Pulaski County News

Teresa S. Hash of DublinA sent in these two pictures. The first is of young Sierra Clark trying desperately to save her sucker from a dog.

A Dublin man facing more than a dozen counts of having child pornography is slated for a Sept.

Nearly a quarter of Appalachian Power Company's customers in Pulaski County were without power for almost four hours Wednesday.

Pulaski County schools superintendent Don Stowers will retire, effective Jan. 1, according to a news release from the school system.

THE FAIRLAWN BOJANGLE'S WAS ROBBED THURSDAY NIGHT BY A MAN WHO STRAPPED A DEVICE TO AN EMPLOYEE'S ARM AND CLAIMED IT WAS A BOMB, ACCORDING TO THE PULASKI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

Pulaski Co., VA - A Bojangles restaurant in Pulaski County was robbed Thursday night by a man claiming he had a bomb.

"It looked like the sky was blacked out." That's how Larry Clark, who lives in the Pulaski County community of Hiwassee, described the hundreds of vultures that often flocked to his neighbor's yard to feed on an abundance of rats that state police say Alexander M. Nelson IV fostered on his Lead Mine Road property.

The discovered dead rats everywhere. a oeObviously if you go to somebodya s property and you find hundreds of dead rats on the property and they seem to be content with that, yeah, , ita s odd,a oe said Sergeant Mike Honaker with State Police.

Nearly 400 sixth- through 12-graders from across Virginia hope to repair 50 area homes over the next six weeks.

Embezzlement charges were certified to a grand jury Monday against a former Pulaski County employee accused of taking money from her church.

A year after a court ordered a man to clean up hundreds of dead rats from his Pulaski County property, Virginia State Police are in the process of filing 200 additional charges against him this week.

The Pulaski County School Board presented Golden Apple Awards to the Pulaski County 2012 GEAR UP Team during their most recent meeting.

Newbern Elementary was Pulaski County's last school with just one classroom per grade level.

A preliminary hearing for a woman charged with intoxicated driving in a March wreck that injured three juveniles has been postponed to July.

The New River Valley joined most of the rest of Virginia on Tuesday, delivering big margins for Creigh Deeds in the Democratic primary for governor.

Pulaski County and Virginia Democrats will have the chance to head to the polls Tuesday to settle once and for all who will be victorious in the tightly knit race between the party's three candidates for governor.

No one was injured, but a vacant home off Mt. Olivet Road in Pulaski was destroyed by fire Thursday night.

Already charged with reckless driving, the 23-year-old operator of a motorcycle involved in a May 30 fatal crash may face a more serious charge depending on the outcome of a state police probe.

The New River Valley Competitiveness Center has received mixed support from area towns and counties.

Appeals have been denied for two men serving combined 372-year prison sentences for convictions handed down by Pulaski County juries.