The pair, who were on MetroNews Midday last week, said they are hoping to bring to life Hickam’s book The Coalwood Way, in which he released in 2000. The new film is expected to be called December Sky ...

From the days of World War II, when, as 18-year-old Coalwood resident Joshua Williams put it, “West Virginia fueled the nation” — through the 1950s and ’60s, the big coal companies, the ...

Of course, Hickam is not the only one of the Rocket Boys who found success outside of Coalwood, West Virginia, but they all acknowledge the town and its residents for their respective accomplishments.

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Homer Hickam, who is from Coalwood, West Virginia in McDowell County, said on his website that the original story about his ...

KDKA-TV Noon Forecast (1/23) 03:42 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An 18-year-old in West Virginia is accused of killing his mother over the weekend. Franklin Alger III of Coalwood has been charged with ...

Beckley Coalwood, West Virginia Creative Works Films Hickam Homer Homer Hickam Model Rocketry. BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A festival that celebrates West Virginia's Rocket Boys has ended its two ...

Although the ever-growing City of Beckley has welcomed the Rocket Boys Festival with open arms, the small, sleepy town of Coalwood will always be home for Homer Hickam and his ...

May 13—COALWOOD — More than two decades after "October Sky" launched at the national box office, a new movie about the famed Rocket Boys of McDowell County is in the works. "December Sky" will ...

99% of the 75,000 Appalachian Power customers in West Virginia had their electricity restored, but as of Thursday, 9,000 remain without. ... a local Coalwood resident, said.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – West Virginia author Homer Hickam is celebrating another trip to the big screen. His memoir The Coalwood Way, a follow-up to Rocket Boys, is being adapted into a ...