Caucus Predictions, just for fun...

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
February 3, 2020 3:34 pm

I love politics for the most part. I have to admit I've never gone to so many presidential rallies in one year before, but I found it fun, entertaining and I really did enjoy seeing the candidates up close and personal.

A Joke is only a Joke when People Laugh

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
January 24, 2020 5:07 pm

Click to viewI've attempted this article several times over the last 10 days.  Many of you have asked about the apology at the City Council Meeting last night.

The Baby thinks that he is cute

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
January 23, 2020 5:10 pm

I should have known I was wrong. I assumed that perhaps the website had been hacked but it wasn't. A comment came in saying "He's so cute" and the headline read ".

Letter to the Editor: Street Repairs needed now

VINTON TODAY
January 22, 2020 3:20 pm

Letter to the Editor: City Council not doing their job or whoever is responsible.     We have lived here since 2008 and it is sad to see that very, very little of street/sidewalk repair and reconstruction has been done in this city.

Letter to the Editor: Requesting City Council to read submitted papers, respond

VINTON TODAY
January 22, 2020 2:56 am

Dear Editor,I have been wondering if any of the City Council members took the time to read the papers that we gave them?I understand that they passed it off to The City Attorney.

Letter to he editor: Angels among us

VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME
January 20, 2020 11:57 pm

Dear Editor,Angels among us. I have written about this subject in the past but Saturday’s funeral prompted me to repeat myself once again.  We have angels among us.

Letter to the Editor: Thank you to Emergency Response

VINTON TODAY
January 14, 2020 5:48 pm

Dear Editor,Friday night I called 911 to get help for a motorist whose vehicle slid off of Highway 218 and landed on its side.I would like to commend the Emergency Response personnel, starting with the calm, starting with the calm, efficient 911 operator and praise the response time of those who responded.

Tonight's City Council Meeting full of Tough Topics

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
January 9, 2020 5:00 pm

Following is the link to the agenda for tonight's city council meeting which begins at 7:00 p.m.On the agenda will be a discussion on the silly ordinance in the books of Vinton where an abstention is a "Yes" vote, which was a disaster for Ron Elwick's last meeting as he tried to do the right thing by abstaining from voting, while the ordinance automatically turned his vote on its head.

Showing my Bias

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
January 8, 2020 12:38 am

I admit it, I'm a political junkie. As much as I enjoy other interests, usually, politics is what I'm drawn to. Getting to attend political rallies of the presidential candidates, is well, a pretty cool perk of the job.

A Man's Divorce: No Longer a Leper

BUDDY GATEWOOD
January 3, 2020 3:25 pm

There I was at work, sitting in my Dilbert cubicle, in my comfortable chair looking at my two computer screens. It was a slow moment and my mind wandered.