Aug. 22—Kids headed back into the classroom this week, many carrying carefully chosen and must-have supplies ready for the new year ahead. Many of those items have their roots in the inventions of a ...

It's been a little more than 45 years since I did an article about Joseph R. Winters, who I've always considered to be a unique individual. Winters was born in 1816 in Leesburg, Va. At the age of 14, ...