RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Equal Rights Amendment is advancing in the Virginia Legislature, where Democratic leaders have pledged it will pass. A Senate committee on Thursday approved a resolution to ratify the gender equality measure that could become the next amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The vote was 10-5 […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Newly empowered Democratic leaders in Virginia pledged Thursday to let local governments remove Confederate monuments, but Gov. Ralph Northam said he’s still weighing what to do with one of the state’s most prominent ones — a towering statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. As Virginia wrestles […]
On January 9, 2020 The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division along with members of the Virginia State Police High Tech Crimes Division executed a search warrant on Camelot Road in Pulaski County. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office received information from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in […]
Pulaski on Main, in partnership with the Town of Pulaski, has issued a call for entries to help name the proposed pocket park to be located directly across from the Pulaski County Courthouse on West Main Street. The park will be established during the upcoming Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) asked about the status of H. Res. 755, the articles of impeachment passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on December 18, 2019, and the status of the Office of the Speaker in a series of parliamentary inquiries on the House floor today. According to Clause […]
Pulaski County’s girls basketball team held on down the stretch to win a tough contest over Class 5 Patrick Henry Wednesday evening. The final score was 55-54 as PH outscored the Cougars 14-9 in the fourth quarter. The Cougar effort was led by senior point guard […]
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Travis Fields Jr. posted 16 points as Radford narrowly beat Gardner-Webb 67-64 on Wednesday night. Carlik Jones had 11 points and six assists for Radford (7-7, 2-0 Big South Conference), which won its fourth consecutive game. Cle’von Greene added 10 points. Devine Eke had seven […]
BOSTON (AP) — The Justice Department has thrown a roadblock into efforts to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, finding that an expired pair of deadlines imposed by Congress on ratification of the measure means it’s too late for additional states to ratify it now. The memo by Assistant Attorney General […]
Rose Marie Peoples Leeper, age 55 of Pulaski passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020 at her home. Born October 26, 1964 in Radford she was the daughter of the Elizabeth Ann Redd Peoples and the late Oliva “Ollie” William Peoples, Sr. Her sister, Margaret Abby Singleton, & maternal grandmother and […]
Spring municipal elections are fast approaching. And while the May 5 election day is a long way off, the deadline to become a candidate is just around the corner. Candidate packages for the municipal elections in Pulaski and Dublin are now available for pickup, according to Kathy Webb, Director of […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A historically diverse Virginia General Assembly convened Wednesday, led for the first time in more than two decades by Democrats who promised to enact a litany of changes. The House quickly elected Eileen Filler-Corn at the new speaker, the first woman to serve in that role. […]
Bishop Edward Winton Wood, Sr., 81, of Dublin, Va., was welcomed into Heaven in the early moments of Tuesday morning, January 7, 2020 with his family by his side. He was born on April 4, 1938 in Caldwell, W.V. to Walter L. Wood, Sr. and Mildred Wood. He was married […]