RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s governor pledged to work at healing the state’s racial divide Saturday, even as calls mounted for the lieutenant governor to resign – capping an astonishing week that saw all three of the state’s top elected officials embroiled in potentially career-ending scandals. Two women have accused […]
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Brad Brownell has seen plenty of teams with high expectations fall apart when adversity hits. He is proud that his Tigers are not among them. Shelton Mitchell scored 22 points with a career-best five 3-pointers as Clemson won its fourth straight with a 59-51 […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislative leaders have reached an agreement that would return $976 million to Virginia’s taxpayers. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports Friday that the agreement endorsed by Gov. Ralph Northam could allow the state to start processing more than a half-million tax returns already filed this season. The plan […]
RICHMOND — Democratic leaders called on Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax to resign after a second woman stepped forward Friday and accused him of sexual assault Meredith Watson said Fairfax raped her when they were both students at Duke University in 2000, according to a news release posted by her lawyers. “Mr. Fairfax’s […]
Donald Paul Gessner, 63, of Radford, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2019. He was a member of Central United Methodist Church. Don had a great love for the outdoors and animals. He was the sweetest and kindest soul and he never met a stranger. He was preceded in death by […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A second woman has come forward to accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault. The woman said in a statement Friday that the attack took place when she and Fairfax were students at Duke University. The new accusation further clouds the fate of Virginia’s government. […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam told his top staff Friday that he is not going to resign over the racist photo that has roiled state politics, despite intense pressure to step down, according to a top administration official. Northam called a Cabinet meeting Friday afternoon to announce […]
Gertrude Alexander Holston, age 90 of Dublin passed away Friday, February 8, 2019 at the Lewis-Gale Hospital, Pulaski. Born October 11, 1928 in Sylvatus she was the daughter of the late Charles Ingram Alexander & Minnie Hanks Alexander. Her husband, Robert Eugene Holston, Sr., sons; Robert Holston, Jr., Larry Steven […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Women’s rights groups and Virginia Democratic leaders continue to signal support for the woman who publicly accused Democratic Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault in 2004. “We trust women. We believe survivors. We believe Dr. Vanessa Tyson,” the Virginia Pro-Choice Coalition stated in a press release […]
The Commonwealth’s 4 p.m. Burning Law goes into effect Feb. 15 – Apr. 30, prohibiting burning before 4 p.m. each day. A violation of this law is a Class 3 misdemeanor punishable by up to a $500 fine. In addition to the criminal violation, those who allow a fire to […]
2019 River Ridge District All District Girls Basketball Teams FIRST TEAM Grace Hutson Christiansburg 10 Zada Porter Cave Spring 10 Savannah Derey Patrick Henry 10 Ally Fleenor Pulaski Co. 9 Serena Lytton Patrick Henry 12 Sawyer Freeland Hidden Valley 12 Maddie Ratcliff Pulaski Co. 11 Julia Moschella Christiansburg […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND No. 2 Duke at No. 3 Virginia. The first matchup of these ACC co-leaders was a classic. The second could be even better — because this time, the Blue Devils will […]