LSU is out of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since 2017 and is the first defending national champion to drop from the rankings in nine years. No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia held steady at the top of the rankings Sunday, […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Michael Carter and Javonte Williams kept finding wide lanes and gaping holes to run through for eighth-ranked North Carolina. When it was over, the duo had powered the Tar Heels to their best rushing performance in nearly three decades while ending a four-year skid against […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Devin Leary got North Carolina State off to a fast start with two first-quarter touchdown passes and the Wolfpack’s defense forced four turnovers and blocked a punt in a 38-21 victory against Virginia on Saturday. Zonovan Knight ran for 101 yards and two scores, leading a […]
Eighth-ranked North Carolina has spent two games shutting down running games better than anybody in the country to start the season. The challenge will be much tougher against Khalil Herbert and 19th-ranked Virginia Tech on Saturday. The Tar Heels (2-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) are allowing 54 yards rushing per […]
Delois Porter Edwards, age 90 of Draper passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020 at the Lewis-Gale Hospital-Pulaski. Born September 11, 1930 in Ivanhoe, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Robert Crockett Porter and Betty Catherine Burchett Porter. Her daughter, Rhonda Fox, sisters, Dorothy Lyons, Evelyn Foster, Naomi Burress […]
Board Providing an Additional $125,000.00 to provide 25 more Grants of up to $5,000.00 to Help Pulaski County Small Businesses with their Response to COVID-19 October 9, 2020, the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors will once again be allocating additional funding in the amount of $125,000.00, for a total amount […]
A former long-time employee of the Town of Pulaski is facing eviction from town property he has lived on for 40 years. Gary Martin – a 40-year employee of the town – is well-known by many for his years of work in the town’s Parks and Recreation / Facilities Department. […]
Logan Smith is blessed. The 22-year-old is blessed to be alive after a hydroplaning accident in 2016 rolled his truck down a 35-foot incline, resulting in complete damage to his C6 and C7 cervical vertebrae. He is blessed because he has a strong family and community who continually encourage him. […]
The American Businesswomen’s Association (ABWA) Express Network of the New River Valley is coordinating New River Valley Coats for Kids Collection 2020 for the Women’s Resource Center in Radford. We are collecting children and adult coats that are used or new. This year in addition to coats, we are looking […]
On Thursday, October 8, 2020, Nancy Elizabeth Kanode Stoots, 87 of Pulaski went home to be with her Lord and King. She was preceded in death by her husband Dexter Ray Stoots, her parents, Loranza and Anniebelle (Asper) Kanode; siblings Lura Sergent, Charlie Kanode, Johnny Kanode, Harry Kanode, Billy Kanode, […]
All 132 school districts to receive at least $100,000 for COVID-19 preparedness and response RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced a new allocation of more than $220 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security (CARES) Act dollars to help K-12 public schools in Virginia. The funding will support COVID-19 […]
The touchdown passes to interceptions ratio is raising eyebrows around the Atlantic Coast Conference and some coaches point to the coronavirus as the culprit. Unlike last season when not one ACC team threw as many interceptions as touchdowns, three — No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 8 North Carolina, and Syracuse […]