Opinion
Column – Area farmers promote increased cotton and milk production
On Feb. 22, 1923, the Farmers of the Ivor community held an enthusiastic and largely attended meeting in ...
Opinion
Column – The Great Silence
Tis a time in history, when communities across this great nation of America can harvest the true potential ...
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Column – Get up and do not be afraid
A woman named Gladys Dunn was a dedicated member of her church. For decades, every time the doors ...
Opinion
Column – Growing in faith during Lent
Chris Quilpa Christians all over the world have the opportunity to grow in their faith with the observance ...
Opinion
Column – Harmony: The obvious gift we take for granted
By Charles Qualls By winning a Grammy, the great actress Viola Davis recently completed her career EGOT. If ...
Opinion
Column – Reading, writing helped emancipate African-American women
By Tonya Sinclair Swindell Reading and writing are privileges that I sometimes take for granted. Writing is therapy ...
Opinion
Editorial – Voters want action on mental health crisis
Get enough people supportive of a worthy cause, and the politicians will respond. A new poll of Virginia ...
Opinion
Editorial – Proud Virginians; unhappy Americans
Virginians feel better about their state than their country. That’s a reasonable conclusion to draw from a couple ...
Opinion
Column – Do you want to be called great?
My friend Paul, the college football coach, always got the same question every time a new season rolled ...
Opinion
Column – ‘Just Do It’ is more than a slogan, it’s a call to action
For those of us who were in high school in the 1990s, we cannot hear or read the ...