I love the small town my family and I moved to, but it's been hard to make friends as an adult. I've had to be more intentional about making friends.

Virgin River has been one of Netflix's steadiest series thanks to its picturesque cinematography and wholesome charm. You ...

AFTER 26 years heading up The Sun’s travel team – while bringing up three children – there’s not a lot I don’t know about ...

Cammie Corlas Quinn has been writing uplifting stories about small-town life for more than 25 years. Now those stories are part of a heartfelt collection. "Going Home: Stories of Small-Town Central ...

In his decades as a rural doctor, Tom Clarke has witnessed a spectrum of life’s wows and woes. He’s delivered babies by caesarean section and certified deaths, removed skin cancers, diagnosed diseases ...

There’s something magical about turning off the main highway onto a winding country road that leads to a place time seems to have forgotten. Troutdale, Virginia is that enchanted spot – a tiny ...

Four people were caught illegally harvesting 93 undersized clams in Pismo Beach on Oct. 31, 2025. All four were cited for possessing undersized clams, and three for clamming without a license. Pismo ...

Doors open when you’re Miss America. For instance, did you know that the famously hundred-and-two-floor Empire State Building actually has a not so famous hundred-and-third? “There’s this little ...

HICKEY, KOCO FIVE NEWS. OVER IN PITTSBURG COUNTY, LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF SOME OF THEIR OWN AFTER A DEADLY ACCIDENT AT H TOWN. THROW DOWN RACES. THIS IS IN HARTSHORN, ...

Skies will remain partly cloudy overnight, with seasonably chilly temps around 40. The water war Trump hasn’t blown up Florida murder suspect gets short sentence after attorney general intervenes ...

Sometimes the best adventures aren’t found in bustling metropolises or exotic destinations, but in the quiet corners of the heartland where history whispers from every storefront and locals still wave ...