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A Life Well-Lived: Shirley Padgett Lester (1947-2025)

Shirley Padgett Lester of Vinton went to her heavenly reward October 4. Below is the powerful eulogy her daughter Kelly Kiser wrote and calmly delivered at the memorial service...

BOB BROWN: How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden “Presidency”

Permit me to think out loud as an old-fashioned person who respects authority, history, and...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Gratitude Perch

On the old road up Mill Mountain, part of Roanoke’s fabulous greenway system, there’s a...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Sometimes President Trump Needs To Think Before He Speaks – Part II

Contrary to what President Trump believes, I think that Lakanwal was adequately vetted before September 2021,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Sometimes President Trump Needs To Think Before He Speaks – Part I

I read an article in the New York Post written by Ryan King on November 27 entitled...

SCOT BELLAVIA: If I Were You

“Wow! You made that door look easy!” I cringed as I heard my boss say this to the ADA Coordinator who uses a wheelchair when...

SCOTT DREYER: Senator Edward Pro Choice on One Issue Only

“There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.” ? George Orwell, author of Animal Farm and 1984 In 2001 I took...

THE QUINN ONE MINUTE COLUMN: Interactive Television

Today’s message is not a fable…it is a true story.      In 2021, we know how to interact with a screen. We can order products, pay...

ALISHA NELSON: Respect the Snow! 

The only time I ever had any experience with snow growing up in Houston, Texas were the few weird winters that we had light...

SCOTT DREYER: The Governor’s TOP Priority – Legalizing Pot

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that...

MIKE KEELER: Super Bowl Has Nothing on Fifth Division British Soccer Leaguers

And so we come to it. The big weekend. America's sports crescendo. This year, the Super Bowl will be played in a stadium featuring...