To start off July 4th weekend, the Pulaski River Turtles fall to the Princeton WhistlePigs 8-6. Princeton got off to a quick start, but a second-half resurgence from the River Turtles would make the game close. Despite the late game heroics, Pulaski just didn’t have enough to pull away with […]
Burlington beat Pulaski again Friday night, 5-2. The loss drops the River Turtles to 12-15 on the season. The River Turtles return home tonight for the weekend series with Princeton. Don’t forget Veterans Appreciation Night on Sunday.
At 9:02 p.m. on Wednesday (June 29), Virginia State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Route 722 a third of a mile east of Route 731. A 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6R motorcycle was traveling east on Route 722 when it lost control and flipped onto its side. It then slid […]
Fieldon Ray Southern, 88, of Bedford, passed away on June 19, 2022, due to complications from Vascular Dementia. He was born in Pulaski Co. on December 6, 1933, to the late Everett Jordan Southern and Zelma Jennings Southern. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his […]
Peggy Bond Clark, age 82 of Pulaski Virginia, passed away at her home on June 30th 2022. She was born on October 16th 1939 in Sylvatus Virginia to the late Bernard and Ida Reynolds Bond. Peggy was a lady of great faith who lived a loving and caring life, caring […]
In honor of our 2022 Boys Outdoor Track State Championship team, Pulaski County High School has created a State Championship Ring Fund. The ring fund will allow individuals, groups and businesses to make donations toward the purchase of state championship rings for our boys track team. Donations of any size […]
Tony Allen Hurst, age 39 of Dublin, died unexpectedly Wednesday, evening, June 29, 2022 in the emergency room at Lewis Gale Hospital – Pulaski. He was born in Pulaski on December 3, 1982 and, is the son of Denver Simpkins and the late Rebecca Jane Hurst. Tony was a graduate […]
By MIKE WILLIAMS The Patriot The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors on Monday night unanimously approved a nearly $157 million county budget for 2022-23. The budget includes no tax increases, while maintaining a real estate tax rate of .74 cents per hundred dollars of assessed value. The budget’s general fund, […]
By MIKE WILLIAMS The Patriot The Pulaski County School Board on Wednesday grudgingly approved a $64.9 million budget for the 2022-23 school year – a budget that does not include $446,000 for 19 paraprofessionals for the county’s kindergarten classes. The budget revenue includes $32.3 million in state funds – $3.4 […]
The Burlington Sock Puppets no-hit the Pulaski River Turtles tonight in Burlington, and won, 3-0. The loss drops Pulaski 12-14 on the season. Burlington improved to 20-6. The two teams go at it again Friday night, also in Burlington.
Tony Allen Hurst, age 39 of Dublin, died unexpectedly in the emergency room at LewisGale Hospital – Pulaski on Wednesday evening June 29, 2022. Arrangements are pending with Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski. www.seaglefuneralhome.com 540-980-1700
The River Turtles were pounded last night in Bluefield by the Ridge Runners, 16-5. The loss drops Pulaski to 12-13 on the season. Pulaski heads to Burlington tonight and Friday to take on the tough Sock Puppets who currently are 19-6 on the season. The River Turtles return home Saturday […]