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Today, only some 2,000 of Iredell County’s 200,000 population live in Union Grove’s 38 square mile fire district. How could Iredell County have possibly handled 200,000 convention visitors in 1979?

Murder ballads can be from the perspective of the murderer, the victim, or an unnamed third party. Occasionally, they can portray the murderer as sympathetic.

This is the conclusion of the intriguing story relating to the legendary North Carolina mountaineer Tom Dooley. The first installment of the story appeared last week in the Lincoln Times-News.

“Tom Dooley: A Wilkes County Legend — The Road to Statesville” opened to large crowds amid cheers and standing ovations this past weekend at Mac Gray Auditorium in Statesville, with

The Kingston Trio is one of the most influential folk music groups of all time, known for their intricate harmonies, engaging storytelling, and passionate performances. The trio formed in the late 1950s, and quickly rose to prominence with their catchy tunes and memorable lyrics. Their music touched the hearts and minds of people across the

A two-chord murder ballad from the hills of North Carolina From the September/October 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY ADAM PERLMUTTER In 1958, the Kingston Trio scored a cheery hit with unlikely source material: “Tom Dooley,” a somewhat obscure traditional folk song. This classic murder ballad chronicles the 1866 death of one Laura Foster, in Wilkes County, North…

Country singer Stonewall Jackson was a Navy veteran who spent five weeks at #1 on the Billboard country music charts in 1959 with "Waterloo."

Over a 46-year span, starting in 1901, Dr. Porter Bynum Orr delivered more than 6,000 babies.

View Comments The legend of Tom Dula (pronounced and often spelled "Dooley) is a myth. The convicted murderer of Laura Foster in 1866 becomes, for romantics, the tragic lover who went down singing on the way to the scaffold. Despite strong circumstantial evidence and Dulas confession, diehard sympathizers believe that Dula had been innocent. Hed professed his innocence in a one-hour speech before hanging. A new, original musical about Dulas life, scheduled to open at Parkway Playhouse in Burnsv...