SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Call Virginia’s Pack-Line defense impenetrable. You’ll get no argument from Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim. De’Andre Hunter scored 15 points, Kyle Guy added 14 and the 2nd-ranked Cavaliers smothered struggling Syracuse 59-44 on Saturday. The 44 points were the Orange’s fewest since the Carrier Dome opened in […]
The Pulaski Yankees are proud to announce the hiring of Betsy Haugh as the team’s Assistant General Manager. Haugh, a native of Earlysville, Va., joins the Yankees after two seasons with the Danville Braves, where she started as a trainee before being named Sales & Marketing Manager in September 2016. […]
SALEM – The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is advising drivers to expect possible icy and slick road conditions on Sunday, February 4, due to a wintry mix of snow, freezing rain, sleet and rain that is anticipated to pass through southwestern Virginia starting before sunrise and continuing into the day. […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Anthony Lawrence II scored a career-high 25 points to lift Miami to an 84-75 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday. Lawrence hit 9 of 10 from the floor, including three 3-pointers, as Miami (17-5, 6-4 ACC) won its second straight game and fourth in its past […]
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Xavier Cooks scored 22 points, had six rebounds, five blocks, four assists and three steals to lead Winthrop to a 75-57 win over Radford on Saturday. Bjorn Broman added 16 points and four steals, Josh Ferguson contributed 10 points and the Eagles shot 26 of […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Defense has been No. 2 Virginia’s calling card since Tony Bennett became the coach nine years ago. The Cavaliers play at a pace that some have described as boring, but it’s one its players and fans have come to embrace. Shot-clock violations are celebrated as much […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement on the release of a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence memo detailing abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): “As an attorney who practiced for 28 years in criminal law, I believe the Intelligence Committee memo is of deep concern. […]
Tonights Boys and Girls Basketball games will be played as scheduled. Friday 02/02/18 Boys Basketball: Pulaski Co. @ Blacksburg JV @ 5:30, Varsity to follow Girls Basketball: Blacksburg @ Pulaski Co. JV @ 5:30, Varsity to follow
Tonight’s PCHS Theater production “Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat” will be performed as scheduled. Friday 02/02/18 PCHS Drama presents “Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat” 7 pm PCHS Little Theater
NEW YORK (AP) — It looks like Groundhog Day for the nation’s flu report, too: It’s gotten worse, and there are weeks of suffering ahead. The government’s report out Friday showed the flu season continued to intensify last week. One of every 14 visits to doctors and clinics were for […]
Issued by: Roanoke/Blacksburg – VA, US, National Weather Service, …COLDER TEMPERATURES AND RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW TO CREATE SLICK SPOTS… COLDER AIR BEHIND A FRONT WILL DROP TEMPERATURES TO BELOW FREEZING AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT. ANY RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW, WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED, GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH. WITH WATER ON THE […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A judge has ordered a former Virginia Tech student arrested on a weapons charge to remain jailed while he awaits trial. The Roanoke Times reports the judge said at a bail hearing Thursday that he was concerned 19-year-old Yunsong Zhao would be deported to China if […]