On the eighth day of his journey walking across the county, Thomas Zurhellen wanted to give up. His legs were sore, his feet were blistered, and his soul ached with loneliness. A few months prior, ...

The snow blurred his vision, the elevation stifled his breathing. A blinding wall of white powder fell on an unrecognizable road nearly 8,000 feet above sea level. Tommy Zurhellen said he was anything ...

BELOIT (WREX) – Thomas Zurhellen is raising awareness about veterans by taking a stroll across America. Zurhellen was in Beloit on Thursday as part of his walk across America. He is walking to raise ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Marist College English professor Tommy Zurhellen sets out Monday on a walk across the United States to raise awareness about suicide and homelessness among U.S. military veterans.

With no tent, no hotel reservations and an approximately 30 pound bag, the U.S. Navy veteran will walk across America from Portland, Oregon to Poughkeepsie. Zurhellen, the commander of the ...