The Bradford Era

ON BOARD THE SANTA TRAIN (AP) — Since 1943, the people of Appalachian Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee have looked forward to Santa's arrival. Not in...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. “Nothing,” he said, “is more priceless and more w...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An appeals court has overturned the sabotage convictions of an 85-year-old nun and two fellow peace activists who broke into a...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has given a former coal mining town in East Tennessee the go-ahead to change its name to Rocky Top — a move th...

Three days after pastor Jamie Coots died from a rattlesnake bite at church, mourners leaving the funeral went to the church to handle snakes. Coots, w...