Here’s a look at what’s going on this weekend, ‘Round Town.

Given that Halloween is overtaking Christmas as the holiday- you’re-most-likely-to-be-sick-of-by-the-time-it-actually-arrives, you’ll want to have some chatter stats ready for those weekend costume parties.

The following is the Ridiculous, Often Hate-Filled Crackpot Political Form Letter to the Editor Packed with Idiotic Half Truths and Outright Lies (patent pending). I’ve done all the back-breaking labor. All you have to do is circle one of the two choices provided, mail the letter to your newspaper if it is still in operation and send me a $237 consulting fee.

From an Appalachian “Bigfoot” allegedly seen in Campbell County, Tenn., to ghost tales near Middlesborough, Ky., author Larry Thacker uncovers many “Mountain Mysteries” in his most recent book. Besides Thacker’s book, spirits are also what you’ll find in a recent release called “Ghosthunting Virginia” (Clerisy Press, $14.95) by author Michael Varhola.

By the time we reached The Tavern in Abingdon, Va., Donnamarie Emmert was on a roll. Every few houses, she stopped and told a crowd of about a dozen of us another ghost story.

You probably know the back story by now: The government bails out failing insurance giant AIG for $85 billion. Six days later the company spends $440,000 on a weeklong retreat at a posh resort. That includes $23,000 for spa services, or roughly what my wife and I paid for our first house.

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Here’s a look at what’s going on ‘Round Town this weekend.

Here’s a look at what’s going on this weekend, ‘Round Town.

I admire those who do wade into the intellectual deep end of the creek, and often ask them for help with crossword puzzles. What I don’t like is some snooty European goober named Horace insisting American authors couldn’t write their way out of a bucket if it was two-thirds full of multi-syllable words.

I was waiting in line at the truck stop along with every other knucklehead swept up in the panic of the Great Southeastern Gas Shortage of Early Fall 2008 when my mind wandered

Phil Vassar and Kellie Pickler have navigated distinctly different routes to their current membership in the exclusive club of Nashville artists who enjoy heavy rotation in mainstream country radio airwaves.

Here’s a look at what’s going on this weekend ‘Round Town.

You could be tasered.

David Hudson, 19, pulled off the Daily Double of a lifetime—his second triumph on the venerable game show “Jeopardy!“—and won $25,000.

The TLC network enjoyed tremendous success last year with their ratings on the “Miss America, Reality Check” series, where the audience watched as the contestants were tested in a variety of physical, academic, talent, and other challenges in an effort to display the true character of the ladies, as well as define who the best and the brightest of the group are.

Here’s a look at what’s going on this weekend, ‘Round Town.

A vacant, second-floor warehouse was the improbable site for what Johnny Cash called the “big bang of country music.”

What was a surprise, and the sole disappointment of the show, happened when the band came back for an encore

WSLS gives you a look at some events going on this weekend, ‘Round Town.

It’s time some courageous person exposes the global epidemic of mass dog weddings. Around the world, hundreds if not thousands of dogs, our beloved, furry companions who ask for little more than a can of congealed beef byproducts and an occasional belly scratch, are being forced into marriage in ceremonies resembling some kind of ancient, ritualistic hootenanny—laughing, singing, dancing, the chasing of Frisbees.

Here’s how I figured it would happen: I’m sitting in a greasy spoon off some steaming Georgia blacktop, flirting with a red-headed waitress and waiting on a diablo sandwich and a Dr. Pepper…

Kim Sheppard’s claim is more than just a metaphor for the musicality of tap. She is a tap-dancing percussionist for Quintana, a local jazz trio featuring Phil McCharen on the bass and guitar, and Albert Mallet on the saxophone and bass clarinet.

Children’s picture-book illustrations and rural Pittsylvania County settings abound in two new exhibits at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History

Instead, Jon Dalton relished the chance to showcase “Jonny Fairplay,“ an immoral jerk persona he developed during his time as a manager in professional wrestling.

Here’s a look at what’s going on this weekend ‘Round Town.

Amelia Mann from Ridgeway has been chosen to take part in American Gospel.tv

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America, our God-given right to eat hot dogs without worry is under siege. The Hot Dog Council - and, yes, it’s a real council - said the tube steak hysteria is a bunch of baloney. The Baloney Council had no comment.

Dave Matthews was among 1,000 mourners in Charlottesville who paid homage to LeRoi Holloway Moore, the saxophonist and arranger for Matthews’ band.