The music of Truegrass and Sugar Run will be featured during New River Community College’s Fiddle, Banjo and Dance Club Jamboree on Saturday, February 9. Music will begin at 6 p.m. in 117 Edwards Hall at NRCC in Dublin. Truegrass is a bluegrass band that formed in early 2004. They […]
Southwest Virginia now has its own exposition center, strategically located for residents of four neighboring states to enjoy as a tourism destination. The Appalachian Regional Exposition Center (APEX) in Wythe County hosted its first events on Friday, January 25th and Saturday, January 26th to a crowd of 1,100 on opening […]
The Virginia State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Sunday (Feb. 3) morning on Interstate 81 at the Pulaski County/Montgomery County line. Following a hit-and-run crash in the Town of Pulaski earlier Sunday morning involving a GMC Sierra pickup truck, a Be On the Lookout (BOLO) was issued […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Patrick Mahomes’ breathtaking breakthrough season earned him the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award. The Chiefs quarterback landed a pair of honors at NFL Honors on Saturday night, taking The Associated Press 2018 MVP and Offensive Player of the Year awards. In his second pro season, Mahomes led […]
ATLANTA (AP) — For towering tight end Tony Gonzalez, this was a slam dunk. The 6-foot-5 Gonzalez, who turned the celebratory post-TD dunk over the crossbar into an art form, was voted into the Hall of Fame on Saturday. Joining him will be two more first-time nominees, Champ Bailey and […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Efforts by Virginia’s governor have so far failed to quell the uproar over a racist photograph that appeared on his medical school yearbook page 35 years ago. Gov. Ralph Northam on Friday apologized for appearing in a photograph that featured what appeared to be a man […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Hey, have you guys been here before? If you’re a New England Patriot, the answer pretty much is “all the time.” If you play for the Rams, the reply basically is “never in my life.” So if experience is a factor in Sunday’s Super Bowl, the overwhelming […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators and former Governors of Virginia Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine along with Congressman Bobby Scott released the following statement: “After we watched his press conference today, we called Governor Northam to tell him that we no longer believe he can effectively serve as Governor of Virginia and […]
RICHMOND, Va — Talk about a political firestorm. On Friday morning, a conservative news website posted Gov. Ralph Northam’s page from a college yearbook featuring a racist photo. By Friday evening, the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and Democratic leaders in the General Assembly were calling on Northam to resign. By […]
RICHMOND — If Gov. Ralph Northam resigns because of the scandal over a racist picture in his medical school yearbook, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax would become the 74th governor of Virginia. That would make Fairfax, 39, the second African-American governor in Virginia’s history and just the fourth to hold the office […]
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Carlik Jones scored 18 of his 23 points after halftime Saturday when Radford took control in an 80-61 win over Winthrop, rebounding from a stunning loss to maintain its spot atop the Big South Conference. Winthrop was seeking to take over first place from the […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Resisting widespread calls for his resignation, Virginia’s embattled governor on Saturday vowed to remain in office after disavowing a blatantly racist photograph that appeared under his name in his 1984 medical school yearbook. In a tumultuous 24 hours, Gov. Ralph Northam posted a video on Twitter […]