Thursday, September 18th. Day 261 of 2025
It’s National Cheeseburger Day
Happy Air Force Day and Ceiling Fan Day !
1793: President George Washington laid the actual cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol Building
1830: The “Tom Thumb”, the first locomotive built in America, raced a horse on a nine-mile course. The horse won when the locomotive had some mechanical difficulties
1851: The first issue of “The New York Times” was published
1927: CBS made its debut with its network broadcast on 18 radio stations
1948: Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate
1955: The “Ed Sullivan Show” debuted on CBS
1994: Ken Burn’s documentary miniseries “Baseball” premieres on PBS
2014: Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom
2020: Ruth Bader Ginsburg,the second woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, died at age 87
News: Man extradited from Tennessee being held in Alexander County Jail…Hiddenite man charged and held without bond…Taylorsville woman jailed…Man gets long prison sentence after entering child-sex pleas in Wilkes County…Statesville Police and the FBI investigating possible hate crime…Video of monkey walking power lines in Iredell County goes viral
Weather: Sunny and 85 Today
Sports: Marshall says injuries are mounting but team is moving forward and preparing for win Friday night…Charlotte plays in Prime Time this evening…Fish figure to get fried tonight in Buffalo….Commanders will get news plush home on site of former RFK Stadium….Cubs clinch post season birth…Royals end Mariners 10-game winning streak…Cleveland wins 6th in a row
Happy Birthday: Scotty Bowman, Frankie Avalon, Rick Pitino, Lance Armstrong, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jason Sudeikis, Viktor Hovland
Still a a lot of former Washington Redskin fans around here https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46296430/dc-council-signs-commanders-return-washington
Alexander County Public Information Director Gary Herman joins me live this morning at 7:45 !
Word of the Day: Piranha [pi-rah-nuh] any of several small South American freshwater fishes of the genus Serrasalmus that eat other fish and sometimes plants but occasionally also attack humans and other large animals that enter the water. Word is from Portuguese. “The dog entered the water and was devoured by a swarm of Piranha”
Quote of the Day: “I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?” … Robert Redford