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 […]
Update: Ex-Virginia Tech student pleads no contest in girl’s killing
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 […]
Obituary for Leslie Ann Sadler Riggs
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 […]
Ex-Virginia Tech student pleads no contest in girl’s killing
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 […]
Blue Ridge Bike Fest coming to Motor Mile in September
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 […]
School board approves schematic design of new middle school; hears VDOT unlikely to approve second entrance and traffic signal
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 […]
Obituary for Margie Agnes Taylor
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 […]
Police seek information on hit and run
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 […]
Virginia Senate panel endorses taxes for ride services, fuel
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Senate panel has endorsed extending sales taxes to ride services like Uber and Lyft and also voted to impose a motor fuels tax in the state’s western region. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the Senate Finance transportation subcommittee recommended approval of both bills on 4-2 […]