Mallek, Lunsford and city Dems win big [November 7]
Virginia Democrats made some serious gains in statewide and local elections Tuesday night.
Nothin' brewing
Dear Ace: One of my friends just recently went to Staunton to Queen City Brewing, where they let you make your own beer. What would it take to get this […]
Correction for October 30 issue
Due to a reporting error, last week’s Big Picture caption misidentified the third-place-winning bakers in the amateur category of the Meals on Wheels cake contest. The third place winners were […]
Is John Warner a key to averting war with Iran?
I was once riding in the back of a shit-brown, late model Dodge Aspen station wagon that was rear-ended at high speed by a Mack truck.
Mass Sabbath
music Paul Sebring, the thin young guitarist from local punk group Screaming Infidels, stands behind six stacks of t-shirts sporting the heavy font typical of Black Sabbath albums. The front […]
The Punisher MAX Vol. 8: Widowmaker
comics The rumor mill is spinning that writer Garth Ennis will give up the reins on Marvel‘s Punisher book some time in 2008, ending a nearly 10-year run with the […]
Not very appealing [November 3]
You got served: Andrew Alston, sentenced to three years in jail for voluntary manslaughter, is stuck on supervised probation for another three years, despite his effort to appeal. In November […]
Daylight savings ends; energy savings begin? [November 4]
In the wee hours of Sunday morning, America’s clocks officially moved back an hour, ending daylight savings time for 2007. This is the first year that the extended version of […]
Cavaliers crush Carson-Newman [November 5]
Cavalier fans still trying to catch their breath today after the umpteenth cardiac rollercoaster performance by the football team on Saturday can at least breathe easy for now about the men's basketball team.
All you can't eat
The immediate years that followed World War II are universally known as the boom years, and as newly reunited couples everywhere became consumers, and spawned millions more, their insatiable appetite was met by an agricultural industry that was altering its practices.