Pulaski County News

A Christiansburg woman who robbed a Fairlawn bank earlier this year immediately used most of the money she stole to make a house payment and buy groceries, it was revealed at a hearing Monday in Pulaski County Circuit Court.

Pulaski County is lending its support to an effort by Norfolk Southern to get some truck traffic off Interstate 81 and on the nation's rails instead.

A search of Pulaski County High School Friday turned up a 'small amount' of a substance believed to be marijuana in the parking lot, but nothing in the school.

A Pulaski County supervisor says it is time the state legislature takes action to address problems with GPS equipment sending tractor-trailer trucks onto roads ill-equipped to handle them.

Jack, a 3-year-old Labrador retriever, visits Gilbert Linkous Elementary School every Friday.

Ready access to rail service is one of Pulaski's biggest weaknesses when it comes to economic development, according to the head of New River Valley Alliance.

A Radford man has been charged with robbery by Blacksburg police. Michael Terry Mark, 25, was charged in connection with a robbery that took place Nov.

The Radford Heritage Foundation has recognized some of the volunteers who have worked on historic preservation in the city since even before the foundation was organized in 1992.

Optometrist Steve Jacobs and his patients donated to two local organizations: the Valley Interfaith Child Care Center and NRV Cares.

A West Virginia man who had been wanted for more than a month in connection with a Giles County break-in was arrested last week.

Starting on Monday, Nov. 16, a portion of Route 609 in Pulaski County will be closed to through traffic.

Budget analysis for the county school system, through the end of October this year, was one of the highlights of the Pulaski County School Board Monday night's meeting.

A portion of Virginia 609 in Pulaski County will close Nov. 16 to through traffic at its intersection with Virginia 100, so the bridge over Pine Run can be replaced.

The oldest of three suspects charged in connection with two armed robberies in Fairlawn has served time in prison and his female co-defendant has an outstanding drug charge, court records show.

As a young boy growing up in a small town in Indiana, Mike Whitaker loved horses and dreamed of someday becoming an engineer because he liked to 'tinker with things.' But as he grew older, he also became spiritual, after years of attending church services.

Three people have been charged in connection with armed robberies at two Fairlawn restaurants last week.

Republican candidates swept the ticket in Pulaski County and much of Virginia in Tuesday's general election, returning a Republican to the governor's office for the first time in eight years.

Two hours after polls opened, only 7 percent or 1,402 of Pulaski County's 21,141 registered voters had cast ballots in Tuesday's general election.

Dave Nutter won a fifth term in the Virginia House of Delegates tonight, the Associated Press reported.

Pulaski County Sheriff's Office and Pulaski Police Department are investigating three armed robberies that occurred late Friday and early Saturday.