Tuesday, January 4th. Day 35 of 2025
It’s Homemade Soup Day
Happy Mail Carriers Day !
1789: Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States
1932: The first Winter Olympics on US soil began in Lake Placid, New York
1945: President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a conference at Yalta to outline plans for Germany’s defeat. Stalin took them to the cleaners
1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California
1976: In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000
1997: A civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Goldman’s parents were awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages
Chris Hughes
In the News: Taylorsville man charged with murder of his grandmother appears in court on Monday…Alexander County man gets prison time after entering pleas…Stony Point man charged with statutory sex offense…Man takes joy ride in Iredell County Police Vehicle…Alexander County Board of Education has work session this morning
Weather: Sunny and 70. Repeating, Sunny and 70 !
Sports: Big Games for Cougar Hoops tonight at Watauga…Hornets lose to Washington…Canes at Winnipeg tonight…Kelce says retirement “not on his radar”…Chiefs still favored by 1.5 points in Sunday’s Super Bowl…NFL’s best Edge rusher wants out of Cleveland
Happy Birthday: Dan Quayle, Alice Cooper, Lawrence Taylor, Clint Black, Gabrielle Anwar, Rob Corddry, Oscar De La Hoya, Hunter Biden
Travis Kelce says he’s not mulling retirement https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nfl/travis-kelce-is-in-no-hurry-to-retire-even-if-the-chiefs-win-another-super-bowl/ar-AA1ymIQF
Woman attacks store employee with banana https://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/7-eleven/banana-battery-bust-612730
Word of the Day: beseech [ bih-seech ] To implore. To make an urgent appeal. From Middle English besechen, from be- + sechen to seek. “I beseech you to reconsider”
Quote of the Day: “You cannot open a book without learning something” … Confucius