The Wildmans, a Floyd-based family band, will play at Heartwood, in Abingdon, on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. as part of The Crooked Road Music Series. From Chantilly Farm’s Bluegrass and BBQ Festival and FloydFest to the famed Galax and Mt. Airy Fiddler’s Conventions, The Wildmans have pleased audiences throughout the region. (Photo by Chelsa Yoder Photography)James Benton Wood served as the grand marshal for this year’s Veterans Day Parade Sunday in Stuart. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. (Photo by Linda Hylton)Fire trucks gleamed in the unseasonably warm sunshine Sunday at the Veterans Day Parade on Main Street in Stuart. (Photo by Linda Hylton)The Pride of Patrick County (the Patrick County High School Marching Band) joined the parade Sunday on Main Street in Stuart. The band played the national anthem. (Photo by Linda Hylton)This lovely rainbow was seen from Ararat as it stretched across the mountains and down into a pass one Saturday morning in mid-October. (Photo by Mary Dellenback Hill)The Patrick County High School Marching Cougars—The Pride of Patrick County—performed its show “Kaleidoscope” at the last football game of the season on Friday night. (Photo by Stephen Henderson)The cold snap and winds left Patrick County with less-than-stellar foliage this year, but these bright red leaves brightened the scenery on Woodland Drive. (Photo by Linda Hylton)