […]
Christopher Shawn Wheeler, who gunned down Wythe County Deputy Cliff Dicker in 1994, is scheduled for a parole hearing next Wednesday (July 15). The prospect of Wheeler winning his freedom has spurred Dicker’s family into action to try and see to it the killer remains in prison. Karla Dicker Turman, […]
Taylor Denise Quesenberry, age 27 of Pulaski, Virginia went to her heavenly home on Monday July 6th, 2020.She was born on October 28th 1992 to Michael Dean Quesenberry and Angela Dawn Reed. She was 2011 graduate of Pulaski County High School where she was in the honor society and Marching […]
Today is Thursday, July 9, the 191st day of 2020. There are 175 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 9, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington’s troops in New York. On this date: In 1755, British General Edward Braddock […]