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SERWAN ZANGANA: Is There Any Hope For Roanoke City Council?
Roanoke City Council members returned to their old political game in the Municipal building. Perhaps, the pain from the hit which was the first Republican Council member since 2000,...
SCOT BELLAVIA: Told Ya So
“I hate to be the one to tell you ‘I told you so,’ but...”“No, you...
MELINDA MYERS: Be A Weather Watching Gardener
Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challenges. Our gardens are exposed to more...
BOB BROWN: Suspension of Critical Judgment
The Sheriff of a nearby county, before DNA identification was available, urgently requested the assistance...
SCOTT DREYER: A Trump Supporter Explains Her Reasonings
Below are comments from a friend who wishes to remain anonymous, for employment reasons, on...
“Kids of Today?”
by Keith McCurdyI had to laugh the other day when I read this title; “Parenting the Kids of Today.” In five words it...
A True Friend Always Keeps You Thinking
by Joe KennedyMy friend Rita called me many months ago. "I've been thinking about things you said when we had lunch the other...
It’s Celestial, Revolutionary, And Simply Good
by Mike KeelerCamellia sinensis came down to humans from high above. Originally found growing on the slopes of the Himalayas, it was brought...
“Time in A Tapestry: The Power of Looking Back”
by Fred FirstI don’t think I ever seriously considered not driving eight hours to my forty-fifth high school reunion in Alabama this month....
Kentucky Unsettles Own House With State Support of Creationism
by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D.Do you recall the iconic story of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee? It was fictionalized on the...
Green Means Go: To Myrna With Love
by Robert Adcox
The other day, while joining my fellow townsfolk in that automotive conga line known as commuting, it occurred to me that...