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Fifty years before the world wide web and more than 80 years ahead of the phenomenon of social media, Wiley Post, was (in today’s parlance) an “influencer.” Wiley Post went from being a dare-devil barnstormer and pilot of the rich and famous to becoming the first person to fly solo around the world. He was honored with the keys to New York City, celebrated with a pair of ticker-tape parades, and hosted at the White House by two different presidents. When people said the name “Wiley”, everyone knew who they meant. Like many aviators and astronauts, Wiley Post was wired with the desire...

Press Release Release Date: February 26, 2021 by Chickasaw Nation Media Relations Office Chickasaw Nation Productions documentaries “ Pearl, On Top of the World,” “ Pearl” and “Bearer of the Morning: The Life of Te Ata Thompson” from the Chickasaw Heritage Series will air during Women’s History Month in March on WBEC-TV in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “Pearl Carter Scott: On Top of The World” will be shown Monday, March 1 at 11 p.m.; Saturday, March 6 at 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 20 at 5 p.m.; and Tuesday, March 30 at 9:30 p.m. “Pearl” will be shown on Sunday, March 7 at...

By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Reporter –

Wiley Post was a man of curiosity and adventure born into a working family of cotton farmers who bounced around Texas and Oklahoma, finally settling near Maysville, Oklahoma. How many times do you hear this about inventors — Wiley Post did not like school. He did favor mechanical things. According to accounts he saved up to buy one of the first bicycles in the county, he studied “newly arrived sewing machines,” and he disassembled and reassembled farming machinery in the field. Before he was in his teens, Post went to work as a traveling repair man. He saw his first airplane in flight, a...

People, machines tackle snow to keep airport runways clear Follow Us Question of the Day ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A hefty snowstorm will alter the rhythms of daily life, but it will not weaken the resolve of the snow fighters waging war on winter at Lehigh Valley International Airport. What plays out on airport grounds is a small-scale, military-style mobilization, with those in charge drawing up plans and outlining tactics before dispatching people and equipment by the dozens. TOP STORIES So far, they’re winning the fight. Battered this month by the biggest snowstorm to hit the r...