by Patty Wooten | Dec 9, 2013 | News Archive, Features, News
Rock City Times’ satirical story of the 5-year-old Rock Springs (Drew County) girl who broke the world record for the largest deer ever killed on the opening day of deer season sparked a 639-comment internet debate. If you believed the the story, don’t feel too...
by Patty Wooten | Nov 15, 2013 | Features, News, News Archive
During World War II, more than 50,000 Italian soldiers were brought to the United States as Prisoners of War because Britain ran out of space to house the increasing number of captives. A number of those POWs, including all of the captured senior Italian...
by Patty Wooten | Sep 23, 2013 | Features, News, News Archive
James Moore will soon revisit 1952, reliving a 61-year-old memory. When he was 10 years old, the Jefferson County native saw his first “Famous James” motorcycle, a British bike with a 125cc engine, gear shift on the gas tank and top speed of 41...
by Patty Wooten | Sep 17, 2013 | Features, News, News Archive
by Patty Wooten | Aug 10, 2013 | Features, News, News Archive
After nearly 70 years, Tom Rabb could still hear the sound of the German soldiers’ boots as they marched the cobblestone streets. Only recently has the clacking ceased to invade the sleep of the 88-year-old WWII combat veteran. Rabb, who served in Gen. George Patton’s...
by Rex Nelson | Aug 1, 2013 | Features, News, News Archive
From across the country, bright young people come to the Delta areas of Arkansas and Mississippi to work in public schools as part of the Teach for America program. Attracted to Lake Chicot, the largest oxbow lake in North America, and the restaurants near the lake,...
