Although I have not been able to shoot photos and/or video yet while I continue to recover from the health problems that kept ...

Watching a space capsule splash down after a trip around the moon brought back memories of my last position with Congress.

As I write this on a Monday morning, my legs are encased in sleeves that run from foot to hip while a pump massages both with 50 pounds of compression each hour. The treatment is part of a daily ...

Once again, we are dealing with more cold temperatures, surprise snow showers and a return to winter in the final half of March. Last week, Mother Nature dropped an ice storm onto the area, sending ...

Mother Nature and her endless stream of bad-hair days (and nights). With the dregs of winter still strong in our memories, Mother Nature is once again covering the New York and Pennsylvania areas with ...

On this Monday, with the temperature overnight did not snow a below-zero reading, even with a wind-chill, the sun in covering the landscape and a some melting is possible with a projected high of 39 ...

Radar projection for overnight. (Courtesy of the National Weather Service). Mother Nature has another “gotcha” for the weather-beaten residents of our area and other parts of the country. In a strong ...

Driving down to Roanoke last week for yet another set of tests on a new age-related health issue, I went by the entrance to FloydFest shortly after 6 a.m. It brought back memories of the more then 10 ...

I admit more then some reluctance to celebrate this year’s Independence Day. Do we have any indepence to honor or celebrate. With a convicted felon, sexual predator and con man in the White House, I ...

For the first time in my 31 years as a recovering alcoholic, I missed a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous to celebrate another year of sobriety and receive my coin to mark the event. The last year has ...

The basketball Buffs took the lead early against the tough Dan River squad from Pittsylvania County and beat back attempts to spoili the match, but the Floyd County boys fought back and took a 10-pt ...