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President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill during the Atlantic Conference, 10 August 1941. Source: Imperial War Museum

Selma Historical Museum to Hold Veteran’s Day Program on Nov. 14

November 7, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

The Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum will be hosting a Veterans Day program on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 2pm. The event is entitled, “1941: A Year That Changed The World.” The discussion will […]

Farmer Victor Pace at the plow with his mules, Kate and Kit; one of many photos in Donna Campbell Smith's Book of Mules new edition. Photo: Shannon Hoffman

Franklin County Author Releases New “Book of Mules” Edition with True Farm Stories

September 15, 2020 Kay Whatley

A nonfiction book covering the ins and outs of Mules — horse donkey hybrids — has been augmented to include stories by farmers describing their real-life experiences farming with mules and mule teams. The […]

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The Strange-ness: Mount Everest Climbers More Cavalier Than You Might Imagine

December 5, 2014

By Kay Whatley The definition of cavalier is “showing a lack of proper concern”. Climbers in Nepal have been cavalier — reportedly dropping their trash on Mount Everest for years. Nepal is now telling these […]

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NASA Tests Urban Drone Traffic Management in Nevada and Texas

February 19, 2019

NASA has selected two organizations to host the final phase of its four-year series of increasingly complicated technical demonstrations involving small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly known as drones. The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems […]

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Couple Shares Bigfoot Photo Taken in West Virginia

March 9, 2020

By Kay Whatley, Editor Driving through southern West Virginia, its cities and towns are interspersed among the state’s millions of acres of forests. What might look like wilderness in the daytime, at night flickers with […]