Chester Laymon “Bubba” Duncan, age 76 of Hiwassee passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019 at his home. Born January 27, 1943 in Hiwassee he was the son of the late Grover Boothe Duncan & Parthena Mildred Puckett Duncan. His son, Rusty Duncan, brothers, Woodson, Elwood, Ray, Garnett, Graham and sister, […]
Scam Sites are Charging Virginians a Fee for Application Forms (Richmond, Va.) — Today, the State Health Commissioner warned Virginians not to use any third party services to obtain vital records and not to pay any fee for vital records application forms, which have always been and always will be free. Although […]
Tuesday, December 3, 2019, Draper Mercantile, 3054 Greenbriar Road, Draper, Virginia, 11:00 a.m. (Contact: Anthony Akers, Assistant County Administrator, 143 Third Street N.W., Suite 1, Pulaski, Virginia, 24301, 540-980-7705, aakers@pulaskicounty.org ). This committee is responsible for the oversight of community, roadside and property clean – ups. Wednesday, December 4, 2019, […]
Arthur Franklin “Frank” Ayers, 75, passed away on Saturday, November 30th at Roanoke Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was a proud veteran of the 101st Airborne Division, serving in Vietnam. He was employed for over 30 years at Radford Arsenal as a maintenance supervisor. In addition to being […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference title game is special opportunity for first-time participant No. 22 Virginia. It’s just as special for No. 3 Clemson, coach Dabo Swinney said despite the fact his Tigers have won the past four championships. His 12-0 Tigers are just as jazzed at […]
The Town of Pulaski Christmas Parade sponsored by the Pulaski County Jaycees will be held this Thursday, December 5th. Line up will begin at 6 pm at the Duncan Street Bridge onto First Street and the parade starting right at 7 pm. The parade starts at Al’s on First on […]
Alabama dropped to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll, snapping the Crimson Tide’s record streak of 68 appearances in the top five. The top four teams in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank were unchanged, with LSU at No. 1, followed by Ohio State, Clemson […]
VHSL Region Final Class 6 Region D Westfield 35, Yorktown 7 Class 5 Region B Varina 34, Manchester 16 Region D North Stafford 21, Mountain View 10 Class 3 Region A Hopewell 19, Phoebus 6 Region B Goochland 20, James Monroe 7 Class 2 Region D Graham 43, Central – […]
At 1:37 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 30), Virginia State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash in Wythe County. A tractor-trailer traveling north on I-81 ran off the road struck the guardrail and overturned at the 68 mile marker. The impact of the crash caused the vehicle to catch fire. Fire crews […]
Class 6 Region A Oscar Smith 29, Thomas Dale 7 Region B Colonial Forge 42, Massaponax 21 Region C South County 31, Lake Braddock 15 Class 5 Region A Maury 35, Salem-Va. Beach 14 Region C Stone Bridge 57, Woodgrove 15 Class 4 Region A Lake Taylor 41, Churchland 13 […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Even with a nine-point lead and less than a minute on the clock, Bryce Perkins was not ready to celebrate Virginia finally breaking its Commonwealth Cup drought. It was only a year ago, in his first experience with Virginia’s annual rivalry game against Virginia Tech, Perkins […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Bryce Perkins’ week ended better than it started. Virginia’s quarterback, who had a huge day in the Cavaliers’ 39-30 victory against No. 23 Virginia Tech on Saturday, said after the game that he spent last Saturday night in the hospital overnight after contracting tonsillitis during the […]