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- EXODUS Drummer Begins First Round Of Chemotherapy For Cancer Treatmenton April 14, 2021 at 5:25 pm
EXODUS's Tom Hunting has started treatment for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the stomach. Earlier today, the official EXODUS Instagram shared a photo of the drummer flashing the "devil horns" at […]
- MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON And ANTHRAX's FRANK BELLO Collaborate With Guitar String Jewelry Manufacturer STRÜNGon April 14, 2021 at 3:38 pm
Strüng is a lifestyle brand for music lovers made by musicians Jenny Mann and Tim Barbour who discovered a unique way to repurpose their broken guitar strings and turn them into distinctive jewelry […]
- LED ZEPPELIN: 'The Biography' Book Due In Novemberon April 14, 2021 at 3:17 pm
Penguin Press has set November 9 release date for Bob Spitz's new book, "Led Zeppelin: The Biography". From the author of the definitive New York Times bestselling history of THE BEATLES comes the […]
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- Wanted federal fugitive arrested in Joplinby Ty Albright at 4:37 pm
A wanted federal fugitive has been taken into custody in Joplin. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office says that 38-year-old Randy Teague was arrested Wednesday afternoon at 15th and Wall Street by the Joplin Police and Jasper County Sheriff’s Department. Teague was wanted by the ATF and U.S. Marshall Office for outstanding warrants as well as one …
- Political fight over voting rights continues in Kansasby Ty Albright at 4:01 pm
(AP) The Republican-controlled Legislature in Kansas has approved a measure that would limit people to picking up and delivering 10 absentee ballots for voters. GOP lawmakers who back the bill argue that they’re protecting the integrity of elections. They’ve been joined in supporting the measure by anti-abortion groups worried about abortion-rights supporters using that tactic …
- I-49 Southbound lanes reopenedby Steve Scott at 10:12 am
The southbound lanes of I-49 south of I-44 are reopened according to the MODOT. Construction started April 5th to replace the concrete in the southbound lanes from I-44 to about a mile and a half south of 32nd Street. Starting next Monday, the northbound lanes in the same area will be closed for the replacement …
- Bernie Madoff, investment fraud architect who stole from thousands, has diedby Dalton Evans at 10:11 am
(AP) – Bernard Madoff, the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year prison term, died in a federal prison early Wednesday. He was 82. Madoff’s death at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, was confirmed by his lawyer and the Bureau …
- Governor Mike Parson has ordered the color purple to shine Thursday at State Capital and Governor Mansionby Dalton Evans at 7:43 am
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has ordered the Missouri State Capital dome and Missouri Governor’s Mansion to shine purple on Thursday, April 15 in recognition of Military Child’s Day. The dome and Governor’s Mansion will light up at sunset on April 15 and remain lit until sunrise on April 16, according to a news release from …
- Pittsburg Police Department will be holding a site for National Prescription Drug Take Back Dayby Dalton Evans at 7:13 am
The Pittsburg Police Department will be hosting a site location for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The event will be Saturday, April 24 from 10 AM – 2 PM at the Pittsburg Police Department, according to a Pittsburg Police Department News Release. Citizens will be able to dispose of …
