Flashbacks is a weekly series looking back at the over 100-year history of The News Leader and its place across the Staunton, Augusta County region.

Turning milestones into music history, Carrie Underwood’s career sparkles with hits that shaped country for a generation. Some tracks turned her American Idol victory into lasting superstardom. When ...

A Biography of Al Green by Jimmy McDonough, and the popularity of Green’s recordings on reissue CD’s and streaming outlets, it’s appropriate to display a 2004 interview I initially conduced for HITS ...

Don Lemon is celebrating his 60th birthday as he faces federal charges and a civil lawsuit after a church protest earlier this year. On his birthday, Lemon said he plans to spend the day unwinding. It ...

Bella Vista Community Church, 75 E. Lancashire Blvd., is an evangelical interdenominational church. The church will host a Valentine's Day event, "All You Need Is Love," at 2 p.m. Feb. 14 in the ...

You can express your love and appreciation for your loved one on their birthday. Whether it's a parent, child, sibling, friend, or significant other, a heartfelt prayer or wish can truly make their ...

The drums came first, then the trumpets, then the low, insistent pulse of bongos echoing up Fifth Avenue in New York City. Outside St. Patrick's Cathedral, beneath the towering spires, Bishop Ronald ...

There are some people who take their birthdays quite seriously. They want the full experience, a party, a thoughtfully decorated cake, gifts, and a room full of people singing "Happy Birthday" while ...

Tennessee's country music queen is celebrating a milestone birthday. Parton was born Jan. 19, 1946 in a one-room cabin in Sevierville, Tennessee, as the fourth of 12 children. Since starting her music ...

Today (January 16), the late, beautiful singer Aaliyah Haughton would have turned 47. Although “Baby Girl’s” untimely death was during the peak of her music and acting career, the songstress left an ...