Christyen Sumpter is Third Florida Resident to be Convicted for May 2018 Robbery ABINGDON, VIRGINIA – A third Florida resident has admitted to traveling in a stolen vehicle and committing the May 2018 armed robbery of the I-81 Travel Plaza in Wythe County, according to a plea agreement entered in […]
Thursday’s Games Bristol 10, Burlington 8 Elizabethton 9, Princeton 4 Greeneville 7, Danville 0 Kingsport 7, Johnson City 2 Bluefield 7, Pulaski 2 Friday’s Games Greeneville at Johnson City, 6:30 p.m. Burlington at Princeton, 6:30 p.m. Elizabethton at Bristol, 6:30 p.m. Pulaski at Kingsport, 6:30 p.m. Bluefield at Danville, 6:30 […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech plans to pay $3.7 million to a nearby Holiday Inn to house students during the coming school year because of higher-than-expected enrollment. The Roanoke Times reports the school has contract with the hotel to pay $3,755 per student per semester. Students’ rooms at the […]
Day Five of the New River Valley Fair begins Friday at 5 p.m. Gate admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children 7-11 and children under are free. Pay one price ride wristband is $22. At 7 p.m. Rebels and Rednecks Lawnmower Racers take to the Bud Walsh Arena. Grandstand […]
Yard Sale Fri. & Sat., July 26-27, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. 5631 Blenna Court, Dublin (off Ruebush Rd.) Multi-Family Yard Sale Fri. & Sat., July 26-27 8 a.m. – ? 6559 Ruebush Rd., Dublin Toys and children’s clothes, household items and lots of miscellaneous items. Huge Garage Sale Fri. […]
After over 41 years in business, the Steer House in Pulaski is closing. Owners Bobby and Lesia Abbott told The Patriot Thursday afternoon they had decided to close the restaurant. “We’ve got 77 years combined in this restaurant and we’re just burned out,” said Bobby Abbott. “Lesia and I can’t […]
On Friday, August 2, 5:30-8, the Wilderness Road Regional Museum will hold its Annual Fundraiser at Al’s on First in Downtown Pulaski. Tickets for Museum Lover’s Evening at Al’s on First are available at the museum or on Eventbrite.
Pulaski Community Partners Coalition (PCPC) will once again be hosting its annual pool parties for Pulaski County’s rising sixth and ninth graders. The party for rising sixth graders at Pulaski and Dublin Middle Schools is scheduled for Tuesday, July 30 from 6 – 8 p.m., while the pool party for […]
Wednesday’s Games Burlington 9, Bristol 2, 7 innings Burlington 5, Bristol 4, 8 innings Johnson City 7, Kingsport 1, 7 innings Johnson City 11, Kingsport 3, 7 innings Elizabethton 7, Princeton 6, 10 innings Danville 7, Greeneville 5 Pulaski 4, Bluefield 2 Thursday’s Games Bristol at Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Princeton […]
Gates and rides for Day Four of the New River Valley Fair open at 5 p.m. today. Gate admission today is $5 for adults, children 7-11 is $3 and children 6 and under are free. Pay one price ride wristbands are $22. Tonight’s main attraction is Country Music Artist John […]
~ Funding to support downtown revitalization efforts ~ RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam Wednesday announced more than $144,000 in Virginia Main Street grants for 12 projects. Downtown Investment Grants were awarded to the towns of Altavista, Blackstone, Orange, and St. Paul, and the cities of Hopewell and Staunton. Six Commercial District Affiliate […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2012, as the death toll from the nation’s opioid crisis mounted, drug companies shipped out enough of the powerful and addictive painkillers for every man, woman and child in the U.S. to have nearly a 20-day supply. For some counties, mostly in Appalachia, it was well […]