Voters make clear choices in local elections

Voters make clear choices in local elections

Floyd County voters rejected a sheriff’s candidate running with personal animosity and a desire for revenge Tuesday and also told the school board to stand up to a headstrong superintendent with ego and anger management issues. Longtime deputy sheriff Brian...
Good turnout on muddy election day

Good turnout on muddy election day

The mud may have been flowing in one of the races in Floyd County in this election day but there was mud too to contend with for vehicles to traverse the exit of the parking lot at Little River polling place at Rescue Station No. 1. It took some wooden pallets to...
State and local budget chaos

State and local budget chaos

The 2014 budget process is going down to the wire this year with Floyd County Supervisors meeting at noon next Tuesday to review final budget figures, approve a final budget total along with the tax rate for the new fiscal year that begins on that day. The school...
Sound and the fury

Sound and the fury

A comment posted on Monday’s story about the weather urged county citizens to attend what she called a meeting of the county board of supervisors Tuesday night to protest cuts in the school board budget for next year. Tuesday night is not a meeting of the Floyd...