Stables, Haynes, Ratcliff land spots on All-River Ridge teams
The River Ridge District has released the members of its All-RRD first and second teams and honorable mentions.
PCHS sporting events for this week
Tuesday 02/13/18 Indoor Track: Class 4 Region D Meet at Liberty University 6 pm Friday 02/16/18 Boys Basketball: Class 4 Region D Tournament Pulaski Co. @ Jefferson Forest 6 pm Wrestling: State 4A Wrestling Tournament @ Churchland HS (Day 1) Saturday 02/17/18 Wrestling: State 4A Wrestling Tournament @ Churchland HS […]
River Ridge Football: Blacksburg coach leaving
“The Patriot” has learned that Blacksburg head football coach Thad Wells is resigning. Wells will be taking the same job at Mooresville High School, located between Charlotte and Lake Norman, North Carolina. Mooresville is a Class 4A school with an enrollment of over 1,600 students. Mooresville finished fifth in the […]
Alex Bowman puts No. 88 on the pole at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Alex Bowman put a familiar car atop the Daytona 500 leaderboard. Bowman won the pole for “The Great American Race” in his debut as the driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet, piloted until last season by NASCAR rock star Dale Earnhardt Jr. Six of Earnhardt’s […]
Virginia No. 1 in preliminary NCAA rankings
Virginia suffered a surprising home loss to unranked Virginia Tech, ending its winning streak at 16 games. One recent defeat was not enough to sway the NCAA Division I Basketball Committee. The Cavaliers are still viewed as the best team in the country a month before Selection Sunday. Virginia was […]
Blackshear’s putback lift Hokies past No. 2 Virginia in OT
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Kerry Blackshear Jr. scored on a putback with 5.8 seconds left and Virginia Tech spoiled No. 2 Virginia’s opportunity to climb to No. 1 with a 61-60 overtime victory Saturday night. Blackshear rebounded a missed layup by Justin Robinson and banked it in as he was […]
Flood watch is in effect here through Monday morning
The Flood Watch continues for * Portions of North Carolina, Virginia, and southeast West Virginia, including the following areas, in North Carolina, Alleghany NC, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, and Wilkes. In Virginia, Amherst, Bedford, Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, Roanoke, Smyth, Tazewell, and Wythe. In southeast West […]
Obituary for Carol Jean “Ruby” Patterson
Carol Jean “Ruby” Patterson, age 56 of Pulaski passed away Thursday in the Johnston Memorial Medical Center. Born March 23, 1961 in Pulaski, she was the daughter of the late Ottaway Patterson and Athene Carter Patterson. Her sisters Stephanie Patterson and Tracy Patterson also preceded her in death. Surviving- Children- […]
PCHS to host today’s River Ridge District Boy’s Basketball Semi-Finals
Semi Final #1 Pulaski Co. v. Hidden Valley 5 pm Semi Final #2 Cave Spring v. Patrick Henry 6:45 pm
Flu season still getting worse; now as bad as 2009 swine flu
NEW YORK (AP) — The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 13 visits to the doctor last week was for fever, cough and other […]
No. 2 Virginia in firm control as ACC enters stretch run
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference’s stretch run looks more like a coronation than a race. Second-ranked Virginia has all but wrapped up the league’s regular-season championship and could rise to No. 1 in the Top 25 on Monday for the first time since the Ralph Sampson […]
Coyote carcasses strung up from roadside tree in Virginia
WEST AUGUSTA, Va. (AP) — Prowling coyotes have become so prevalent in rural Virginia that some residents are stringing up multiple carcasses from tree branches at farms and ranches. An Associated Press photographer traveling the back roads of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley this week captured images of a dozen dead coyotes […]