O Professor Grady Tripp não podia começar pior o fim-de-semana: Não consegue terminar o romance em que trabalha há vários anos; A sua jovem esposa o abandona; A amante se confessa grávida dele; O seu editor chega de Nova Iorque disposto a pressioná-lo; E o seu aluno mais dotado mata acidentalmente o cachorro do Diretor do Departamento de Inglês.

After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's small daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.

Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a few of his parishioners.

A small town is overcome by a massive underground coal fire in 1962. As a result hundreds of residents had to be relocated.

SPRINGFIELD, USA provides a glimpse into the lives of an array of citizens who share their dreams and stories of the timeless world that is small-town America.