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 […]
Since we first learned earlier this week about the rally on the Radford University campus planned for this Saturday and Dr. Hemphill’s open letter encouraging members of the university community to join him at it, I have been engaged in a number of conversations with my fellow board members, county […]
Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednesday and said it plans to open its football season the weekend of Oct. 23-24. […]
Radford University has contacted The Patriot to request a correction of our article, posted Monday on our website and social media concerning the “Bigger Picture Rally and March,” planned for Saturday in Radford. An RU official said Radford University is requesting a correction “due to the headline and the lead sentence […]