Today is Tuesday, May 26, the 147th day of 2020. There are 219 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 26, 1981, 14 people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida. On this date: […]
As of right now – May 25 – we still plan to hold the Newbern Fall Festival as scheduled, however with the current pandemic we all know things could change at any moment. To help with planning we want to allow you to reserve your spots. We ask that you […]
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Brad Keselowski, in a contract year and trying to up his value in free agency, gave Roger Penske a victory on what should have been the most celebrated day in motorsports but was instead just a 6-plus hour NASCAR show. Keselowski extended Jimmie Johnson’s losing streak […]
The NBA is in talks with The Walt Disney Company on a single-site scenario for a resumption of play in Central Florida in late July, the clearest sign yet that the league believes the season can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic. The National Basketball Players Association is also part of […]
Writing and making public one’s opinions guarantees people will respond. Writers, performers and every human likely desire his or her thoughts, and even their life, to matter to others. The alternative is to become hermits. Like other opinion writers I get my share of positive and negative letters, but during […]
From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham Q: I am learning about the various religions of the world and most of them are very scary to me. It drives me to reject religion altogether. Is being an atheist or agnostic detached from religion? — A.A. A: Atheists say they […]
Today is Saturday, May 23, the 144th day of 2020. There are 222 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 23, 1984, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was “very solid” evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung disease in non-smokers. On this […]
Around the turn of the century, Ford drivers—and, specifically, Roush Fenway Racing drivers—owned the Coca-Cola 600 (6 p.m. ET Sunday on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Jeff Burton won the marquee NASCAR Cup Series event in 1999. Matt Kenseth followed in 2000. Burton won again in 2001, and NASCAR […]
Gary Phillip Lockard, 71 of Dublin, died Thursday, May 21, 2020 at Lewis Gale Hospital – Montgomery. He was born on August 25, 1948 in Abingdon, and was the son of the late Virginia Roseberry Lockard and Alvie McKinley Lockard. Gary will be remembered by many as a great teacher […]
Today is Friday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2020. There are 223 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 22, 1968, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (The remains of the sub were later found on the […]
— The changes in these measures reflect the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it. — RICHMOND— Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose 7.3 percentage points in April to 10.6 percent, which is 7.7 percentage points above the rate from a year ago. According to household […]
Heavy rains and flooding prompted the evacuation of dozens of residences in southwestern Virginia on Thursday, including 13 homes near an earthen dam in Roanoke. The dam-related evacuations were done “out of an abundance of caution” and the structure was never under imminent threat of failure, Trevor Shannon, Roanoke’s battalion […]