Town of Floyd honors military and veterans with annual Veterans Day Parade
Read full article: Town of Floyd honors military and veterans with annual Veterans Day ParadeThe parade was put together by VFW Post #7854 and American Legion Post #127, while the Floyd County Woman’s Club put out a USO-style canteen.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says some fans concerned over lack of salary cap
Read full article: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says some fans concerned over lack of salary capBaseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he is getting emails from fans concerned over the sport’s lack of a salary cap following an offseason spending spree by the Los Angeles Dodgers that sparked increased attention over the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement in December 2027.
Giants hire former catcher Buster Posey as president of baseball operations, replacing Farhan Zaidi
Read full article: Giants hire former catcher Buster Posey as president of baseball operations, replacing Farhan ZaidiThe San Francisco Giants have hired former All-Star catcher Buster Posey as their president of baseball operations and fired Farhan Zaidi.
China threatens consequences over US warship's actions
Read full article: China threatens consequences over US warship's actionsChina is threatening “serious consequences” after the United States Navy sailed a destroyer around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea for the second day in a row.
US denies Chinese claim it drove away American destroyer
Read full article: US denies Chinese claim it drove away American destroyerThe United States is denying Chinese claims that its military had driven away an American guided-missile destroyer from operating around disputed islands in the South China Sea.

Roanoke summer school program attracting record number of students
Read full article: Roanoke summer school program attracting record number of studentsROANOKE, Va. - A record number of Roanoke city students are spending their summer back in the classroom. Some 3,700 students in Roanoke City Schools' Summer Enrichment Program, RCPS+, are broadening their horizons with new technology. "We want them to love learning and that's what our program is about," said Greg Johnson, who oversees RCPS+. He says the ultimate goal of the program is to prevent the summer slide, "We don't want them to regress at all from what they've learned. An out-of-this-world summer taking Star City students far beyond the four walls of the classroom.
