Mitchell “Mitch” Brian DeCosta, age 46 of Dublin passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born April 30, 1973 in Radford he was the son of Dana Ruth Moye Smith & the late Michael Dean DeCosta. His sister, Michelle DeCosta and grandfathers, Fred Moye and Bill […]
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Appalachian Power is offering a discount to electric car owners who charge their vehicles during lower demand hours. The Roanoke Times reports the deal is part of a pilot program recently approved by the State Corporation Commission. The company said in a news release that residential […]
RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS RANKING 1 Clemson 4-0 1543 1 2 Alabama 4-0 1485 2 3 Georgia 4-0 1400 3 4 LSU 4-0 1344 4 5 Ohio State 4-0 1288 6 6 Oklahoma 3-0 1283 5 7 Auburn 4-0 1169 8 8 Wisconsin 3-0 1071 13 9 Florida 4-0 […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Zane Zandier returned an interception 22 yards for a touchdown, part of a dominant defensive second half, as No. 21 Virginia rallied past Old Dominion 28-17 on Saturday night to remain undefeated. Old Dominion’s failed fourth-down try in its own territory set up Virginia’s go-ahead score, […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. passed Kyle Busch with 25 laps to go and won his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series playoff race Saturday night. The victory completed a redemptive finish for Truex, the championship leader coming into the race. He was leading with 87 laps remaining when […]
Shirley Wayne Morris, age 76 was called home on Friday, September 20, 2019 at Lewis Gale Hospital, Salem. He was born August 23, 1943 in Shiloh, Virginia to the late Shirley Whitfield Morris and Lois Evelyn Dalton Moore. He was a retired employee of Lynchburg Foundry in Radford where he […]
The Radford City Police Department responded to a call of shots fired on September 20, 2019 at approximately 1:11 a.m. in the 100 block of Copper Beech Drive. Upon arrival officers discovered a vehicle and a town house that had been struck multiple times by gunfire. No persons were injured […]
Carl Dennis “Denny” Alls, 71, of Christiansburg, was found deceased about 6:30 p.m. Friday. Alls had been missing since Sunday, Sept. 15, after leaving his home for a motorcycle ride. A citizen out searching tonight located his bike near the Motor Mile Speedway on Route 11 in Pulaski County – […]
Vinton– There are a lot of ways to win a football game. Sometimes it just takes grit. Sometimes you just have to keep lining up every play, grind it out until you figure it out. Sometimes it’s not pretty, but sheer effort pulls you through. That might sum it […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The NASCAR playoffs didn’t start the way Kyle Busch wanted. An early swipe of the wall at Las Vegas and slow lapped traffic relegated him to a middle-of-the-pack finish that dropped him from first to fourth in the championship race. Now, the series has moved to […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Brad Keselowski has won the pole for Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. Keselowski earned his second career pole at Richmond and the 17th of his career with a lap at 127.185 miles per hour. It will be his 16th top-10 start in […]
Amelia County 38, Prince Edward County 14 Amherst County 13, Rustburg 12 Atlantic Shores Christian 46, Broadwater Academy 32 Auburn 44, Eastern Montgomery 0 Bassett 28, Dan River 19 Bishop Ireton 49, Park View-Sterling 0 Blacksburg 49, Staunton River 14 Booker T. Washington 66, Armstrong 0 Brentsville 34, Spotsylvania 30 […]