The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic. The conference cited medical advice in making its decision and added ominously that the plan would […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on Virginia’s state budget hasn’t been as bad as previously feared. Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that Virginia ended fiscal 2020 with a $236.5 million budget shortfall, far less than anticipated. Overall, state revenues were up 2% from the previous fiscal year. […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Initial payments have begun to laid-off workers under the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, which Virginia lagged most other states in getting up and running. The program referred to as PEUC provides up to an additional 13 weeks of regular unemployment insurance to individuals who have […]
Christopher Shawn Wheeler, who gunned down Wythe County Deputy Cliff Dicker in 1994, is scheduled for a parole hearing next Wednesday (July 15). The prospect of Wheeler winning his freedom has spurred Dicker’s family into action to try and see to it the killer remains in prison. Karla Dicker Turman, […]
Taylor Denise Quesenberry, age 27 of Pulaski, Virginia went to her heavenly home on Monday July 6th, 2020.She was born on October 28th 1992 to Michael Dean Quesenberry and Angela Dawn Reed. She was 2011 graduate of Pulaski County High School where she was in the honor society and Marching […]
Today is Thursday, July 9, the 191st day of 2020. There are 175 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 9, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington’s troops in New York. On this date: In 1755, British General Edward Braddock […]
On July 7, shortly before 10:00 P.M. the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office and Virginia State Police responded to a domestic situation where a gunshot had been fired at 586 Whippoorwill Road here in Wythe County. The officers responding to the call were walking up to the residence when two deputies […]
Tuesday evening Pulaski Town Council selected a new vice-mayor, heard from its newly elected mayor and interim town manager, and recognized a former member of council. During the first meeting of the town’s new fiscal year, council also heard a presentation on retail development – a subject that has been […]
Elizabeth Scott “Betsy” Bane, 93, formerly of Pulaski, VA died Thursday, April 9, 2020. Betsy’s memorial service will be held Friday, July 17, 2020 at 3:00 PM from the Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, Pulaski, VA. A private family burial will follow the service. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests […]
44 DUI Arrests Over Holiday Weekend RICHMOND – Unfortunately, thousands of drunk, speeding and reckless drivers kept Virginia State Police busy and put countless lives at risk during the 2020 July 4th holiday weekend across the Commonwealth. Preliminary reports indicate nine individuals, to include a 4-year-old child, died during the […]
Garland Wayne Leeson, age 70 of Pulaski, left this earthly life on Monday, July 6, 2020, comfortably from his residence. He was born in Pulaski on Thursday, February 2, 1950 and was the son of the late Annie Lollie Leonard Leeson and Garnett Jefferson Leeson. Garland went to Pulaski High […]
On July 7, 2020 at 9:15 p.m. The Town of Pulaski Police Department responded to the 600 Block of Mount Olivet Road in reference to a motor vehicle crash with a report of injuries. While investigating the crash Officers determined that one of the drivers involved, Walter Vance Erps Jr. […]