"Gunsmoke" kept fans hooked for years on the will-they-won't-they between Matt and Kitty, but the reason they never made it ...

For 20 years, "Gunsmoke" ruled the small screen. Here are some facts about the show and its stars that true fans of the ...

Mark Rydell, the Oscar-nominated director of the sentimental blockbuster “On Golden Pond” who worked with such Hollywood ...

If there's a genre of television that is associated with being iconically American, the Western would be the top contender. Visions of saloon doors swinging open as a spur-spangled stranger stands in ...

If there's a genre of television that is associated with being iconically American, the Western would be the top contender. Visions of saloon doors swinging open as a spur-spangled stranger stands in ...

Daily Dirt for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026 But he was shot more than 50 times and knocked unconscious another 29. Oh, there were ...

For years, I reported on one man’s incarceration for a crime he didn’t commit—and ignored the stories of a grieving family who thought they had gotten justice.

August 9, 2026 • Rates of black lung disease amongst Appalachia’s coal miners are at the highest they’ve been in 50 years. Recent data shows that a third of veteran miners have the disease. The ...