On Dec. 29 at 4:33 am, an armed robbery occurred at the Speedway convenience store located off of I-81 on Ready Mix Rd, Wytheville. A white male produced a handgun and demanded money from the clerk. The male then exited the store and left the scene with an undisclosed amount […]
The New Year’s holiday closing schedule Friday, January 1, 2021, Pulaski County Offices will close and reopen on Monday, January 4, 2021, in observance of the New Year. The Pulaski County Public Service Authority billing office will be closed on Friday, January 1, 2021, and reopen on Monday, January 4, […]
At 12:51 a.m. on Monday (Dec. 28), Virginia State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Route 460 (Virginia Ave.) just west of Thomas Dr. A 2013 Freightliner Columbia tractor-trailer was traveling west on Route 460 when it ran off the left side of the road, struck a guardrail and […]
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Annandale 66, W.T. Woodson 61 Battlefield 49, Freedom (W) 33 Fairfax 46, Westfield 39 Forest Park 51, C.D. Hylton 48 Graham 67, Lebanon 29 Honaker 52, Castlewood 31 John Champe 76, Potomac Falls 56 John Lewis High School 50, Justice High School 38 Lake Braddock 72, Hayfield […]
Dublin Town Offices will be closed Friday, January 1, 2021.
Tuesday, Dec. 29, Time, TV, Sirius, XM, App/Web Cheez-It Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) No. 21 Oklahoma State vs. No. 18 Miami, 5:30 p.m., ESPN, 80, 80, 80 Series: Miami leads series, 1-0; Last meeting: Miami, 40-3 (1991) ESPN: Dave O’Brien (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst), Katie George (sideline) Wednesday, Dec. 30, Time, […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement regarding the CASH Act of 2020: “Yesterday, the President signed the more than $2.3 trillion Omnibus, which included COVID relief. After signing it, the President issued a statement calling on Congress to increase the amount of money going to individuals AND to cut […]
Olga Salamanca-Gonzales, age 72, of Pulaski, formerly of Mexico, died Sunday, December 27, 2020 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. She was born in Acapulco, Mexico on May 17, 1948 and was the daughter of the late Felipe Salamanca and Olipita Gonzales. Olga was faithful in attending Trinity Baptist […]
Elizabeth Wray of the New River Valley Humane Society says the organization hasn’t fallen off the face of the earth. Quite the contrary. The organization has been making moves of late to offer a whole new range of services to people and animals in the NRV – including purchasing a […]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Corey Kispert and No. 1 Gonzaga didn’t get their 1-2 matchup on a neutral court with a national TV audience. What amounted to the replacement against the most recent NCAA champion worked out just fine. Kispert scored a career-high 32 points and tied a school […]
Bobbie Jean Campbell Hawks, devoted wife, loving mother, nana and great-nannie, age 78 passed away on December 24th, 2020 at Lewis Gale Pulaski Hospital. Born December 30th, 1941 in Ivanhoe she was the daughter of Louise Campbell Dunford. She worked in Pulaski County Public Schools cafeteria for over 40 years, […]
David Jackson Robertson, 81 of Pulaski died Tuesday morning, Dec. 22, 2020 at his home. He was born in Pulaski on May 4, 1939 and was the son of the late Orville Jackson Robertson and Mabel Merl Akers Robertson. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Wright […]