The retired editor of the Reading Eagle has written a new book about a man who escaped the life of a coal miner to become a star baseball player. “Gentleman Jake: The Success and Tragedy of the ...

A new Broadway musical, "Coal Miner's Daughter," will celebrate the life and music of Loretta Lynn. The production will star two-time Tony Award-winner Sutton Foster and will be directed by Tony ...

Sept. 7, 1911 Miner killed at Mollie Murphy shaft Another miner has lost his life through failure of the men to observe the company rules and the state law in closing the gates when men are going ...