About a year ago, Andrea Marshall, a local musician, and Woody Crenshaw, owner of the Floyd Country Store, started talking about the possibility of a Sunday afternoon jam session at the store.

The deadline for the Floyd Christmas Parade entries has been extended to Wednesday, November 25.

The reductions came as Social Services Director Carl Ayers reported applications from county residents for assistance are reaching all-time highs as those who have never needed help in the past seek aid.

Hollingsworth & Vose will install an additional meltblown production line in Hatzfeld, Germany.

Faced with thousands of dollars in mounting legal fees from failed attempts to close on sale of property in the Commerce Park for a proposed data center, Floyd County's Economic Development Authority is looking for ways to collect reimbursement for the funds from Data Knight 365, which is expected to formally default on the deal on Dec.

The Blue Ridge Restaurant in Floyd, Virginia, is the right place to begin a long day of hard work.

Floyd County land continues to gain in value, and the reassessment notices that arrived in the mail earlier this week told the story.

Ten artists will showcase their work from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday during this year's "Art Tour Ten." The artists are Kate Anderson, Charlie Brouwer, Sue Brozovsky, Jennifer Collins, Aileen Fletcher, Lora Leigh Giessler, Chris Lively, Susan Lockwood, Darcy Meeker and Linda Osborne.

Every year, "Peanuts" character Linus waits around for a Great Pumpkin who never shows.

Anita Sutton of Pilot sent in this photo of John Akers of Riner and great-grandaughter Kira with gourds from their garden.

The works of Russian pastellist Lilia Momotova will be on exhibit at WVTF in Roanoke from Nov 2 -Nov 30.

Vaccines against the H1N1 flu will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Jessie Peterman library in Floyd.

Under unexpected blue skies, a banner crowd turned out for the first annual SplitRail Eco-Fair on Saturday.

Data Knight 365 Friday missed another deadline for closing on purchase of 51.5 acres of undeveloped land in Floyd County's Commerce Park for a proposed data center, prompting the Economic Development Authority is authorize a formal "final demand for closing" Tuesday after meeting behind closed doors for more than a hour.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7854 and America Legion Post #127 will be sponsoring a Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3 p.m. The Town of Floyd will be honoring all those who have served in the Armed Forces.

As my story in today's Floyd Press reports, the county's Economic Development Authority Tuesday approved issuing a formal "final demand for closing" for the twice-aborted sale of 51.5 acres of undeveloped land in the largely-empty Commerce Park on Christiansburg Pike to Data Knight 365 , a company whose legality, ownership and resources remain in ...

Jurors met nearly four hours Wednesday but were unable to decide whether Jeffery Young should be found guilty of attacking a woman in a grocery store parking lot in early 2008.

What would you do if you suddenly found yourself without a can of Old Bay? There are people out there who worry about this.

Last week, Friday Night Bites took you to Dude's Drive-In in Christianburg. This week News7's Natasha Ryan headed to Floyd County where Eastern Montgomery will take on Floyd County High School Friday night.

SPENCER -- The Machine will present a Pink Floyd Show at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at the LuCille Tack Center for the Arts, 300 School St., Spencer.