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The first thing to be said is that France is incredibly beautiful. If you have been following my last couple...

Steve Frey The "Greatest Generation." That's how Tom Brokaw described them in his book. We have just spent a week...

Dear Editor, I am writing in regard to “Limping Into Santiago,” by Michael Abraham, contributing writer. I am currently incarcerated....

Steve Frey “This is D Day,” the BBC announced at twelve. “This is the day. The invasion has begun. Is...

By Jim Glanville, Local Historian In 1998, the Modern Library ranked "Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town...

Photos courtesy of Michael AbrahamSunrise near La Faba, Spain. The author walked about 800km in 5 weeks, 160km or 100...

Jim Shockley Prohibition, the laws that banned the production, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages, were passed in 1919 and...

Steve Frey What do schools in Middlesex County, King William, Fluvanna, Powhatan, Arlington, Charlottesville, and others have in common? They...

Because The News Messenger and the Radford News Journal try to capture a sense of what's on readers' minds, we...

Steve Frey This was an important week in North American history. On May 18, 1756, Great Britain officially declared war...