When I started running for Hurricane Middle School’s cross country team, I quickly realized just how good Wyatt Hanshaw, then an eighth grader, was at being a leader of my first organized cross country team.

The 2019 Thad Snodgrass Memorial Scholarship Fund has awarded scholarships of $3,550 each to eight members of the 2019 Riverside High School graduating class.

For 20 years, I never slept in. Not because of kids. Because of pets.

There was a television commercial a few years ago where parents were dancing and singing their way through an office supply store – as the kids followed behind dejectedly – and the song lyric was “it’s the most wonderful time of the year!”

Wednesday, Aug. 14

Gardeners are always trying to find new ways to use an abundance of zucchini, especially when the squash get too big. It is easy to overlook zucchini beneath the plant’s big leaves. Occasionally, I’ve picked zucchini that had grown to the size of baseball bats.

My husband loves to tell the story of the first time I made spaghetti for him. We were in college at the time.

It’s funny sometimes how ideas for my column come about. Sometimes they just happen and this week’s is a prime example of that scenario.

Eighty-one years ago, today, my father, Ralph Ray Douglas, was born.

Wednesday, Aug. 7

Wednesday, Aug. 7

Established by William Wertz and other Elk River residents shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the venerable Pinch Reunion returns this week, in a new, streamlined format, to celebrate the town, its people and its heritage.

In May 1991, during its centennial celebration and festivities, City of Montgomery officials and citizens buried a time capsule on the eastern end of the city that was to be opened 25 years later.

The City of Nitro’s yearly Riverfest will observe its 25th anniversary this week, and residents and visitors are, as ever, warmly welcome to join in the outdoor celebration.

The Alum Creek Lions Club will sponsor the 37th annual pig roast and car show at Lions Park on Coal River Road in Alum Creek on Saturday, Aug. 10.

I never had “The Talk” with my parents.

For the second consecutive year, Cross Lanes United Methodist Church is hostinge Appalachia Service Project volunteers from June through August.

Food during the medieval period depended largely on availability. The kind of food people ate depended on their class and social ranking.

A few days ago, I was sitting in a fast food restaurant parking lot, waiting for my order to come to the car.

Wednesday, July 31

Wednesday, July 31

After not having a ballfield to call their own, it looks like the Marshall Thundering Herd’s baseball team is finally going to be playing on true home field.

As a hit television show declares in its title, “America’s Got Talent,” and those in the Kanawha Valley are invited to demonstrate theirs, for potential fame and fortune (in the way of cash prizes).

Nitro leaders are calling on residents to help document the community’s many activities by participating in a new project to photograph those activities all around the city during a single, 24-hour period on Thursday, Aug. 1.