SALEM – Travelers heading to the Hillsville Flea Market during Memorial Day weekend should be prepared for considerable traffic delays. The town’s popular event will be held Friday, May 25 through Monday, May 27. People not attending the flea market are encouraged to avoid the area altogether. Thousands of visitors […]
Clarence Wayne “Bo” Boardwine, age 65 of Pulaski passed away Sunday, May 19, 2019. Born December 29, 1953 in Russell County, Virginia he was the son of the late Paul Frazier Boardwine & Maze Bell Ferrell Boardwine. His life-partner, Bob Ratcliffe, brother, Arch Berdette “Bert” Boardwine and sister-in-law, Judy Boardwine […]
Stanley Ingles Morefield “Stan” was born 31 March 1939 to Stanley Davis and Ollie Ingles Morefield. He was also “Bubby” to little sister, Anne Sherry Morefield Burleigh. After graduation from Pulaski High School, Stan joined the United States Navy and proudly served as an Aviation Structural Mechanic in Keflivic, Iceland […]
Calvin Currell Southern, 82, peacefully passed away on May 3, 2019. He was born February 27, 1937 in Pulaski, Va. to the late Everett Jordan and Zelma Mildred Jennings Southern. In his early years, Mr. Southern worked on his family farm, drove a school bus morning and evening while also […]
The Danville Braves and Pulaski Yankees will combine promotional efforts on two Star Wars Nights this season to raise funds for cancer research and support of cancer patients. When the two teams play in Pulaski on June 28 and in Danville on July 19, both squads will wear specialty Star […]
Lois Kincer Pennington, 86, of Dublin, VA returned to our Heavenly Father on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Born Lois Marie Kincer, she was the daughter of William and Cora Lee Kincer of Wytheville, VA. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Henry G. Hughes and Glenn T. Pennington. Lois […]
~ Ozmo to expand software development operation ~ RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Ozmo, a technology company that builds software products for mobile operations and their customers, will invest over $200,000 to expand its existing operation in Montgomery County. The project will position the company to meet increasing demand […]
There will be a special called meeting of the Economic Development Authority on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. in the Basement Conference Room at the Pulaski County Administration Building, 143 Third Street, NW, Pulaski, Virginia, 24301. There will be a meeting of the Economic Development Authority on Tuesday, […]
BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — Marguerite Cottrell remembers the summer day 75 years ago when a Western Union telegram was delivered to her family farm as her mother was hanging clothes on the line to dry. Her mother read it, sat down and wept. Cottrell’s older brother, John Reynolds, had been […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Atlantic Division champion Louisville and Coastal Division champion Georgia Tech are the top two seeds for the 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship, which gets underway Tuesday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina. The Championship will feature a pool-play format, leading into a four-team, […]
Again this year American Legion Post #7, along with VFW Post 1184 in Pulaski will mark the graves of veterans buried in Pulaski County with an American flag. There are over 3,000 graves to be marked. “This has been an ongoing effort since 1982. With the amount of graves to […]