On the afternoon of April 4, 2018, officers of the Pulaski Police Department responded to the 700 block of Randolph Ave in reference to a female subject walking from house to house taking items from various lawns. Upon arrival, officers met with multiple victims who gave a description of the […]
James Douglas “Doug” Pagan, age 83 of Pulaski, died Sunday, April 8, 2018 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Doug was a member of the Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. Doug grew up surrounded by farming, and continued carrying on this tradition his entire life. Doug also worked full time and […]
Pulaski County High School, in conjunction with LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, will again be providing sports physicals to Pulaski County Public School students who will be enrolled in the 6th through 12th grades during the 2018-2019 school year. The physicals will take place at PCHS in the Career and Technical Education […]
Elizabeth Howard (Betty) Beamer, 82, of Blacksburg died Saturday afternoon, April 7, 2018. She was born in Pulaski, VA on May 20, l935 and was the daughter of the late Harold Lee Beamer, Sr. and Mary Smith Beamer. She was also preceded in death by her bother, Harold Lee Beamer, […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Motorcycle-related deaths in Virginia sharply increased last year. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that motorcycle deaths climbed by nearly 50 percent in 2017 compared to the year before. There were 107 deaths in 2017. That’s the highest since 2007, when there were 126. The Virginia Department of […]
Multi-million dollar investment in manufacturing operation retains local jobs RICHMOND – Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Mohawk Industries, the leading global manufacturer of residential and commercial flooring products, will purchase new equipment and expand its manufacturing operation in Carroll County. Virginia successfully competed against Alabama for the project, which will retain […]
The investigation by the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Wytheville Field Office continues into the cause and origin of a fire that partially destroyed an abandoned commercial property in Fort Chiswell, Va. The fire was discovered early Friday morning (April 6) at the former outlet mall in Wythe County. At […]
Peggy Sue Davis Gravley, 73, of Fairlawn, VA, died Saturday, April 7, 2018, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital after eight weeks in intensive care. She was born on April 6, 1945, in Oakvale, WV, as the fifth of six children to Cecil Wilburn Davis and Etha Marie Smith Davis Janey. She […]
Sometime during the early morning hours on April 7, 2018, the love of my life, Larry Clark, let go of my hand and took the hand of Jesus and his angels and went to his new home in heaven. He went to hold his son Travis, who he has grieved […]
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (AP) — In 2013, two young drug-addicted women found themselves on the front page of the Sunday Richmond Times-Dispatch as part of an article about the growing heroin problem in central Virginia. Today, they are mothers of young children, celebrating their sobriety and helping others get — and […]
Wylie Earl Chewning, age 89 of Pulaski passed away Friday, April 6, 2018 at the Lewis-Gale Hospital, Pulaski. Born September 6, 1928 in Bland County he was the son of the late Orsen Wylie Chewning & Maggie Hamblin Chewning. His wife, Bettie Ann Clark Chewning; brothers, Fred, Bob, Wallace, Willie and […]
Have you been looking for opportunities to give back to your community? If so, the Town of Pulaski is currently seeking interested citizens to fill several vacancies on Town authorities and boards. Openings are available on the following boards as described below: Board of Zoning Appeals-The Board of Zoning Appeals […]