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- […]
Semi Final #1 Pulaski Co. v. Hidden Valley 5 pm Semi Final #2 Cave Spring v. Patrick Henry 6:45 pm
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — After listening to days of damaging testimony from prosecution witnesses, a former Virginia Tech student pleaded no contest Friday to killing a 13-year-old girl he met through social media. David Eisenhauer, 20, entered his plea to all three charges against him in the stabbing death of […]
Leslie Ann Sadler Riggs, age 46 of Hiwassee passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at her home. Born July 23, 1971 in Giles County she was the daughter of William Donald Sadler & Linda Sue Atwood Farmer. She was preceded in death by her son, Christopher Cecil Riggs. She was […]
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Tech student has pleaded no contest in the 2016 killing of a 13-year-old girl. News outlets report that David Eisenhauer entered his plea Friday to all three charges against him in the stabbing death of Nicole Lovell: first-degree murder, abduction and concealing a […]
After a one-year hiatus, The Blue Ridge Bike Fest will thunder back to life September 28th and 29th in Radford, Va. Blue Ridge Bike Fest will make its first appearance in the New River Valley, partnering with Motor Mile Speedway & Dragway for the ninth installment of the acclaimed motorcycle rally. The […]
Pulaski County will likely have to do some political arm twisting if its new middle school is to get a second – and the preferred – signaled entrance on Route 11 that designers and supporters want. The Pulaski County School Board on Tuesday held a meeting at the high school’s […]
Margie Agnes Taylor, age 89 of Dublin passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at the Highland Ridge Health Care Center. Born June 7, 1928 in Pulaski she was the daughter of the late Burman Taylor and Clyde Brown Taylor. Her brothers, James Franklin Taylor, Troy Taylor, Ray Taylor, sisters, Ruth […]
On Feb. 5, 2018, at approximately 8:18 PM, the Pulaski Police Department responded to the area of Dora Highway and Bentley Hollow Road in reference to a hit and run. Upon arrival, officers spoke with a 13-year-old victim who had reportedly been struck by a dark colored Chrysler van. The […]