It was an absolutely beautiful Saturday morning as I did my normal weekend five-mile run. The sunrise over Lake Ray Hubbard here in Garland and Rowlett, Texas, was serene. As I ran along, it suddenly ...

Betty Lynn, the actress who played Barney Fife’s (Don Knotts) girlfriend Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died following “a brief illness.” She was 95. “It is with an extremely heavy heart ...

Don Knotts was a famous comedic actor, best known for his role in The Andy Griffith Show as Barney Fife. He went on to have a long, successful career following the show, but fans of the actor continue ...

When The Andy Griffith Show debuted in 1960, the original cast was there to stay: Griffith himself, Don Knotts as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife, young Ron Howard as Opie Taylor, and Frances Bavier as ...

What would Barney Fife have made of the Internet? The odd thought pops into my head as I’m reading this New York Times obituary for Don Knotts, the cornball comic ...

For first-generation North Carolinians of a certain age, our impressions of the state were shaped by basketball coaches Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski … and Deputy Barney Fife. Three iconic men in ...