Disaster struck the Kentucky Straight Creek Mining Company at Fourmile, KY, on the day after Christmas in 1945.  Some nearby residents felt a vibration and thought right...

A major $3 million renovation project is currently underway at Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College’s Pineville campus. The...

Davy Crockett plodded down a backwoods road dressed in a hunting shirt with his rifle on his shoulder. He had second thoughts about having...

Residents of mountainous Hancock County paid little mind to Mirad Hatfield and his claims to be one of the “bloody Hatfield clan” when he arrived...

In 1746 Jacob Castle traded a musket and butcher-knife to the Indians for a small tract of land on the Clinch River. Within a few years he built...

In the early morning hours of October 18, 1918, American forces in the French forest of Argonne were in a nearly impossible position. The American...

Alexander Carico was an early settler in the western part of Virginia. He resided in Lee County until it became part of Wise County. He kept...

Sam Houston was the seventh governor of Tennessee, winning the state’s highest office at age 34.After two years in office, in 1829, Governor...

I know there are many of you who read this article who are working parents and grandparents with a large family. That can make getting dinner...

Sam Houston was born in Lexington, Virginia in 1793. His father died when young Sam was 14 and he, along with his mother and eight siblings moved...

If there is one thing I love about summer, it’s all the fun get together there are. I love going somewhere or having people over for a fun evening...

Middlesboro Independent School District, in partnership with Partners for Rural Impact’s Innovative Approaches to Literacy program, is utilizing a...

The Virginia legislature commissioned Col. George Rogers Clark to assemble an army of men and travel to the Falls of the Ohio near present-day...

This weekend is a special time to celebrate the founding of our great nation. Families will gather, grill out and enjoy the freedoms that America...

Ewin Runions had a deep faith in God. His dedication and demeanor was such that he was called on to pray for sick neighbors and others when in...