Pulaski County staged a huge rally early in the season, coming from 23-points down to defeat Graham at home. Saturday evening in Bluefield was the return match. It didn’t go as well. The G-Men used a balanced scoring effort to defeat the Cougars, 71-60. The loss dropped Pulaski […]
RADFORD, Va. (AP) — Carlik Jones scored a career-high 33 points plus 10 assists as Radford edged past Hampton 83-79 on Saturday. Jones was 12-for-22 shooting and 7-for-9 at the foul line. Travis Fields, Jr. had 11 points for Radford (11-9, 6-2 Big South Conference), which bounced back from consecutive […]
BOSTON (AP) — Jairus Hamilton scored a career-high 23 points, Jay Heath added 15 points and Boston College snapped a four-game losing with a 61-56 victory over Virginia Tech Saturday afternoon. Jared Hamilton had his only two baskets of the game in the final 3½ minutes for the Eagles (10-10, […]
Lilbern Owen “Bud” Thompson, 90, of Pulaski passed away Friday, January 24, 2020. Born December 21, 1929 in Carroll County, and was the son of the late Sherman Lee Thompson and Lula May Guynn Thompson. Bud grew up in Pulaski, graduated from Pulaski High School in 1948, and married his […]
Virginia State Police Trooper C.T. Viars is investigating a two-vehicle crash in Wythe County. The crash occurred at 2:20 p.m. on Friday (Jan. 24) on Route 11, less than a mile south of Route 667 near St. Paul. A 1999 Ford Crown Victoria was traveling south on Route 11 when […]
The Pulaski County girls basketball program continued to roll with a lopsided 70-21 victory on the road at Christiansburg Friday evening. The Cougars are now 11-5 on the season and a perfect 7-0 in River Ridge District play. The Blue Demons dropped to 2-11 on the season and 0-7 in […]
It was a gutsy effort. Down six going into the fourth quarter Pulaski County rallied strong and knocked off Christiansburg, 53-50 Friday evening at PCHS. The win pushed the Cougars to 7-8 on the season and dropped the Blue Demons to 11-5. Christiansburg led 40-34 going […]
Gerald Emil Schluter, age 77, of Pulaski, Va., passed away Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at special private care home Forever Young. He was born June 9, 1942, in Carroll, Iowa, to parents Emil and Violetta (Witt) Schluter. He was baptized and confirmed at Peace Lutheran in Wall Lake, Iowa. Gerald […]
From Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office: Neice has been located in Petersburg W Va.. To our knowledge she was there freely and not being held against her will. Original press release from Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office: Here is a female who is missing from Fairview Homes since late Thursday Evening, January […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — LJ Thorpe added 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds and DeVon Baker had 15 points for the Bulldogs (9-9, 3-4 Big South Conference), which snapped a four-game home losing streak. Travis Fields, Jr. scored a season-high 20 points for the Highlanders (10-9, 5-2). Carlik Jones added […]
June Crutchfield Aker, 82, of Statesville, NC, passed away peacefully on her birthday, Monday, January 20, 2020 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC after a courageous battle with cancer. She was a long-term resident of Pulaski, VA and member of First United Methodist Church. Ms. Aker was […]
Gary “Boomer” Wilbert Henley, age 66 of Pulaski, died Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at Lewis Gale Hospital – Pulaski. He was born on June 9, 1953 in Radford, and was the son of the late Dona Vires Henley and George Washington Henley. He is survived by his wife: Judy Kay […]