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, […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s push to ban the sale of assault weapons failed on Monday after some of his fellow Democrats balked at the proposal. Senators voted to shelve the bill for the year and ask the state crime commission to study the issue, an outcome […]
Tuesday 02/18/20 River Ridge District Girls Championship Game Girls Basketball: Pulaski Co. @ Patrick Henry 6 pm Friday 02/21/20 Class 4 Region D Quarter Finals Boys Basketball: Pulaski Co @ Halifax Co 7:30 pm Girls Basketball: GW Danville @ Pulaski Co 6 pm
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia state employees and public school teachers could soon be getting raises and bonuses under budget proposals before the state House and Senate. Money committees in both chambers unveiled their proposals Sunday for a two-year and more than $135 billion state spending plan, both with larger […]
December 28, 1935 – February 16, 2020 Shirley Meredith “Pete” Woodrum, 84, of Radford, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020. He was a brick mason. He was preceded in death on October 31, 2019 by his wife of 60 years, Peggy Ann Overstreet Woodrum; his parents, Davis and Myrtle Woodrum; […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is out to rev up his appeal with a key voting demographic — NASCAR fans — as he takes in the Daytona 500 on Sunday. NASCAR drivers may veer to the left during their trip around the oval racetrack, but their fans lean right, […]
Pulaski County’s girls basketball team advanced to the River Ridge District Tournament championship game Tuesday evening against Patrick Henry after knocking out Blacksburg, 55-35 Saturday afternoon. It promises to be a real donnybrook as the two teams have locked horns in titanic struggles twice this season. Pulaski Co. […]