EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Matt Moore and Connor Shellenberger scored four goals apiece and goalie Alex Rode made a huge save in the final seconds, and Virginia held off previously unbeaten Maryland 17-16 Monday to win its second straight NCAA men’s lacrosse championship. The Cavaliers (14-4) won their seventh […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Eight Atlantic Coast Conference teams will be among the 64-team field when the 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship gets underway this weekend, the second-most teams of any conference. ACC teams that are postseason bound are No. 10 national seed Notre Dame, Duke, Florida State, Georgia […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement honoring Memorial Day: “On the last Monday in May, we honor those who sacrificed themselves for the sake of America – those that paid the price for American freedom. “I am grateful to those men and women who paved the way […]
MANTEO, N.C. (AP) — A northern Virginia man has died after his body was recovered from the surf in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The National Park Service said Saturday that the 46-year-old Falls Church man died in an apparent drowning at the south end of Hatteras Island Friday evening. His […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joey Loperfido hit two home runs with a double and a base hit to help lift Duke past No. 8-seed Virginia 4-2 on Saturday to send the Blue Devils to their first-ever ACC Tournament championship appearance. The ninth-seeded Blue Devils (31-20) now have won 11 straight […]
The family of Perry Pauley will host a Celebration of Life ceremony to honor him on Saturday, June 5, 2021 10:00 am in the Family Worship Center fellowship hall, 955 Memorial Dr., Pulaski. Everyone welcome.
Chad Frank Van Patten was born January 29, 1964 and passed away in his sleep on May 25, 2021. As a young man, Chad served on the USS Kinkaid Navy Destroyer where his height was listed as 6 ft 4 ½ inches so he wouldn’t exceed the limit. He became […]
David William Morehead, Sr. age 77, of Max Meadows, VA passed away Thursday, May 27, 2021. He was born September 7, 1943 in Pulaski, the son of the late Frank Morehead and Essie Blackwell Fagan. Survivors include his wife, Betty Morehead; two sons, David William Morehead, Jr. of Floyd, VA, […]
PUBLIC NOTICE: The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors intends to hold three (3) sequential Public Hearings beginning at 7:00 p.m., or soon thereafter as can be heard, on Monday, June 28, 2021, in the Supervisors Meeting Room of the County Administration Building, 143 Third Street, N.W., Suite 1 in the […]
Mark Armentrout was nominated run for re-election as Radford City Sheriff by a unanimous vote at a Republican Mass Meeting held on Tuesday May 11th. Armentrout sincerely thanked the assembled members of the GOP for another opportunity to carry the banner and seek re-election for the fifth time. He also […]
Editor’s note: Tom Hufford alerted The Patriot of the passing of Billie B. Flint, Jr., former Pulaski resident, who died May 18, 2021 in Whispering Pines, NC. Bill was a 1967 graduate of Pulaski High School, and still had many friends in the Pulaski area. His father, Bill Sr., will […]
Helen Elizabeth Swain, age 98 of Fort Myers, FL, formerly of Pulaski County, VA, died Sunday, March 14, 2021. She was born on October 23, 1922 in Montgomery County, VA and was the daughter of the late Virgie Sowers Swain and Roy McKinley Swain, Sr. Helen retired from Martins Pharmacy […]