Tuesday, January 10th
It’s Cut Your Energy Cost Day !
Happy Save the Eagles Day !
1776: “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine was published
1870: John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil
1901: The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered in Beaumont
1920: The League of Nations ratified the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I with Germany
1990: Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. completed a $14 billion merger. The new company, Time Warner, was the world’s largest entertainment company
2013: Major League Baseball announced they would begin testing players for Human Growth Hormone and elevate levels of Testosterone
2016: English singer-songwriter Davie Bowie dies at 69
In the News: Alexander County Board of Education meets this evening…Taylorsville Town Board meets this afternoon…Taylorsville man sent to jail for 90 days…Hiddenite man facing drug charges…Alexander County man returned to jail…Taylorsville man charged with larceny by employee…Hickory man spends weekend in Alexander County Jail…Armed robbery with shots fired in Iredell County
Weather: Sunshine today. High of 55
Sports: Big conference games tonight for Cougar Hoops in the Den…AC Wrestling at Watauga…Dawgs destroy the Frogs in College Football Title Rout…Five NFL coaching jobs vacant including Panthers…Hamlin flown back to Buffalo
Harry Gant
No more paper plates and plastic forks in the U.K. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64205460
Goat chase in Taylorsville, Utah https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/police-wrangle-escaped-goat-taylorsville-041912053.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall
Told you that Georgia was going to put a beat-down on TCU. It was such a rout, it should have been stopped
Quote of the Day: “If you dig it, do it. If you dig it a lot, do it twice”…Jim Croce (Born this day in 1942)