LONACONING, Md. (AP) — The jackpot-winning Powerball ticket worth $731.1 million was sold in a struggling coal mining town whose biggest previous claim to fame was being the hometown of baseball legend Lefty Grove, the Maryland Lottery announced on Thursday. Coney Market, a convenience store in the Allegany County town […]
Virginia Quesenberry Donelson, of Pulaski, passed away due to heart related issues on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at the age of 92. She was born in Pulaski County and was the daughter of the late James Emmett Quesenberry and Amanda Mitchell Quesenberry. She was also preceded in death by her […]
John Michael Crable, 84, of Pulaski died Tuesday morning, January 19, 2021 at his home. He was born in Lonaconing, Maryland on December 3, 1936 and was the son of the late James Vincent Crable and Mabel Virginia Harrison Crable. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Linda […]
Franklin Fredrick “Butch” Waddell, 79, of Pulaski, VA died Tuesday, January 19, 2021 in the LewisGale Hospital Pulaski. He was born in Pulaski on April 27, 1941 and was the son of the late Ellis and Madeline Sonner Waddell. He was a retired employee of the Pulaski Health Care Center […]
BUIES CREEK, N.C. (AP) — Dravon Mangum had 16 points and nine rebounds as Radford topped Campbell 67-61 on Wednesday night. Chyree Walker had 11 points and seven rebounds for Radford (10-6, 9-1 Big South Conference), which won its sixth straight game. Lewis Djonkam added 10 points and nine rebounds. […]
Brandon Lee Abbott, age 33 of Pulaski, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 at his residence. Arrangements are pending with Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski.
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after attending the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris: “Congratulations to President Biden and Vice President Harris on taking their oaths of office. Our country faces grave challenges, and I appreciated the new President’s speech pledging to seek unity in […]
(The Center Square) – Members of the Virginia business community are voicing concern over legislation that would require small businesses to pay state income taxes on forgivable loans received by the federal government as they are trying to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic restrictions. Because Virginia is […]
I-81N at 0.1 mile north of Junction Route 618-Exit 86. Incident: vehicle crash. The North left shoulder and left lane are closed.
Deborah Anne McGee Gessner, age 65 of Morristown, TN, formerly of Fairlawn in Pulaski County, died Tuesday January 19, 2021 in a Morristown Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski.
KENOVA, W.Va. (AP) — Griffith & Feil Drug has been in business since 1892, a family-owned, small-town pharmacy. This isn’t its first pandemic. More than a century after helping West Virginians confront the Spanish flu in 1918, the drugstore in Kenova, a community of about 3,000 people, is helping the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — COVID-19 came early for Catherine Busa, and it never really left. The 54-year-old New York City school secretary didn’t have any underlying health problems when she caught the coronavirus in March, and she recovered at her Queens home. But some symptoms lingered: fatigue she never experienced […]