Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement remembering the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks: “Americans will never forget the evil committed by terrorists in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. I still remember the disbelief I felt when watching the attacks. Like most Americans, I […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins knows he has to avoid “stupid plays” and stay within himself when the No. 25 Cavaliers take on Florida State this week. He had thrown 145 passes in a row without being intercepted until throwing two against William & Mary last week. […]
Chelsea Deanne Riddle, age 24 of Pulaski passed away Monday, September 9, 2019 at the Carilion New River Valley Medical Center, Christiansburg. Born July 27, 1995 in Pulaski she was the daughter of Rhonda Lynn Wall. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandmother, Viola Beatrice “Tiny” Wall and […]
Ida Coleen Wyrick Montgomery received her perfect healing on September 9, 2019, when she left this world and ran into the arms of our Heavenly Father. Coleen was born March 15, 1937 to Carl Wagner Wyrick and Lorena Cressell Wyrick. Preceding her in death were her brothers Alvin, Rufus and […]
RADFORD, Va., Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. News & World Report 2020 Best Colleges rankings advanced Radford University closer to the top of the list. The most recent edition, released today, September 9, 2019, ranked Radford University as the No. 12 Top Public Schools – Regional Universities South, […]
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Virginia Retirement System achieved a 6.7% return, net of fees, on its investment portfolio for fiscal year 2019. The trust fund ended the year with approximately $82.3 billion, setting a new high for the fund. “We achieved a return close to the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is going on a hiring spree. The online shopping giant is holding job fairs across the country next week, aiming to hire more than 30,000 people by early next year, a 5% bump in its total workforce. Amazon is looking for all kinds of workers, […]
Trudy Deane French received her healing Sunday, September 8, 2019. She no longer has to battle the illnesses that ravaged her body. She born August 24, 1946 in Dublin, which was her lifelong home. She was predeceased by her parents, Isaac Lee & Mary Ellen Mabry French, paternal grandparents, Walter […]
Pulaski nominated for MiLB’s John H. Johnson President’s Award CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Appalachian League today announced the Pulaski Yankees as the League’s 2019 Organization of the Year, presented annually to one club that exemplifies the standards of the complete baseball franchise, based upon franchise stability, contributions to league stability, contributions […]
Charlotte Ann Linkous Coleman, 68, of Fairlawn, VA passed away unexpectedly Saturday, September 7, 2019. She was born in Pulaski on May 5, 1951 and was the daughter of the late Mike Robert Linkous, Sr. and Mildred Josephine Jacobson Linkous Dillon. She was also preceded in death by two sisters. […]
‘Most Dear To Them That Love Her’ Dorothy Ann Waller Tench, 89, of Dublin, Va., passed into the arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, September 7th, 2019, surrounded by her family. She was born in High Point, NC, on April 25th, 1930 to the late Roy Walter Waller […]
Carolyn Brooks Thomas Keyser, 97, of Pulaski, VA and formerly of Blacksburg, VA, on September 6, 2019, peacefully passed at the Pulaski Health and Rehabilitation Center, Pulaski, VA. She was pre-deceased by her loving husbands, Howard Adams Thomas, who died in 1982, and William Keyser, who died in 1989. Carolyn […]