It was 1942. Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor a year ago. World War II was in full swing. And Verna Mahaffey’s blood, like many Americans’, was running red, white and blue.

One view of a harvest moon

Just in time for the first full weekend of autumn, the Green Cove community is putting on a party on Sept. 29.
Along the way, people are telling a few stories.

Compared to playwright Doug Pote’s previous two subjects, the Carter Family, and Ralph and Carter Stanley, Jimmie Rodgers had a relatively uncomplicated although far too short life.

Sarah “Sallie” Adams was just 5 when she was sold into slavery outside the Smyth County Courthouse.

I used to worry we’d get in trouble when I’d ride in my grandfather’s old blue pickup to the Kmart in Marion. He always parked right up front, ignoring the little signs that depicted the guy in a wheelchair.
Not much older than my eldest is now, I knew one or two things for sure.

Steve Morris didn’t go to China for the money, the $1 million prize. He went for the experience.

On Thursday night, around 20 family members and friends gathered at the Blue Willow Cafe in Saltville, joining16 million other viewers, to see the experience come to an end.

Flying over Tokyo, Tom Hagy couldn’t see much out of his little window - just the props pulling the newly commissioned B-29 bomber through the air and the rest of his bomb wing floating ever closer to its target.

A Bland County couple found a unique way to beat the summer heat.
They went to Alaska.