Wednesday, August 4th. Day 216 of 2021
It’s Coast Guard Day. The service was formed on this day in 1790
1821: The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper
1944: A Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others
1964: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21
1985: Tom Seaver, pitching for the Chicago White Sox gets his 300th Major League win
1987: The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues “fairly”
1997: Teamsters began a 15-day strike against UPS
2009: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pardoned two American journalists, who had been arrested and imprisoned for illegal entry earlier in the year
In the News: Another COVID death reported in Alexander County as cases continue to climb…County sales tx revenue up almost 19 percent…Claremont woman arrested in Alexander County…Statesville woman arrested by Alexander County Sheriff’s Office…Man charged with meth trafficking
Weather: Very pleasant, Sunny with a high of 82
Sports: Cougar Football trying to identify weapons for upcoming season…Panthers release player after cheap shot in practice…Brzykcy takes tough loss…Braves get win in St Louis…MadBum beats his former team
Happy Birthday: Richard Belzer, John Riggins, Billy Bob Thornton, Barack Hussein Obama, Bret Baier, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Meghan Markle
We need Truck Drivers !!! https://www.pressherald.com/2021/08/02/trucking-crisis-has-u-s-looking-for-more-drivers-abroad/
John Corbett and Bo Derek are hitched https://pagesix.com/2021/08/03/john-corbett-and-bo-derek-secretly-married-in-december/?_ga=2.117965322.2000762252.1628066834-1214514949.1573077424
Leeanne Whisnant, Consolidated Human Services Director for Alexander County will be on the Radio live this morning at 7:45 to discuss the recent spike in COVID-19 cases
Quote of the Day: “If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know”…Louie Armstrong (Born this day in 1901)