While House Bill 961 – which would have banned the sale of assault-type weapons and certain magazines – has been tabled for this year in the Virginia Legislature, Jody Pyles says residents in Southwest Virginia must still be vigilant against threats to our way of life. Pyles made his comments […]
Draper’s Valley Presbyterian Church 2755 Old Baltimore Road Draper, VA 24324 GROUNDBREAKING SERVICE SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2020 3:00 P.M. There will be a special ‘Worship Service of Thanksgiving’ in the sanctuary on Sunday afternoon, March 1, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m. celebrating how God has brought us to this time and […]
To the editor, The National Vietnam Veterans Day was established in 2017. This day is celebrated on the 29th of March each year. There are many Vietnam veterans in Pulaski County. “All gave some, but some gave all.” In all of Pulaski County, only one gave five years of his […]
Garnet Lewis Lindsey, 85 of Newbern, died Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at his residence. He was born on November 21, 1934 in Giles County, and was the son of the late Bessie Robertson Lindsey and George Soloman Lindsey. He was a proud security officer at New River Community College. In […]
Monday 03/02/20 Indoor Track: State Meet at Liberty University 11 am Tuesday 03/03/20 Indoor Track: State Meet at Liberty University 9 am Varsity Softball Scrimmage: Pulaski Co. @ Northside 5 pm JV Softball Scrimmage: Northside @ Pulaski Co 5 pm Wednesday 03/04/20 Boys Tennis Scrimmage: Floyd @ Pulaski Co. 4:30 pm Girls Tennis […]
Thanks to the fine work of Pulaski County High School athletic director Scott Vest, The Patriot can now report what the road ahead looks like for the Pulaski County girls basketball team in the effort to return to Richmond and the Class 4 state championship game a second […]
The Pulaski County girls basketball program is about to head back to the Class 4 state basketball tournament. Congratulations to them for a job well done, and to head coach Brad Sutphin and his able assistant Mike Anders. Most people from across the state were likely surprised the Cougar girls […]
So, you think it’s just now getting to be March and it’s too early to talk football. That would be wrong, and this writer likes to talk football any time of the year. But programs across the country are getting ready to take the field in the next few days. […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Kihei Clark knew exactly what he was going to do when he took an inbounds pass in a tie game on the road and 11 seconds racing quickly off the clock. “Yeah. I was shooting it,” the sophomore point guard said after his 3-pointer with 2.1 […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday in a decision that conflicted with three other federal appeals courts. The ruling by the 2nd […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate has advanced two pieces of Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposed gun-control measures after previously rejecting them. The Senate voted Wednesday to advance legislation that would require gun owners to report to police any lost or stolen firearms and to toughen the penalty for leaving […]
The Pulaski County girls basketball program will once again take its game to the Class 4 state tournament in Richmond next week. The opportunity to return to the state championship game was won in a big way at PCHS Tuesday evening, 69-40 over Salem, the third time the Cougars had […]