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A KARK interview with an elderly couple took an indecent turn over the weekend when a naked man walked out of the woods while the cameras were rolling. A crew from the Little Rock NBC affiliate was interviewing Eva Halpain and John Manassel about their home, which was destroyed when a tree fell on it Saturday evening. The interview was halted when Nathaniel Koba, who police say was intoxicated at the time of the incident, walked out of the nearby woods with no clothes on. “I ought to go out there and start an ass kicking contest,” Mannassel said. Police...

The death of a man in Doddridge County has sparked a police investigation and troopers want you to be safe. A man in his 60's died this week at Ruby Memorial Hospital, supposedly after drinking poisoned moonshine he got in the county. Troopers say the unidentified man drank from a bottle of moonshine he got from a friend on Saturday night. He was flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital after what was believed to be stroke symptoms. He died at the hospital Tuesday. After testing and investigations, it was determined that the tainted moonshine shut down the man's internal organs. Troopers...

Join Popcorn Sutton and J.B. as they do what they do best, one last time. This film is unavailable ANYWHERE as it was Mr Sutton's to distribute personally and I felt that it was worth sharing. Film maker NEAL HUTCHESON- 2009 Emmy Award winner- created this outstanding work of art. I own no copyrights to this film. Credit goes to the film maker, Neal Hutcheson, and Popcorn Sutton. R.I.P Mr. Sutton.- You are missed. - WildlifeSeriaLKiller

Moonshine kills at least 133 in IndiaDecember 15, 2011 | By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN **SNIP** At least 327 people were hospitalized. Many people were in critical condition and S.P. Basak, the director of the West Bengal health department, feared the death toll could rise.

At some point this year, according to Town Manager Mark Haddad, one town Water Department employee decided the drinking water bubbling up from Baddacook Well wasn't strong enough for his tastes. The employee, who Haddad refused to identify, reportedly had a thirst for something with a little more kick -- namely, moonshine -- and was making it on town property. The Sun has learned from a source close to the investigation that the employee is Water Department Senior Technician Stephen Collette.

When Hornets Growl The new, supersonic face of e-warfare. By D.C. Agle Air & Space Magazine, March 01, 2011 No soft underbelly here: The EA-18G Growler hauls missiles, fuel tanks, and electronic warfare pods. Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics Two hours north of Seattle, Washington, at the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the entrance to Puget Sound is guarded by a citadel dedicated to the aerial mastery and manipulation of one of the universe’s fundamental particles—the electron. The site, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, was originally envisioned as little more than a waypoint for patrol aircraft scanning the Sound...

Ingredients : â– 6 eggs â– 1 cup sugar â– 1 cup Georgia moonshine â– 1 pint of whipping cream â– 1 cup milk Directions Separate eggs: Yolks in large mixing bowl, whites in medium mixing bowl. 2.Place whipping cream in medium mixing bowl. 3.Beat whites until stiff, adding â…“ cup of sugar then set aside. 4.Beat cream until stiff, adding â…“ cup of sugar set aside. 5.Beat york until light and thickening adding â…“ cup of sugar slowly. 6.Add 1 cup of Georgia Moonshine SLOWLY while beating constantly. 7.To the yolks, mix in the beaten egg whites. 8.To this mixture mix in the whipped...

This undated photo released by David Haskell shows bottles of moonshine and bourbon at Kings County Distillery in the Brooklyn borough of New York. King's, which is licensed, sells white whiskey in medicine style bottles labeled simply "moonshine." (AP Photo/David Haskell) White lightning, mountain dew, firewater - you know it as the illicit substance made in secret by tax-dodging mountain men and drunk by people looking to alter their reality in a serious way. But hooch is being infused with a whole new spirit thanks to a new generation of home and professional distillers. "Moonshine is multifaceted these days,"...

Moonshine conjures images of backwoods stills, the Duke boys, clandestine deliveries of hooch in jelly jars that's just as likely to cause blindness as get you drunk. But that'll soon change if modern distillers have anything to say about it. They're now distilling spirits "in the tradition of America's moonshiners" — white whiskeys. And with white whiskey becoming more common on shelves and whiskey fans eager for something new snapping it up by the jug, this so-called moonshine is poised for a revival the likes of which haven't been seen since Prohibition. Whether it's actually moonshine or not, white whiskey...

In early April, Kris Comstock, a representative for the Buffalo Trace distillery in Kentucky, conducted a seminar on bourbon at Char No. 4, a bar in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, that offers 150 kinds of American whiskey. Among the bourbons he poured were Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare and Blanton’s. But his students weren’t interested in those. “The first thing that everyone wanted to taste was the white dog,” he said. “We make products that win amazing awards all around the world, and they want to taste the white dog.” White dog, or white whiskey, is, basically, moonshine. It’s newborn whiskey, crystal-clear...

Son Jim came up for a visit this weekend and we spent Saturday at The Breaks Interstate Park on the Virginia-Kentucky border. The Breaks Visitor Center features a single-crib log cabin and a moonshine still -- which comes with directions for use, in case you don't already know how. [Photographs]

Pineville, KY - Officials say they've found a still big enough to make a lot of white lightning. Authorities in Pineville, Kentucky made the discovery and charged 40 year-old Noal Ward on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 with trafficking an alcoholic beverage in a dry territory. Ward is also charged with unlawful manufacturing. No bond is set and he remains in jail. Police say they found more than 100 gallons of whiskey and 500 gallons of mash, which is used to make the alcohol. Doug Jordan, who is with the Bell County, KY Sheriff's Department, says because of the amount found,...

On her blog, Elizabeth Wright offers an excellent analysis of the mass hysteria that is the Sarah Palin phenomenon. Wright is a black conservative who specializes in debunking the sense of victimhood that so many black leaders love to employ to their advantage. She argues that the many wannabe conservatives who are Palin fans are employing the same tactic. They invoke the liberal sense of victimhood in her defense. That of course is the essence of the Palin cult. It consists of people who feel that they're being put upon by their betters. It never occurs to these characters to...

KENANSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Willie Nelson canceled a North Carolina concert because of a bum hand about an hour after several band and crew members were busted for allegedly possessing moonshine and marijuana.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities have charged a North Carolina woman with selling moonshine out of her day care center. The Charlotte Observer reports Tuesday that North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement arrested 57-year-old Gwendolyn Brown-Johnson last week at Parkview Community Center in Charlotte. Agents say children were in the day care center when they sent in an undercover agent to buy two gallons of moonshine. Brown-Johnson told the paper she was set up by a neighbor. She says she was just holding a package for a man in exchange for $80 and didn't even know what was in it. Agents...

I saw an article about another illegal moonshine arrest in the Carolinas and it made me wonder if this is still available in other parts of the country. Can you still get it?

TODOS SANTOS CUCHUMATAN, Guatemala (Reuters) – Despite a drinking ban mayhem erupted at a traditional Mayan horse race on Sunday with riders falling off their horses and drunken spectators stumbling through the mountain village. Hundreds of tourists and locals gathered for the annual spectacle in Todo Santos Cuchumatan on Sunday to cheer the dozens of riders charging back and forth along a 330-foot (100-meter) length of road for up to seven hours. But the macho test of stamina was marred, as it has been in the past, by the copious amount of homemade spirits the riders consume, sometimes for days...

ALE agents seize 929 gallons of moonshine Wilkesboro, N.C. — State Alcohol Law Enforcement agents seized 929 gallons of moonshine Wednesday and arrested a Wilkesboro man, authorities said Friday. Roger Lee Nance, of 1117 Shew Ridge Mission Road, was charged with possession of non-tax paid liquor, possession of non-tax-paid liquor for the purpose of selling, and possession of equipment and ingredients intended for the use in the manufacture of an alcoholic beverage. “This is one of the biggest seizures of white liquor I’ve seen come out of the mountains in my career,” ALE Director John Ledford said in statement. The...

CHESAPEAKE – A Chesapeake man is among four people charged in an eight-month moonshine investigation in North Carolina and Virginia. Larry Donnell Parker, 57, of Tournament Drive, faces 12 charges of sale of alcoholic beverages without a license, possessing and transporting untaxed whiskey and maintaining a common nuisance. Virginia ABC agents say they seized one vehicle and 72 containers of untaxed whiskey when they arrested Parker last Thursday. They say he would sell the containers for $45 each. At the same time in Northampton County, NC, three people were arrested on 11 charges total, including the manufacture and distribution of...

Yet again, a Saturday Wall Street Journal "Remembrances" column is filled with another interesting American personality, who isn't well known, but his story is entertaining. Apparently and sadly, Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton recently committed suicide rather than serve his second sentence in the federal pen for moonshining. I don't know about you, but this Appalachian legend producing moonshine without a license wasn't harming me, and it smacks more of big brother at work and big government over-regulating Americans literally to death than it does a crime that harmed society. There is no justice when this harmless 62-year-old hillbilly was about to...