For the second consecutive season both teams had superb years, but Patrick Henry once again got the trophy Tuesday evening in Roanoke, besting the Cougars, 65-52 for the River Ridge girls basketball title. The Cougars girls had defeated the Patriots in two titanic struggles during the season, winning […]
Pulaski County senior guard Hayden Gray, the leading scorer for the boys basketball team this season, was named to the first team All- River Ridge District team last evening. The Cougars open district play at top seed Halifax in South Boston Friday. A.J. McCloud was named to the […]
Pulaski County senior point guard Maddie Ratcliff was named last evening as the Co-Player of the Year in girls River Ridge District basketball. Ratcliff led her Cougar team, averaging over 14 points per game, and leading in assists as well. She was an All-RRD player as a junior. […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In a single thrilling lap around NASCAR’s most storied track, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman displayed the risks and rewards of the dangerous sport they both love. Hamlin won his second consecutive Daytona 500 and third in five years on Monday night as he surged […]
Richard (Dickie) Lee Quesenberry, 77, of Dublin, VA passed away on February 16, 2020. Born in Wythe County, VA on July 2, 1942, he and twin brother Ronnie were the fifth and sixth of seven children born to Andrew J. and Maude G. Quesenberry. He was an avid outdoorsman and […]
January 23, 1951 – February 16, 2020 Calvin Christopher Poe, 69, of Radford, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020. He was retired from Carilion St. Albans Psychiatric Hospital where he was a psychiatric tech. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marion Carl and Joyce Long Poe; and brothers, […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New year, another Denny Hamlin win in the Daytona 500. And Joe Gibbs still has the team to beat in NASCAR. Hamlin won his third Daytona 500 on Monday, becoming the first driver since Sterling Marlin in 1995 to win “The Great American Race” in […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Republican state senator says she’s running for governor next year as an unabashed conservative whose top priority will be to promote gun rights. Sen. Amanda Chase announced her candidacy Monday to a crowd of about 100 outside the Capitol on Monday, saying voters were […]
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Grace Collins Leary, 76, of Radford, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020. She was a member of Snowville Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Emory and Mary Conway Collins. Survivors include her husband of 51 years, Linton Leary of Radford; children, Sam (Melissa) Leary of Radford, […]
Richmond, VA – Today, the Virginia State Senate voted to “carry over” an anti-Second Amendment bill designed to strip thousands of Virginians of their rights, also known as HB 961. While Democrats are undoubtedly disappointed that Virginia stood up for itself, this bill is dead until next session. “This is what happens […]
William Edgar “Eddie” Ratcliff, age 74 of Bastian, Virginia passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020 at his home. Born August 13, 1945 in Pulaski he was the son of the late Sanders Edgar Ratcliffe & Carrie Ann Dalton McCraw. His sons, Kenneth and Eddie Joe, sisters, Jennie and Louise, brothers, […]