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Gov. Brian Kemp was absent from the proceedings, though former President Donald Trump was also missing after he made an appearance at the 2023 edition.

By Craig Havighurst This article originally appeared in the September 2002 issue of Acoustic Guitar and was reprinted in the September/October 2020 issue. “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” acts as something of a theme song in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?. It reflects the dissatisfaction that drives the Homer-inspired hero on his odyssey,…

MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times  Darris Nichols was introduced Wednesday as the new men’s basketball coach at Radford University. The Radford High School gradute has been on the Florida staff for six seasons. The Roanoke Times, File 2004  Darris Nichols was an All-Group A pick and the 2004 Timesland boys basketball player of the year at Radford High School. MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times  Radford athletic director Robert Lineburg (left) bumps fists with new Radford men's basketball coach Darris Nichols (center) as outgoing Radford President Brian Hemphill looks on at the Dedmon Center....

On American Pastimes: John Hardy Wasn't a Desperate Little Man Desperate: In dire need; being filled with, or in a state of despair or hopelessness; without regard to danger or safety; extreme (in a bad sense). John Hardy was a desperate little man He carried two guns every day He shot down a man on that West Virginia line You oughta seen John Hardy getting away So begins “John Hardy” an American murder ballad based upon a historical account. John Hardy was an African-American railroad worker in McDowell County, West Virginia. In the spring of 1893 he was shooting craps and drinking...

Spring has sprung, and the hard work of the Mill Mountain Garden Club is paying off with an explosion of brilliant colors lining the pathways of the newly restored Wildflower Garden atop Mill Mountain. On a recent Tuesday morning, over a background of a trickling pond and chirping birds, came the sounds of shovels in dirt and eight women laughing. “The visionaries,” as they call themselves, were immersed in the never-ending job of removing invasive species from the newly restored garden. These women, members of the Mill Mountain Garden Club and the driving force behind the revitaliz...