Emily Dickenson once wrote, "I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it,...
4 months ago

Local playwright and author Jean Battlo of Kimball passed away Saturday at the age of 85. Battlo was known for historical plays such as Terror on the Tug.
4 months ago

The daughter of an Italian immigrant who found work in the coal mines, Jean Battlo discusses her parents' stuggle to raise a family under tough conditions.
80 months ago

The Herald-DispatchMcDOWELL COUNTY, W.Va. - McDowell County, West Virginia, native and Marshall University graduate Jean Battlo's "The...
96 months ago

Ever since the United States won independence through armed revolution, Americans have grappled with the legitimacy of violence as a form of political...
80 months ago

Ellis Ray Williams is a long time resident of McDowell County in West Virginia. His father moved to the area and took a job as a coal miner.
80 months ago

The following Death Certificates were filed in Cabell County between August 9 and August 15 (NOTE – All Death Certificates during this period were filed on...
3 months ago

Appalachian coal producers worry about new environmental laws as poverty and pollution rise in some mining regions.
142 months ago

The 2016 documentary The Mine Wars examines two notions of freedom vying for prominence in the workplace. While coal operators claimed they maintained the...
80 months ago

The coalfields of southern West Virginia have never gotten over the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
133 months ago