2021-10-07

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Getting fired up for a football game

Getting fired up is always good before a big game.

Commissioners will be questioned in lawsuits

Past and present Roane County commissioners will be questioned under oath next week in two wrongful death lawsuits pending against a Roane Sheriff’s Deputy.

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Restitution ordered for scheme against elderly

A Speed woman will have to pay over $12,000 in restitution for taking money from an elderly woman for work that was never done.

Gospel sing set for festival weekend

Two annual gospel sings will take place during this year’s W.Va. Black Walnut Festival although neither will be officially associated with the event.

Bowling in heaven

When I was a kid and there was a thunderstorm raging outside fierce enough to rattle the walls, we’d say the noise was God bowling in heaven.

News

Too many just trying to whip up the faithful

Last month some images went viral that appeared to show U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback chasing Haitian migrants trying to cross the border into Texas. In several photos, the agents appeared to be carrying leather cords used as whips.

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