Eric Creed Semones, age 30 of Bland, Virginia passed away Thursday, September 17, 2020 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital as the result of a farming accident. Born February 3, 1990 in Pulaski he was the son of Leslie Creed Semones and Kyneathia O’Dell Semones. His maternal grandparents, Bobby & Irene […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Her death just over six weeks […]
Radford City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to extend until Nov. 1 a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people in the city in response to a huge increase seen in COVID-19 cases. The limit on gatherings was first instituted in early August to run until Sept. 18 […]
“I feel an urgency for believers to not only be made aware, but also to participate in this day of prayer and repentance. I realize that not only the nation and the world needs to repent, but the Church as well. I want God to hear from heaven and forgive […]
Pulling off a 95th surprise birthday celebration for Flossie Manns Brown during Covid-19 took support from many people – near and far, great weather and hush hush talk behind the scenes. Part of her celebration was to surprise her with 95 birthday cards. When Deacon Joe Sheffey announced it at […]
Friends of Peak Creek is planning the Fall Clean Up for October 3rd. 10:00 A.M. til 12:00 noon. Volunteers are asked to meet at the First Street Parking lot across from Thompson Tire at 10:00 A.M for a safety briefing and assignments. We will be practicing social distancing and will […]
LewisGale Hospital Pulaski (LGHP) Emergency Department Registered Nurse Kellie Phipps is the recipient of the second quarter 2020 DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. Kellie was nominated for […]
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, […]