Category Archives: Local News

Sammy Davis Jr’s Daughter Tracey Has Passed
Tracey Davis, daughter of Sammy Davis Jr., has died, her ex-husband Guy Garner confirmed to the Associated Press.Garner said Tracey died in Franklin, Tennessee, on November 2, following a short illnes...
Cumulus Media Nov 18, 2020

Fred Hammond Tests Positive For COVID-19, Shares Update With Fans
Read original article hereWritten by BET StaffGospel artist Fred Hammond, 59, has shared with his Instagram followers that he has contracted COVID-19 after obtaining results on Monday (Nov. 9) from a ...
Cumulus Media Nov 17, 2020

Comedian Sinbad suffers stroke, family says
Sinbad has suffered a stroke, according to his family.The Adkins family said in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday that "it is out of sincere love that we share Sinbad, our beloved husband ...
Cumulus Media Nov 16, 2020

Walmart announces free Thanksgiving dinner for everyone
Through an exclusive promotion with Walmart, leading mobile rewards platform Ibotta, Campbell’s, Butterball and Coca-Cola have teamed up to launch the Free Thanksgiving Dinner program in an effo...
Cumulus Media Nov 16, 2020

Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dead at 80
Alex Trebek, the genial “Jeopardy!” host with all the answers and a reassuring presence in the TV game-show landscape for five decades, has died. He was 80 years old.Former “Jeopardy...
Cumulus Media Nov 12, 2020

Gospel legend Bishop Rance Allen dies at age 71
Gospel music star Bishop Rance Allen died Saturday morning. He was 71.“While recovering from a medical procedure at Heartland ProMedica [in Sylvania, OH], Bishop Rance Allen passed away around 3...
Cumulus Media Nov 03, 2020

Trump Tests Positive for the Coronavirus
WASHINGTON - President Trump revealed early Friday morning that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, had tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation's leadership into uncertainty and esc...
Cumulus Media Oct 02, 2020

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
View full article hereJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause ...
Cumulus Media Sep 21, 2020

Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle to face off on next ‘Verzuz’ battle
Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle will face off in the latest “Verzuz” battle.Social media accounts for “Verzuz” posted the announcement Tuesday.“The Master Class we’...
Cumulus Media Sep 10, 2020

Jacob Blake speaks out for first time since police shooting
MILWAUKEE - Jacob Blake has spoken publicly for the first time since a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer shot him seven times in the back, saying he's in constant pain from the shooting, which doctor...
Cumulus Media Sep 06, 2020