MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — Betty Lynn, who was best known as Barney Fife's sweetheart Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died at the age of 95. The Andy Griffith Museum said in a statement that ...

In its TV-land immortality, “The Andy Griffith Show” has already inspired a pair of statues, a museum, an annual festival, a rerun-watchers club and a souvenir collection so it vast it includes an ...

The iconic 1960s sitcom with ties to Mount Airy could become one of North Carolina’s dozens of state symbols if NC House Bill 557 is passed. 6 A.M. NORTH CAROLINA HAS QUITE A FEW STATE SYMBOLS YOU ...

Emmett Forrest pointed to the newest exhibits in the Andy Griffith Museum -- two sets of keys to the Mayberry Jail, a brass American eagle, a wooden gavel that was on Sheriff Andy Taylor's desk, and a ...

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. The new 2,500-square-foot Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, N.C., houses a treasure trove of items collected by Emmett Forrest, a schoolmate and close friend of Griffith. Forrest's ...

Andy Griffith Museum pays tribute to popular actor, TV shows MOUNT AIRY, N.C. – Even in New York, Wayne and Marcella had heard of the real-life Mayberry. This couple – their last name is Pryputniewicz ...

If you didn’t know better, you might think the town of Mayberry really existed; a place where neighbors still wave from the porch, checkers games stretch long into the afternoon and where kindness is ...