Sports and criminal justice kicks off the first week of 2023
Monday, January 2, 2023
The new year starts off this week with the quarterly meeting of the Floyd County Circuit Court Grand Jury, which signals the start of a
Farewell to 2022 and let’s hope for a better year in 2023
Saturday, December 31, 2022
Out with the old and in with the new. Good times or just Good Riddance.
A long-overdue break from sub-zero nights
Monday, December 26, 2022
The National Weather Service is predicting a high of 60 on Thursday with an overnight low of 51. That’s more like it.
With temperatures falling, the arctic blast is upon us
Friday, December 23, 2022
Power outages, downed limbs and trees are reported in multiple places in Floyd County and other parts of Southwestern Virginia on this Friday morning just two days before Christmas.
Lousy Christmas gift from Mother Nature
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Mother Nature is having a bad hair day (or more), starting tonight with a Winter Weather Advisory issued by the National Weather Service office in
Colder than hell? How can that be?
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
A lot of theories and claims about how the term “cold as hell” came about. Maybe the truth is that no one really knows how the hell it happened.
A full life at 75 years with more than a few aches and pains
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Today marks the 75th birthday. Where, oh where, did the time go?
Happy Anniversary to my wife of 43 years
Thursday, December 15, 2022
The beautiful lady who spent all that time with me is my wife, my lover and an equal partner in our lives.
It’s a right to be gay and happy and married to the one you love
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Our president says the new law passed in a bipartisan vote by Congress, is overdue and long needed.
The strain on my brain is mainly a pain
Monday, November 28, 2022
A mixture of old age, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and too many broken bones over the years brings pain later in life.