My paternal grandmother dismissed Daylight Savings Time as a stupid idea, saying the fantasy of making the day longer was “like tying to make a blanket longer by cutting a foot off one...

OK. I’ve got Spring Fever. Got it big time. Temperatures in the high 50s sent the snow packing and the morning sun cut through the trees of the back yard this morning for...

Cafe del Sol will not reopen. Frank and Sally Walker have put the equipment up for sale and will be moving out of the space in the Winter Sun building this weekend. Sun owner...

As my story in today’s Floyd Press points out, one out of every eight households in Floyd County currently need food stamps to feed their families. That’s a dramatic increase from eight years ago...

Three dead raccoons at the bottom of our driveway in this winter of extremes. All appeared emaciated and probably starved to death. A number of dead deer and other animals have been found in...