Thais Abernethy writes a twice monthly column - Caregivers Corner - printed in The Floyd Press.

Several vehicle wrecks were reported, but no one was seriously injured.

It was Floyd’s first playoff appearance since 1998

The loss ended a five year run of state touranment appearances.

Floyd scored 20 straight points against the Knights

Antonio Rueda, 25, is being charged in connection with the death of Stephen Futchko, 49, who died at an area hospital after a fight with Rueda.

The Floyd County man has joined an international disaster relief organization. Photo by Colleen Redman

I’ve been studying herd psychology. What drives us, I’d been wondering, to give up individual thought and seek refuge in mass opinion, or some collective group that promises, if we relinquish to it our freedom of mind, the risk-free safety of its numbers?

The time has come for all of us fortunate enough to be American citizens, young or old, rich or poor, Southern (the luckiest of Americans) or otherwise, regardless of race creed or color. It is time to buy American. I know we hear this constantly. Though it sometimes seems like a “Big Business” advertising ploy (and it somewhat is), it is now more than just a slogan.