The cost of attendance stipend is quietly helping college players while the debate rages on whether they should be paid. The modest stipend is a fraction of the millions college football generates, but is intended to provide players with money to buy an occasional pizza when university food service is […]
PETERSBURG, Fla. — Minor League Baseball and Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. announced today that Pulaski Yankees General Manager Betsy Haugh has been named the recipient of the 42nd Rawlings Woman Executive of the Year Award. Since 1976, the Rawlings Woman Executive of the Year Award has been presented annually […]
If you don’t like the first College Football Playoff selection committee rankings, don’t worry. Saturday’s slate of huge games guarantees major changes are coming next week. Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Notre Dame were the top four teams in the initial CFP rankings Tuesday night. After meeting for a day and […]
On Monday, Oct 29, 2018, Rebecca Geneva Nester left this world for her heavenly home. She was born Nov 7, 1945 in Amelia County, VA to the late Wise and Guida Nester. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and a sister-in-law Douglas Nester and Malcolm […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Now that the Cavaliers are ranked, bowl eligible and have announced that winning the ACC’s Coastal Division is their goal, they want to maintain the focus that has carried them to a three-game winning streak. Coach Bronco Mendenhall would rather the 23rd-ranked Cavaliers keep some things […]
Keeping your pets safe this Halloween; Advice from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech It’s important for pet owners to be aware of the wide variety of trouble dogs and cats can experience at Halloween. Veterinarian Mark Freeman at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech reminds […]
Economic Development Team Visits Turkish Embassy to Begin Shaping New Business Relationships with Companies Looking to Make Foreign Direct Investment into U.S. Today the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors and the Pulaski County Economic Development Authority (EDA) expanded their business and industrial recruitment efforts to the Republic of Turkey. Pulaski […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Boston Red Sox won their fourth World Series championship in 15 years, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in Game 5 Sunday night behind David Price’s pitching and Steve Pearce’s power. Alex Cora became the first manager from Puerto Rico to guide a team to […]
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — When the reigning series champion slipped past him with one lap to go at Martinsville Speedway, Joey Logano figured he had lost his shot at racing for NASCAR’s title. A win would earn Logano one of the four spots in the winner-take-all championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway. […]
T. Rodman (Rod) Layman, 83, of Pulaski, Va., passed away at Pulaski Rehabilitation Center on the morning of October 27, 2018 after a long struggle with diabetes. Rod was born in Troutville, Virginia on December 16, 1934 to the late John Cline and Elsie Montgomery Layman. He spent his younger years […]
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Rick Hendrick, a car dealer at the end of the day, pulled off another sales job of Jimmie Johnson to preserve the branding of the seven-time NASCAR champion. Ally Financial Inc. will sponsor Johnson for all 38 races in the next two NASCAR seasons — the […]
No. 22 Syracuse and No. 23 Virginia broke long runs of being unranked and were among a record seven teams to move into The Associated Press college football poll after a season-high 11 ranked teams lost this weekend. The top of the ranking was mostly unchanged. No. 1 Alabama, No. […]