Virginia Tech had six months to prepare for its season opener. Now the No. 19 Hokies have six days to get ready to face Middle Tennessee. “Our challenge is to turn the page and move forward,” coach Justin Fuente said. The Hokies would like to carry the momentum of their […]
Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall hopes that his team’s practices early in the morning will help on Saturday when it faces Illinois with a rare 11 a.m. start to the game. “We’re an early morning practice team, and so really this fits our normal routine in terms of when we practice,” […]
COVID strikes again! Cougar football fans were anxiously awaiting resumption Friday night of the old rivalry between Pulaski County and Bluefield in what was supposed to be the 2021 home opener in Kenneth J. Dobson Stadium. But the virus for the second straight week turned Cougarland upside down, with Bluefield […]
The Pulaski County School Board will meet on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. for a Regular School Board Meeting in the auditorium at Pulaski County Middle School. The first public comment session will be for persons who wish to address the board regarding items that are on the current […]
The Atlantic Coast Conference crown seems up for grabs after the league’s disappointing opening week performance. Its three preseason ranked teams all lost as the league went 7-7, a dent to a conference eager to show that it’s more than just Clemson at the top. The Tigers, who started at […]
RICHMOND, Va. – Despite a significant decrease in fatal traffic crashes over the 2021 Labor Day holiday weekend for Virginia, there was still an alarming number of deaths among motorcyclists. Of the eight traffic deaths reported for the holiday weekend to date, four involved motorcycles and one involved a moped. During […]
Pulaski Co. has been fortunate in finding a replacement game for this Friday, Sept. 10. Pulaski Co. will now host James Wood High School out of Winchester this Friday at 7:00 pm. James Wood is a member of the Northwest District and Region 4C, James Wood has enrollment of 1,500. […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A crowd erupted in cheers and song Wednesday as work crews hoisted an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off the giant pedestal where it has towered over Virginia’s capital city for more than a century. One of America’s largest monuments to the Confederacy, […]
Albert “Al” Newton Walters ll, age 54 of Pulaski passed away Friday, September 3, 2021 at his home. Born June 3, 1967 in Radford, he was the son of the late Albert Newton Walters and Evelyn Montgomery Walters. He was a 1986 graduate of Pulaski County High School. He is […]
Jeffrey Wayne Taylor, age 52 of Pulaski passed away Saturday, September 4, 2021 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after a brief illness with leukemia. Born November 13, 1968 in Pulaski, he was the son of Patricia “Patsy” McGlothlin Taylor and the late Robert Gene Taylor. He was also preceded in […]
Cecil “Gene” Eugene Cross, age 67 of Pulaski passed away Monday, September 6, 2021 at the New River Valley Medical Center. Born October 14, 1953 in Washington County, Virginia he was the son of the late Cecil Delaney Cross & Charlotte Williams Cross. He was also preceded in death by his sister, […]
Nancy Jean Horton Thornton, age 81 of Pulaski passed away Monday, August 30, 2021 at her home. Born February 29, 1940 in Pulaski she was the daughter of the late Walter Mack Horton & Ruby Mae King Horton. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Carl E. Thornton (2012) and […]