For tractor enthusiasts, there s also a tractor parade scheduled at 3 p. Folks come to the annual old-time heritage event to show others how life was lived in the not-so-good old days when people in the Appalachian hills and valleys lived a self-sufficient and simpler, but often difficult, way of life. Four stages hold the hundreds of musicians and singers who entertain through homecoming with mountain and country music, bluegrass tunes and folk songs. Now, at the festival, pioneer skills...

Getting there is like being part of a convoy of tractor-trailers. Truck traffic can be heavy on interstates 80 and 84, but unwrap the ribbons of pale expressway that surround the city, and downtown Scranton is utterly navigable. With the show now in its fourth season, the writers are much more conscious of mining the former anthracite capital of the world for nuggets of lore and local flavor. With a population of just 76,415, it has the feel of a big neighborhood rather than a city, with...

The vast majority of the items scattered around the half acre site are antique, reclaimed or recycled. Or pick up an old, rusted farm tool, such as a hand pump, for a unique piece of garden sculpture. In May, the couple decided to add an antique and vintage accessories store housed in the two 1940s-era structures on the property. Other items use reclaimed materials, reinvented into garden art that runs the gamut from striking to whimsical to wacky. Your garden may elicit praise or...

GSI is a manufacturer of grain storage, handling, and drying systems, as well as poultry and swine feeding and handling equipment. Clawson, who comes from a manufacturing background, strongly espoused a production management approach called "lean manufacturing," which is being introduced into GSI's seven global manufacturing plants. Under this approach, which also is known as "total production system," he said, rank-and-file employees are called on undertake individual projects to solve...

A year ago in June, Compagna sold his cows to two farmers who rented the barn, but the relationship soured and now the structure stands empty, except for 6,000 bales of hay. He can drive a tractor and lift heavy loads, but walking, even from the house to the barn, causes him so much pain that he has it sit and wait for it to go away. A compact, sturdy man, Compagna walks with a pronounced limp from the kitchen counter to the table where he is eating lunch a grilled ham and cheese sandwich...

The woman, described as black in her 20's and wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and black shoes, was taken to WakeMed with serious injuries. From staff reports For the second time in a week, police are trying to figure out the identity of a woman hit by a vehicle. The woman was struck by a tractor-trailer truck traveling south on U. Parker said investigators are trying to determine if weather was a factor in the accident. Anyone with information about the woman's identity is...