As the rain continues to fall and with numerous roadways flooded, the Virginia State Police is advising Virginians to be alert for more flashing flooding and standing water across southwest and western Virginia. If having to travel this evening or overnight, be sure to check in advance VDOT’s 511 Website at www.511virginia.org or […]
Betty Ruth Worley Southern, age 82 of Pulaski passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at the Pulaski Health Care Center. Born July 23, 1937 in North Carolina she was the daughter of the late Samuel Isaiah Worley & Mary Leona Howell Worley. Her former husband, Walter Southern, sisters, Kitty Richards, […]
The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a * Flood Warning for… Pulaski County in southwestern Virginia… Giles County in southwestern Virginia… Greenbrier County in southeastern West Virginia… Monroe County in southeastern West Virginia… * Until 1000 PM EST Thursday * At 957 AM EST, Doppler radar indicated heavy […]
Major League Baseball held meetings from February 4th through February 6th to discuss the state of their sport, including a plan to eliminate up to 42 of their Minor League affiliates. I believe this plan to be misguided and that is why I have joined with Mayors across the country […]
Ronnie Lewis Kemp, 67 of Pulaski passed away Monday morning February 3rd, 2020 at his home. He was born July 3, 1952 in Pulaski. He was preceded in death by a daughter- Lisa Dawn Kemp Edwards, parents- Lewis E. and Aileen D. Kemp, sister- Gayle Kemp and several aunts and […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The deadline to register to vote in Virginia’s Democratic presidential primary is quickly approaching. Voters who want to cast a ballot in the March 3 contest must be registered by Monday. Virginia law doesn’t currently allow same-day registration. The state Board of Elections said in a […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Braxton Key always does plenty of the little things for Virginia — like setting screens, rebounding and playing stout defense — that help the Cavaliers have success. He did the big things, too, Wednesday night, hitting two critical 3-pointers in the final 5 minutes as the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in “Spartacus,” “Lust for Life” and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken the blacklist against suspected Communists and reigned for decades as a Hollywood maverick and patriarch, died Wednesday, his family said. He […]
Avantae Williams was committed to Miami three years ago, then decommitted, then seemed like he would ultimately be headed to Florida. And then he pulled off a signing-day shocker on Wednesday. Williams, the No. 2-ranked safety in the nation according to most rankings, is headed to Miami after all as […]
Wanda Lee Rigney Covey of Pulaski, Va., passed away February 4, 2020 in her home. Born on April 12,1946 she is preceded in death by her parents, Raymond Ray Rigney and Ethel Mitchell Rigney, and her brother-in-law Ralph C. Hall. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Daniel […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to acquit President Trump: “The Senate has finally ended an ordeal that never should have started. Democrats in the House brushed aside principles of fairness and impartiality in conducting this impeachment process, yet, in my belief, they […]
James Richard Johnson, Sr., age 84 of Pulaski passed away Sunday, February 2, 2020 at the Highland Ridge & Rehab Center after a lengthy illness. Born January 4, 1936 in Pulaski he was the son of the late Marcellus Johnson & Arvella Lash Hilliard. His brother, Marcellus Johnson, Jr. also […]