RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A statewide tornado drill will be held in Virginia next week. The drill scheduled for Tuesday is an annual opportunity to prepare residents for tornado emergencies and to test public warning systems. At approximately 9:45 a.m., the National Weather Service will send a test tornado warning […]
Devin Wilson’s basketball career at Virginia Tech has been circuitous to say the least. The senior point guard has had his share of ups and downs. But lately he has been trending in a positive direction for the Hokies, who couldn’t be happier with his play. Wilson has experienced the […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Carlik Jones’ phone has exploded since he hit the 3-pointer at the buzzer that sent Radford into the NCAA Tournament. “The experience after the shot has been crazy,” he said. It should be. The biggest win ever for the Highlanders? Sure. But the Big South Tournament champs […]
Pearl Mae (Jones) Bishop, 78 years old, born April 15, 1939 in Blackwater, Kentucky, entered Heaven’s gates on March 12, 2018 at Wythe County Community Hospital, Wytheville, Va. while rested peacefully. Pearl was a 30 year resident of Wytheville, Va. She loved the Virginia Mountains, the spring time breezes and […]
Bonnie Horton Raines, age 76 of Pulaski, died Saturday March 10, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. She was born on October 1, 1941 in Pulaski, and was the daughter of the late Annie Lawson Horton and Chester Horton. Bonnie was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church. In addition […]
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Travis Fields Jr. and Ed Polite Jr. each scored 13 points to lift Radford to its first-ever NCAA Tournament win, 71-61 over LIU Brooklyn in the First Four on Tuesday night. Carlik Jones added 12 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for the Highlanders, who move […]
Top-ranked and top-seeded Virginia will be without forward De’Andre Hunter, the ACC’s sixth man of the year, for the NCAA Tournament because of a broken left wrist. The school announced Tuesday that Hunter, a 6-foot-7 swingman who can also play guard, suffered the injury during the ACC Tournament, but did […]
RICHMOND – Governor Ralph Northam today signed a proclamation calling the members of the Virginia General Assembly into special session on April 11th to complete their work on the Commonwealth’s budget after they adjourned last week without passing a biennial spending plan for Virginia. The Governor released the following statement on the […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett has built the Cavaliers into one of the nation’s elite programs. The Cavaliers are enjoying arguably the most successful stretch in school history. Their No. 1 ranking is the program’s first since the Ralph Sampson era ended 35 years ago. […]
On Saturday April 7, 2018, from approximately 7:30 am till 12:00 pm, part of Downtown Pulaski, including a section of Dora Hwy will be closed to through traffic. The streets are being closed in support of the “Color Me Cameron 5K run and walk”. The color run is a celebration […]
It’s been a long and winding road for A.J. Bush, Virginia Tech’s backup quarterback last season. Bush transferred to Tech from Iowa Western where he was basically a backup quarterback there after he transferred from Nebraska in hopes of getting playing time and new start. Now Bush has enough credits […]