OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The NCAA baseball tournament, canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, opens Friday with play in 16 double-elimination regionals. Regional winners advance to best-of-three super regionals next week, and the final eight go to the College World Series in Omaha beginning June 19. Some of […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — James Madison looked like a Women’s College World Series regular on Thursday. It actually was the Dukes’ first trip, and they made their first game memorable. Kate Gordon hit a solo homer in the top of the eighth inning and Odicci Alexander threw a complete game […]
LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS The following individuals have been awarded a local scholarship. 1. BOBBY AND MARTHA JACKSON SCHOLARSHIP ($1,000) Kelsi Pack 2. VICKIE HOUCK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP funded by the Friends of Peak Creek, Inc ($500) Shelley Whitaker LEE COOK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ($1000) Alex Turner BRYAN LEE AND MARY […]
Dorothy Robinson Davidson went home to be with her lord and savior on Monday May 31, 2021. Dorothy was 90 years old. She was predeceased by her Husband, Lewis Earl Davidson of Pulaski and her son Roger Lewis Davidson of Deerfield Beach, Florida . She is survived by her son, […]
Pulaski County is featured in the June issue of Business View Magazine. According to County Administrator Jonathan Sweet, the article, entitled, ‘READY, SET, GROW!’ explores the many projects, initiatives and investments Pulaski County and its partners are making to advance the county to becoming a Next-Level Community and positioning the […]
Ethel Elizabeth Brun, age 77 of Christiansburg, Virginia passed away at her home Thursday, June 3, 2021. Born April 25, 1944 in Christiansburg, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Moses Janney & Claudia Lovern Janney. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Brun (2016), […]
Appalachian League baseball is back! Taking the field for the first time since 2019, the Appy League will begin its 2021 season Thursday, June 3, with all 10 teams in action. While the league’s cities remain the same, much has changed since the last time Appy League baseball was played. […]
Lack of Seat Belt Usage Continues to Contribute to Lives Lost RICHMOND – The 2021 Memorial Day weekend not only saw an increase in overall traffic volumes on Virginia’s highways, but also an increase in traffic deaths. Preliminary reports indicate 14 people lost their lives during the four-day, holiday statistical […]
Jerry Daniel White 75, of Pulaski passed away Monday, May 31, 2021. Jerry was born February 27, 1946 in Pulaski, VA. He is the son of the late Newton “Jack” Whitman White and Fannie Juanita Phillips White. Besides his parents, he was also preceded in death by his first wife […]
Lt. Jill Neice will serve as Pulaski’s interim police chief while the search for a new chief continues. Town Manager Darlene Burcham made the announcement of her decision to appoint Neice at Tuesday evening’s meeting of Pulaski Town Council. Burcham told council that Neice, a longtime member of the Pulaski […]
Preston Leon Gravley, 71, of Draper, VA passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2021. He was born in Wythe Co., Virginia. Preston worked for Volvo Truck Plant in Dublin, VA for 30 years and retired in 2007. He was preceded in death by his parents, Preston Anderson Gravley and Roxy […]
Paula Askew Hill, age 56, of Stuart, VA, formerly of Dublin, passed away Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, after a short illness of cancer. She was born in Princeton, WV on August 9, 1964. Paula was the Assistant Director for the Patrick County Recreation […]