Wednesday February 5th. Day 36 of 2025
It’s Weatherperson’s Day. They DO GET IT Right !
Happy Shower with a Friend Day…Use Soap
1881: Phoenix, AZ, was incorporated
1901: John Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corporation
1921: The New York Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium
1922: Readers Digest is published for the first time
1958: A hydrogen bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered
1969: United States population reaches 200 million for the first time
1971: Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands. Alan Shepard & Edward Mitchell walk on Moon for 4 hrs
1994: White separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, MS, of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers
2017: New England Patriots defeat the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl 34-28. Tom Brady named MVP
In the News: County commissioner vote to change revaluation cycle back to 4 years…Proposal to incorporate Bethlehem moving forward…School Board Districts due for change in 2026…Taylorsville man gets prison time…Alexander County man sent to Jail for 90 days…Taylorsville man facing felony charges after Monday arrest…Conover Teen sent to prison
Weather: Clouds, not nearly as warm. Tuesday high was 74!
Sports: Tough night in Boone For Cougar Basketball…AC Cheer Team wins State Title…State mulling over more changes for High School Athletics…East Burke names new Football Coach…Duke heads to the Dome tonight…Wake Forest and NC State on West Coast…Canes get blanked…Big Red will coach at least one more year
Laura Linney
Please don’t take my orange Juice away https://www.yahoo.com/news/last-days-american-orange-juice-175412997.html
Word of the Day: picayune [ pik-ee-yoon ] Of little value. Petty, carping, or prejudiced . Noun-A city in Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. A Spanish coin. “It’s picayune thought that got us in this pickle”
Alexander County School Superintendent Dr. Bill Griffin is live in the Studio this morning at 7:40
The flu and other illnesses are raging. Take Care !
Henry AaRon