by Doug Thompson | May 12, 2011 | Featured, Musings, Sports
Floyd County High School’ girls’ varsity softball team last week put on an incredible offensive show against Eastern Montgomery. By the time umpires called the game in the 5th inning, the Lady Buffs piled up a 17-0 lead behind the no-hit...
by Doug Thompson | Apr 6, 2011 | Featured, Musings
Floyd County School Superintendent Terry Arbogast’s decision to retire comes amid an escalating controversy over his handling of requests for information from the Board of Supervisors. Arbogast planned to retire this year but then appeared willing to accept the...
by Doug Thompson | Mar 15, 2011 | FUBAR, Musings
Events this week remind of two professions that provide a great service for all of us and get very little in return when it comes to salary and benefits. The tragic shooting of four deputies in Buchanan County — with two dead, one clinging to life and the fourth...
by Doug Thompson | Dec 27, 2010 | Featured, News
Yep. That’s wind you hear howling outside the door this morning. High wind warnings from the National Weather Service include: The wind warning covers Alleghany; Bath; Bland; Botetourt; Carroll; City of Buena Vista; City of Covington; City of Galax; City of...
by Doug Thompson | Dec 15, 2010 | Featured, Musings
Nobody really gave us a chance: The once-married, hard-living and even harder-drinking newspaperman and the young actress who made a name for herself as the resident heroine on the Goldenrod Showboat in St. Louis. When they started dating, the skeptics said he was...
