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Mike Leach left a lasting legacy

In a perfect world, we could all aspire to be a bit like Mike Leach. He was funny, ...

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The debate over Christmas or Xmas

I can’t recall the exact year or date when I first heard the Yankee accent of Frank Roberts ...

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Most wonderful time of the year

I bet’cha that most who read the headline on today’s column thought I was going to get all ...

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Pointing out the obvious

We all have them from time to time…those thoughts from deep within our minds. From the obvious to ...

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‘Nut’ing but the truth: it’s pee-can, not puhkahn

From the time I was old enough to stand at the sink and wash my hands, I started ...

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Road trip for football and history

Saturday’s road trip the edge of the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains in southwestern Virginia to witness history in ...

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Driving test bears repeating

In this past Saturday’s edition, Holly Taylor, my esteemed colleague in the newsroom of Roanoke-Chowan Publications, penned a ...

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‘Tis the season for the post-season

The local landscape is on fire with the brilliant colors of autumn. Leaves changing from green to yellow, ...

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Do you believe in ghosts?

While there are plenty of stories etched in mystery – some even too morbid to share – they ...

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Soup, milk, and hot sauce

The world is coming unglued – literally and figuratively. Last Friday (Oct. 14), two young protestors each tossed ...

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What goes around comes around

Those who founded and opened what was later known as the Richard Theater in downtown Ahoskie way back ...

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Elizabeth City museum shares “Our Story”

I can only speak for myself, but over the course of my near 70 years of life I’ve ...

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On-screen violence desensitizes young people

With all the violence now found by simply inserting a disc in a home entertainment device, or through ...

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Baffling accounts of the criminally insane

I feel obligated from time to time to bring my local readers (all three of you…well, four, if ...

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Fingers (and toes) remain crossed

It wasn’t the outcome I had hoped for, but the sun will rise tomorrow and with it comes ...

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