CHAPEL HILL, NC- The Appalachian League announced today that Minor League Baseball selected Pulaski Yankees Third Baseman Chad Bell as Player of the Week and Johnson City Cardinals right-handed pitcher Michael YaSenka as Pitcher of the Week. Both awards recognize these players’ performances for games during the week of July 8-14. Bell, 22, […]
Thomas Gardner Wood, 77, of Arlington, VA passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Crocket Wood and Amelia Gardner Wood, cousins Jane Wood Kelley, Ethel Wood Brabham and Ann Wood DeNauro. He is survived by cousins Frances Wood Colgrove and Ellen […]
Kensey Edward Coake, 91, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away on July 12, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd L. and Nancy H. Coake; his wife, Lois J. Coake; three brothers and a sister. He is survived by his two sons, Wayne K. Coake (Martha), and Daniel […]
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA – A Florida man and woman, who traveled in a stolen vehicle and committed a robbery at the I-81 Travel Plaza in Wythe County, pleaded guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to a series of related federal charges, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced. […]
The Pulaski Yankees defeated the visiting Bristol Pirates on Sunday night by a score of 8-6. The Yankees have won the first two games of the four-game set at home and the last three games in a row against the Pirates. The Yankees took another early lead Sunday, as Chad […]
Pulaski turned to Moo-Laski for the night as the Yankees hosted Ag Night 2.0 and left Calfee Park victorious as they sunk the Bristol Pirates 2-0. These two teams met last on Monday night when the Pirates hosted the Yankees and Pulaski won that matchup 5-0. Tonight the Yankees pitching […]
Pulaski Yankees ballpark wins fan vote in Ballpark Digest’s annual Best of the Ballparks competition Motor Mile Field at Calfee Park has been named the winner of the Ballpark Digest Best of the Ballparks annual fan voting competition, earning the title of best rookie-level ballpark in America. The Pulaski Yankees […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia is set to get a still-to-be determined amount of a $1.4 billion settlement to resolve U.S. investigations into the marketing of an anti-addiction drug. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that a British-based company has agreed to settle over allegations its former Virginia-based subsidiary, […]
The Pulaski Yankees used a big seventh inning to complete their comeback win Friday night and win the three game series against the Bluefield Blue Jays by a score of 9-3. Despite the final score, this game was a pitcher’s duel for the first five innings. Yankees starting pitcher Jhonatan […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is pushing back against sexual harassment allegations made by a student six decades his junior. Wilder thanked his supporters and called the allegations “baseless” in a tweet Friday. His comments came a day after The Washington Post reported on a […]
Gary Dale Cole, age 63 of Pulaski passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born September 24, 1955 in Pulaski to the late Oakley Cole and Catherine Spence Cole. He was also preceded in death by a son, Tony Richardson; one sister, Elizabeth Spence and […]
On July 11, 2019 Radford City Police Officer C.R. Benson attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu in the 500 block Rock Road in the City of Radford. The driver of the vehicle began to elude the officer, and a pursuit was initiated by the officer.