Bill Bridgeforth News Today

The designation could mean visitors and dollars to the community as well as finally getting historic credit for the citrus-flavored, carbonated drink that is today a $9 billion global brand.

MARION — The town and the commonwealth want to make their claim of being the home of Mountain Dew official.

MARION — The town and the commonwealth want to make their claim of being the home of Mountain Dew official.

The town of Marion has long claimed to be the birthplace of the popular soft drink. Now it wants to make that claim official.

A Tri-Cities soft drink with a significant cult following in East Tennessee is hoping to expand its footprint in a move that it said has been a long time coming.

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — From rainy weather that delayed spring planting to bolls rotting in the field, Alabama cotton growers have reason for worry this year as they harvest a crop that's smaller than in years past.

Tanner, Alabama farmers Greg and Bill Bridgeforth From behind the wheel of his Ford pickup, Bill Bridgeforth surveys silt-clay-loam fields in northern Alabama. On either side of Bridgeforth Road – named after his father, Darden – corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton grow in rotation.  Bill, who farms with his two sons, Kyle and Carlton; his brother Greg; and Greg’s son Lamont, joins other farmers who worry about weather, the markets, weeds, and pests.  Like his ancestors, though, ...