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 ...

Spent more than 22 hours in bed Friday night and Saturday morning after an eye surgeon finished restoring the vision of my right orb to 20/20 vision, completing the last of several operations over ...

Most friends and readers know that I have been dealing with a long list of health problems over the last couple of years with new ones sprouting up just as I seem to get clear of the previous ones. It ...

Enthusiastic fans cheer their Buffs. For much of the quarter-final match of state basketball play Tuesday night at Floyd County High School, the tough Virginia Hight Bearcats controlled the game with ...

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 ...

Gavin Swortzelo f the Buffaloes gets ser at the three-point line. (All photos by Doug Thompson) After taking down Martinvillle in the first round of regional playoff, the Floyd County High School ...

So far, 2025 has been a year where we are always waiting for another shoe to drop. Multiple winter storms, continued health problems and other things have made this a winter from hell and the latest ...

Karley Bond of the Lady Buffaloes lines up a shot in loss to Allegheney (Photos by Doug Thompson) Floyd County High School’s Lady Buffaloes recognized seniors on their varsity basketball squad, along ...

No, it's not just wet. It's slick as hell. The Natiional Weather Service issued a new weather warnng this mornint for Floyd County. You think? What we’re thinking ...

Zoey Snavely of The Lady Buffaloes thrwarts and attempted steal by the Bobcasts (All Photos by Doug Thompson) Karley Bond goes for a score.. Floyd County’s Lady Buffaloes varsity basketball squad took ...

Korey Turpin of the Buffaloes goes for a score. (All Photosby Doug Thompson) Taking the lead from the beginning at a home match against the Blacksburg Bruins, the varsity Buffaloes let my more tthab ...

Floyd County Public Schools remain closed Wednesday because too many secondary roads still have dangerous icy conditions. Even main highways like U.S. 221 and Virginia Rte. 8 have black ice in shady ...