At one time, summer consisted of the full three months between Memorial and Labor days but, as the cliché goes, that was then and this is now. Classes for public schools for Floyd County students begin on Thursday — the 10th of August — in the second week of the month. Such schools used
A notice on Facebook last week said the operators of the former Hardware Bar and Grill in Hlllsville, closed after a fire, are planning to open a new eatery over the Harvest Moon in Floyd. “We are pleased to announce…we will be opening our new restaurant in Floyd over the Harvest Moon,” Logan and
A lot of anger over change circulates among us nowadays. We saw much of it on social media recently over a new Dollar General store near Check at the intersection of U.S. 221 and Daniels Run and the purchase of Floyd Pharmacy by CVS. Lots of predictions of doom and gloom. Some of the predicted
Employees of The Floyd Pharmacy spent much of this week packing things that will no longer be sold when the building reopens Monday as a CVS chain drug store. The building that housed the Pharmacy was a Piggly Wiggly back in the 1960s. On Monday, it opens as a CVS. Watching the end of
A warm Friday night heading into the last weekend of May 2017 brought street music out in force for Floyd.
Had a chance to sit down with Justin Coleman, who is running for the Indian Valley Supervisor seat where longtime board member Fred Gerald is retiring.
At a time when the President of the United States has declared all-out war against the press, a newspaper publisher in Juarez, Mexico, announced he was shutting down his newspaper because of an increase of killings of journalists in that country. “Everything in life has a beginning and an end, a price to pay,” wrote
After a day covering cases in Floyd County Circuit Court recently, a family member of a defendant who deputies led away to begin a prison sentence stopped me and demanded to know “what gives you the right to write about this case? It is none of your business!” I tried to explain that what happens
A young woman texting on her smartphone while pushing a grocery cart in the aisle of Floyd’s Food Lion t-boned my cart the other day. She didn’t stop, say “sorry” or even acknowledge her actions. Too busy texting with someone. Not surprising. A study by YouGov.com says many young people seldom have their smartphones out
Floyd County’s school system dominated news and breakfast table discussions this week with announcement of a new school superintendent and retirement of a legendary basketball coach. The School Board unanimously approved current interim and assistant school superintendent John Wheeler as the new system boss with a salary of $112,000 a year in a three-year contract,
