MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (WGHP) — Mayberry isn’t just a place on TV. For many, it’s a feeling: small-town America, lessons about life and a simpler time captured forever in The Andy Griffith Show. And right ...

When people think of The Andy Griffith Show, certain names immediately spring to mind — Andy, Opie, Aunt Bee, and Barney. But if you dig just a little deeper, there’s another name that keeps popping ...

The last time I was in Mount Airy, N.C., for a haircut at Floyd’s Barber Shop, my dear friend, 89-year old Russell Hiatt, who is the original inspiration for the Floyd character on The Andy Griffith ...

HUNSTVILLE, Ala. (TENNESSEE VALLEY WEEKEND) - For just a moment, step out of north Alabama and take a trip with us to visit Mayberry. It’s the town you know and love from “The Andy Griffith Show.” If ...

Man arrested after 2 shot, 1 killed in High Point, police say ...

The word "memorable" frequently comes to mind when reflecting on The Andy Griffith Show, whether it's characters like Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), Barney Fife (Don Knotts), Floyd the Barber (Howard ...

Q: In the recent Journal article about “Floyd the Barber,” it said Russell Hiatt became a barber in 1946 and had cut Andy Griffith’s hair when he was a boy. This is impossible. Andy graduated from ...

GRANVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It's not Throwback Thursday, but crowds are throwing it back this weekend, celebrating some of the best sitcoms ever aired. Granville, Tennessee's the sort of place where you ...

That tall, amiable sheriff and his little boy, Opie, heading to a fishing hole on the outskirts of Mayberry, North Carolina, at the start of "The Andy Griffith Show," were actually strolling along a ...