Dublin News

Roy Sigmond Miller, 96, of Roanoke, died Friday, May 17, 2013. Roy served in the United States Army during World War II, was a member of Salem Baptist Church and was retired from Yankee Engineering Co.

Higher demand for autos, airplanes and military wares boosted orders for long-lasting goods in April, but bookings also rose in most other industries in a positive sign for U.S. manufacturers.

Many area banks, public offices, utilities and services will take a break to observe Memorial Day, Monday, May 27.

If you've never been to a big-rig show, put it on your to-do list. And if you can choose only one show to get to, it should be the annual Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.

Although seat belt usage is a yearlong focus of area law enforcement, authorities will be extra vigilant for unrestrained drivers beginning May 20 when the 2013 "Click It or Ticket" campaign gets underway.

Virginia Congressman Morgan Griffith, Delegate Joseph Yost and RAAP Commander LTC Byron Penland will appear at the Fifteenth Annual Memorial Day Service at the gazebo in Radford's Bisset Park on Monday, May 27 at 11 a.m., as part of the Radford Memorial Day weekend activities.

For the past nine weeks, we've gone out into the public and gotten your answers to a single question each time.

A bookshelf fell on a little boy and broke his neck. Paramedics tried to save the boy, but he was pronounced dead at the hospital.

A six-year-old male child died Tuesday morning after a "shelf-type structure" fell on top of him at a day care center in Dublin, authorities said.

When 48-year-old Danny Everette Dillow was convicted in 1994 of sexually abusing a child, most of his sentence was suspended.

Pulaski County has given its consent to allow Craig County to pull out of Fairview Home, making it the third founding member to leave since the home was established in the 1920s.

The Honorable David A. Nutter will address graduates at New River Community College's 44th annual commencement Wednesday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m., Edwards Hall 117, on the Dublin campus.

National Prescription Take-Back Day removed 136 pounds of prescription and non-prescription drugs from circulation in Pulaski County Saturday.

Pulaski County residents have no reason to complain that there's nothing to do this weekend.

When Dublin Town Manager Bill Parker met with state transportation officials early last year to point out specific street maintenance issues, he said it was the best meeting he had had with them since becoming town manager.