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Forest TheaterPhoto credit: Forest Forward/ Instagram Dallas’s historic Forest Theater is preparing for a dramatic return. Opened in 1949 and closed in 2008, the South Dallas landmark will reopen on November 1 with a community celebration that ends with the ceremonial relighting of its iconic tower and marquee for the first time in more than…

Photo: Reba (L) and her NGOCredit: Reba’s Ranch House / Instagram In 1992, country music star Reba McEntire helped open Reba’s Ranch House in Denison, Texas, to give families a safe place to stay when a loved one was in hospital. The idea began after her doctor, Darius Maggi, described how many visitors were sleeping…

Researchers found white lime residue tracing the outline of a lost rectangular wooden coffin surrounding the sarcophagus. For more than a century, a stone coffin at Westminster Abbey carried the name of a Roman-era Londoner, while the identity of the person buried inside remained hidden. Now, modern forensic and archaeological analysis has shifted the story…

London taxi driver’s £40 painting linked to 19th-century Amritsar sells for £75,000 at auction (Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons) A painting bought for just £40 at a car boot sale in Britain turned out to be a remarkable piece of Indian art nearly three decades later. According to Antiques Trade Gazette, which documented the discovery in…

Hody Childress, an Alabama farmer and US Air Force veteran, spent nearly a decade quietly helping people who could not afford their prescription medicines. Living on retirement income, Childress gave $100 every month to a local pharmacy in Geraldine, Alabama, asking the pharmacist to use the money to help struggling customers. He insisted that his…

Residents of two landmark 1960s housing estates in south London may finally be able to remain in their homes after more than 12 years of uncertainty. Lambeth Council has proposed removing Central Hill in Crystal Palace and Cressingham Gardens beside Brockwell Park from its demolition and redevelopment programme, choosing instead to retain, repair and improve…

Rachel Watkyn secured £60,000 from Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis on Dragons’ Den in exchange for a 40% stake in Tiny Box Company, after entering the programme with no previous experience of running a business. Founded in 2007, the company grew from her difficulty finding ethically produced packaging for her jewellery business into what she…

Andy’s Man Club marks ten years of support with a commemorative mural celebrating its community and volunteers. In a world where men are often expected to keep their struggles to themselves, nine people gathered in Halifax in 2016 around an idea that was as ordinary as it was important. A decade later, that small meeting…

Lonnie Mack’s iconic Flying V guitar and amplifier sell for $550,000 at auction (Image Credit: Wikipedia) A guitar associated with blues-rock pioneer Lonnie Mack has sold for $550,000 as part of a lot that included the amplifier that helped shape his distinctive sound. The instrument, a 1958 Gibson Flying V known as “Number 7”, was…

Delaware has marked the 75th anniversary of its state parks by planting its 75,000th tree, completing a five-year target to expand greenery across its 17 parks. According to an October 20 announcement by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), the milestone was reached on October 19 at Trap Pond State Park,…