On Friday, December 11, 2020, the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office was contacted when a male came to the Wythe County Community Hospital with a gunshot wound. Deputies arrived at WCCH and found James Collins with a gunshot wound to his left arm. Collins told deputies that he was shot by […]
Ted Andrew Harrison, 77, of Dublin, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 12, 2020. He was born on March 8, 1943 in Honaker, Va. to the late Isaac and Kathleen Harrison. He was a faithful member of the Fairlawn Church of God and volunteered for the […]
Calvin Robert Boyd, Sr., age 71 passed away December 12, 2020 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He passed peacefully from my heart to God’s loving arms; pain free once again, home with his family that have been waiting for him. He was preceded in death by his father, Abe Dan […]
Geneva McPeak Moore, 88, of Pulaski, Va., passed away on December 12, 2020 , 2020. She was born February 9,1932, in Wythe County, daughter of the late Ballard and Pearlie Mae Moles McPeak. She was preceded in death by her husband, James L. Moore; son, Jackie Dean Moore; three brothers, […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — This year is proving to be the worst on record by far for fatal drug overdoses in Virginia, a statewide forensic epidemiologist said. Rosie Hobron, of the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, told The Virginian-Pilot that as of October, the most […]
Virginia is not going to a bowl game this season. A week before bowl announcements are due, on Dec. 20, the Cavaliers announced Sunday that their football season is over and they will not be entertaining an invitation to a postseason game. The school said the decision came after the […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Khalil Herbert ran for 162 yards, including a 76-yard touchdown, and Virginia Tech ended a four-game slide with a 33-15 victory against rival Virginia on Saturday night. The Hokies (5-6, 5-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) also got a big play from Tayvion Robinson, who turned a short […]
Fleta Hayes Hagee, 83, of Dublin, Va., died Friday, December 11, 2020, at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. She was born March 12, 1937, in Smyth County, the daughter of the late John Arnold Hayes & Susie Emmaline Blevins Hayes. She was also preceded in death by her husband, […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase reversed course Friday, saying she would no longer run for governor as an independent and would instead seek the Republican nomination for the race. Less than a week ago, Chase announced she had decided to run as an independent in protest […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans, according to a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to discuss it publicly. Shots […]
Pulaski County Public Schools has confirmed a positive Covid diagnosis of a student from Snowville Elementary School, who was last present on Monday, December 7, 2020, a student at Pulaski County High School, who was last present on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, and an employee from Pulaski County High School […]
Priscilla “Jean” Dunford Keating, 80, returned to her heavenly home on Monday, November 30th at 7:45 am in Asheville, North Carolina. Jean was born to the late Fred Baker Dunford & Ruby Graham Dunford of Draper, VA on October 26th, 1940 in Austinville, VA. From an early age, Jean was immersed […]