Earlier today, the Virginia State Police were on the scene of an overturned tractor-trailer in Wythe County on Interstate 81 near the 72 mile marker. At 7:56 a.m., Monday, a tractor-trailer traveling north on I-81 ran off the left side of the interstate and overturned in the median. The tractor-trailer […]
Pulaski County Schools will be on a two-hour delay schedule Tuesday, Jan. 30.
NOTING ACC BASKETBALL ACColades Notre Dame and No. 4 Duke renew their ACC rivalry on ESPN’s Big Monday at the Blue Devils’ Cameron Indoor Stadium … the Fighting Irish hold a 5-3 advantage in ACC matchups, though Duke claimed the most recent in last year’s New York Life ACC Tournament […]
RADFORD, Va. (AP) — A freshman business major will now spend his next four years in prison for running what authorities called a “mini drug syndicate” at Radford University. Selling cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana paid for the off-campus apartment of 18-year-old Gabriel Eduardo Yus-Baez, where he kept $25,000 and a […]
Mrs. Dorothy “Dotsy” Richardson Smith passed from this earth on January 27, 2018 following several years battling Parkinson’s Disease. She was a spirited woman with a strong love of life and will be sadly missed by her family and friends. Dorothy was born in Pulaski, VA and moved several times […]
Virginia has not been ranked No. 1 since Ralph Sampson patrolled the lane in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers took a step toward their first top ranking in 35 years on Monday, earning 17 of 65 first-place votes from a media panel following wins over No. 18 Clemson and No. 4 Duke. […]
Judy Mabe O’Dell, age 65 of Pulaski passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018 at her home. She was born June 15, 1952 and is the daughter of the late James Racher Mabe & Cleta Mae Grimes Mabe. She was a member of the Family Worship Center, the NRV Community Choir […]
Deborah “Kathy” Hopkins Lephew, age 64 of Pulaski passed away Friday, January 26, 2018 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born December 20, 1953 in Pulaski she was the daughter of the late Earnest L. Hopkins & Billie Rae Warburton Hopkins. She is survived by her Children – Christopher “Todd” Viars – […]
William Saxon Hudson, 81, passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at his home in Fairlawn. He was a retired English Professor from Radford University and served in the U.S. Army during the Cuban Crisis. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gomer and Mary Hudson. Survivors include his […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Virginia Tech junior Chris Clarke “was as good as he’s been,” and never more than at crunch time. Clarke scored six straight points in the final 23 seconds as Tech fought off a ferocious charge by Notre Dame for an 80-75 Atlantic Coast Conference road […]
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Guy scored 17 points and hit two free throws with 6.1 seconds left, and No. 2 Virginia beat No. 4 Duke 65-63 on Saturday. Ty Jerome had 13 points and a critical 3-pointer with 37.6 seconds to play, and Devon Hall finished with 14 points […]
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — No. 4 Duke has piled up huge point totals and impressive offensive numbers against every opponent on its schedule. Now comes the biggest test to date — second-ranked Virginia and the nation’s best defense. It sets up one of the most intriguing chess matches of the […]