Merle Travis, who penned the timeless country hit "Sixteen Tons," was born Nov. 29, 1917, in Rosewood, Kentucky.

Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said. A mining crew hit an unknown pocket of ...

A massive search operation continued Wednesday in West Virginia, where officials said crews were "working around the clock" and continuing "aggressive" efforts to locate a missing coal miner who ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha ...

The body of a coal miner missing since the weekend has been recovered in West Virginia, state officials announced Thursday. Gov. Patrick Morissey identified the miner as Steve Lipscomb, who was ...

A coal miner from Kanawha County missing since Saturday following a flooding incident at the Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc.-controlled Rolling Thunder coal mine in Nicholas County, has been found ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Crews found the body inside Alpha Metallurgical ...

DRENNEN, W.Va. — Mine rescue teams are looking for a coal miner in a flooded Nicholas County mine. State police said the Rolling Thunder Mine near Drennen flooded at about 1 p.m. Saturday and all ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha ...