BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Ahmed Hill scored 24 points to lead No. 13 Virginia Tech to a 94-40 win over Central Connecticut State on Saturday. Bouncing back from a scoreless game Tuesday night at Penn State, Hill connected on 9 of 13 from the floor and tied a career high […]
VHSL Class 1 Semifinal Chilhowie 28, Galax 7 Riverheads 28, Essex 6 VHSL Class 2 Semifinal Goochland 35, East Rockingham 21 Graham 57, Radford 13 VHSL Class 3 Semifinal Heritage-Lynchburg 42, Lord Botetourt 39 Phoebus 35, Culpeper 14 VHSL Class 4 Semifinal Lake Taylor 35, Eastern View 31 Woodgrove 26, […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Ryan Willis threw touchdown passes to four different receivers in the first half and Virginia Tech extended its nation’s-best bowl streak to 26 years with a 41-20 victory against Marshall on Saturday. The Hokies (6-6) paid the Thundering Herd $300,000 to play the game, then put […]
HOUSTON (AP) — George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94. The […]
Marshall is getting $300,000 for playing at Virginia Tech on Saturday, but Thundering Herd coach Doc Holliday says the bigger payday is more intangible. “I guess we can call it the Blacksburg Bowl,” Holliday said earlier this week. “The great thing is the exposure we will get because of this […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Carlik Jones made a spinning layup and a free throw with 24.5 seconds left, sending Radford to a 62-59 upset of No. 17 Texas on Friday night. Devin Hutchison made one of two free throws with 11 seconds left before Texas’ Jase Febres missed a 3-pointer […]
Virginia Tech is making no apologies for wanting to extend the nation’s longest bowl streak. The Hokies (5-6) scheduled a contingency game against Marshall out of Conference-USA before Virginia Tech’s game against rival Virginia last week, saying they would only play the game only if it gave them an opportunity […]
$2 billion in additional funding for improvements to Virginia Interstate 81 could yield more than double the return on investment. If $2 billion of crucially needed highway improvements are made to Virginia’s Interstate 81, the surrounding region could benefit from more than $4.3 billion in business output, wages and tax […]
Irene Akers Palmer, 92, of Pulaski, passed away on Thursday, November 29, 2018. She was preceded in death by the late James Earl Palmer. She was born January 5, 1926 in Draper, VA., the daughter of the late Guy W Akers and Ida Rigney Akers. Also preceding Irene in death […]
Pulaski County will take yet another crack at getting the Virginia General Assembly to allow for cigarettes to be taxed in the county. The county’s Board of Supervisors on Monday night voted 4-1 to approve a resolution in support of the legislature granting all counties in Virginia the authority to […]
Ryder Systems, which recently purchased the former BIR Transport Facility on Kirby Road in Draper, was granted approval Monday night by the Board of Supervisors for a Special Use Permit to install a 12,000 gallon diesel fuel storage tank at the facility. The county’s Unified Development Ordinance requires a Special […]
Six Pulaski County football players have made the Class 4D All-Region football team for 2018. Four Cougars made first team and two were selected to the second unit by vote of the region coaches. Two Cougars made the first team defense. Junior linebacker Austin Gallimore led the team in tackles […]