Dennis Weaver’s Chester Goode was one of the top fan-favorite characters on Gunsmoke. He was a part of the original principal cast, but Weaver left the show after season 9 to pursue other creative ...

The Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo has been an annual tradition since 1937, often featuring famous entertainers alongside the champion cowboys. “Gunsmoke,” the legendary TV series that ran for two decades, ...

Curtis first joined the Gunsmoke family in 1962 with season 8 episode 13, which was called “Us Haggens.” The plot followed Festus tracking down his uncle “Black Jack” Haggen after he murdered Festus’ ...

Don't get me wrong: I love Ken Curtis. But leader of the free world trumps Festus. Curtis, who had long played Marshal Matt Dillon's deputy on TV's "Gunsmoke," was the cover story supplied to me and a ...

Phil Barnard is a good fellow with plenty of interest in this city and county, and much of what has been its history. History such as a replica of the Liberty Bell once on exhibit at Eutaw Shopping ...

Seems like Phil Barnard always has us trying to find something. First, it was the missing 1976 photographs of Elvis Presley that once were hanging in the Crown Complex arena, and suddenly disappeared.