Pulling off a 95th surprise birthday celebration for Flossie Manns Brown during Covid-19 took support from many people – near and far, great weather and hush hush talk behind the scenes. Part of her celebration was to surprise her with 95 birthday cards. When Deacon Joe Sheffey announced it at […]
Friends of Peak Creek is planning the Fall Clean Up for October 3rd. 10:00 A.M. til 12:00 noon. Volunteers are asked to meet at the First Street Parking lot across from Thompson Tire at 10:00 A.M for a safety briefing and assignments. We will be practicing social distancing and will […]
LewisGale Hospital Pulaski (LGHP) Emergency Department Registered Nurse Kellie Phipps is the recipient of the second quarter 2020 DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. Kellie was nominated for […]
On Thursday, September 10, the National Auto Body Council F.R.E.E. program held an event at Tuck’s Collision in Pulaski to teach and train first responders how to safely extricate crash victims from today’s vehicles following crashes. With newer vehicle models, the methods needed to get people out of them after […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today that the Virginia at Virginia Tech game will be played on Saturday, December 12. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, September 19. The rescheduling follows the positive tests and subsequent quarantining of student-athletes within the Virginia Tech football team. […]
Charlottesville, Va. – The VHSL Executive Committee meeting in special session today voted unanimously (33-0-0) to adopt the “Championships + 1” schedule for the FY 2021 Athletic and Academic Activities season. “Championships + 1” Condensed Interscholastic Plan (full schedule attached) Season 1 (Winter) December 7 – February 20 (First Contest […]
Melvin Gilford Cressell, Jr., 72, of Dublin passed on Monday, September 14, 2020. He was preceded in death by his parents, Melvin and Rosie Cressell; and maternal grandparents, William Vance Robertson and Alice Hardy Robertson. Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Elizabeth Cressell; daughter, Sherry Cressell; sister, Nancy […]
Dallas Hampton Gallimore, age 72 of Newbern, Virginia passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at the New River Valley Medical Center – Christiansburg. Born July 19, 1948 in Shiloh, Virginia he was the son of the late Luther Gallimore and Ollie Thornton Gallimore. His wife Rosetta Faye Hodge Gallimore, sisters, […]
Editor’s note: Radford Mayor David Horton posted the following statement on his Facebook page this afternoon. The statement is from Brian O. Hemphill, Ph.D., President of Radford University: Dear Radford Family: Earlier this week, I sent a message to main campus students, titled Our Campus, Our Community, and Our Country. […]
James Roscoe Jonas, 88, passed away at his home in Dublin on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was a retired engineer with Norfolk-Southern Railroad and a member of the Dublin Masonic Lodge. Jim loved to play golf and taking trips with his family. He was preceded […]
Editor’s note: This open letter from Radford Mayor David Horton was forwarded to The Patriot by Pulaski County Board of Supervisors Chairman Joe Guthrie. I wanted to address some concerns I have received regarding an on-campus program that is planned at Radford University for Saturday, September 19th. The Bigger Picture […]