Footloose,” which is celebrating a 41th anniversary this month, was inspired by events that occurred in Elmore City, a Garvin County town.

Patrick Swayze (left), S.E. Hinton and C. Thomas Howell attended “The Outsiders” premiere at Tulsa’s Williams Center Cinema in 1983. Trippets is more than just a footnote in Tulsa history. A shoe ...

Finding Old Railroad Depots. A day Away By Mike Steely. I grew up about a block away from a railroad station, back when passenger trains still ran. That old station is still there ...