Visitors have until July to choose their favorite painted guitars at the Bill Withers Plaza. As part of a public art project, ...

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It was a fun day at the Bill Withers plaza at the Beckley Intermodal Gateway for the Bill Withers Festival Saturday afternoon ...

It was an extra lovely day for a Bill Withers celebration in Beckley. The Bill Withers Music Festival returned to the Bill Withers Plaza for the fifth year running. Jill Moorefield – the director of ...

“Bill Withers was a legend, and he was from right here in Southern West Virginia so that alone is enough to celebrate because he was internationally known,” said Doris Fields, a Committee Member of ...

As the Bill Withers Music Festival continues to expand its reach, the music — and legacy — of the Hall of Famer from Raleigh County remains at the core. The fifth annual festival unfolds on Saturday, ...

Black politicians, artists, and entrepreneurs discussed the future of social justice in the age of President Trump and being leaders in predominantly white spaces.

His first single, “Ain’t No Sunshine,” was an immediate hit in 1971, his 1972 classic “Lean On Me” has been covered dozens of times, and he continued penning hits into the 1980s, co-writing “Just The ...

Big city life never altered the inner soul of Slab Fork-born Bill Withers, says his daughter, Kori Withers. Kori and her brother, Todd Withers, and Kori’s daughter, Lily Dawn, as well as Marcia ...

Big city life never altered the inner soul of Slab Fork-born Bill Withers, says his daughter, Kori Withers.

Bill Withers will be honored by his West Virginia hometown of Beckley with a new statue and plaza made in his name.