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Young Clarksville actor Jaxen Kenner has role in new movie ‘Sketch’
Clarksville Now - Tennessee
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August 1, 2025
Jaxon Kenner of Clarksville will be doing meet-and-greets for the movie 'Sketch,' which premieres this weekend. CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A young Clarksville actor has a role in the new action movie Sketch, which premieres this weekend,...
Michelle Obama compares ESPN theatrics to watching ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’
New York Post
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August 1, 2025
It is no secret that ESPN programming looks a lot different now than it did even 10 or so years ago. A network that constantly flooded viewers with some of the best highlights from the day before has turned into lots of talking-head shows like...
AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 4:32 p.m. EDT
Imperial Valley Press - California
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Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia has childhood street named for him in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Several hundred fans turned out to name a tiny street in San Francisco after celebrated Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia. The...
WAND-TV to be sold to Gray Media
WDBR 103.7 - Illionis
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Decatur, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Our news partners are being sold. WAND-TV says the station based in Decatur, along with two others are all being bought by Gray Media as part of an $80 million deal. The Atlanta-based company already owns TV...
Young Thug makes first post-jail metro Atlanta appearance at local school
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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“I feel like violence is just not the thing,” Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, told the crowd, warning them to stay out of trouble. “It’s just lame. It’s corny. I don’t want to see something happen to somebody that bad. Gangs...
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[Audio] On Demand, On Purpose: Fashion Manufacturing That Doesn’t Cost the Earth
JD Supra - California
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August 1, 2025
In this episode, Allison Raley, AGG’s Women in Tech Law co-chair, is joined by Tia Robinson, TEDx speaker and founder of Vertical Activewear, to discuss how mindfulness, sustainability, and innovation are shaping the fashion and apparel industry....
It’s a Femininomenon: The Rise of Women’s Sports Bars in the United States
InsideHook
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Austin, Texas’s 1972 Pub opened its doors as March Madness kicked off, hosting a bursting-at-the-seams event with lines out the door. In the buzzy state capital, new bars always elicit interest, but excitement around 1972’s opening was about more...
BASIN BOX SCORE: MLHS National Track, Sports Training Camps, Summer Baseball Concludes
Columbia Basin Herald - Washington State
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August 1, 2025
COLUMBIA BASIN – Sports reporters Mike Maynard and Caleb Perez look through a week of sports in the Columbia Basin including a soccer player announcing his commitment to the University of Washington, MLHS track athletes traveling to Georgia for a...
AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 2:56 p.m. EDT
Imperial Valley Press - California
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Now playing in movie theaters: 73 minutes of cat videos, for a good cause The best of the internet’s cat videos are coming to the big screen this weekend. Cat Video Fest is a 73-minute, G-rated selection of all things feline, playing in over 500...
Wetumpka multisport athlete offered by Troy, Georgia State
The Wetumpka Herald - Alabama
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Going into his first year at Wetumpka, sophomore Kaleb Ballard is taking athletics by storm. Within his first few weeks as an Indian, Ballard, who just transferred in from Central Coosa, picked up two Division I football offers from Georgia State...
HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND: Events happening around the Big Bend and South Georgia, August 1st-2nd
WTXL Tallahassee - Florida
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August 1, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, FL — It's going to be a hot and wet weekend as showers are expected through Sunday. The rain will help temperatures drop. Below are some indoor and outdoor events happening around the Big Bend and South Georgia, Friday, August 1st &...
How to watch Sunday's Iowa Cup Series race: Start time, TV info
Alt Driver
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August 1, 2025
The NASCAR Cup Series season continues with a trip to Iowa Speedway as the battle for one of three remaining playoff spots continues. This Sunday's race marks only the second time in series history that Cup Series teams have competed at the...
AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 3:15 p.m. EDT
Imperial Valley Press - California
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John Krasinski to write, direct, produce 'A Quiet Place Part III' John Krasinski is set to direct, write, and produce "A Quiet Place Part III." Paramount Pictures says Friday that the film will be released theatrically on July 9, 2027. The first...
Enhanced Games (no drug testing) signs its first female athlete, world-champion swimmer and Georgia alum Megan Romano
WABE - Georgia
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August 1, 2025
FILE - Megan Romano swims in the women's 100-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Friday, June 29, 2012, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File) The Olympic-style sports venture that will run an event next year...
2025 Big Ten Media Days: Bryce Underwood, Nico Iamaleava Among Day 3 Storylines
Frontier Media - Alaska
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With the defending national champions out of the way on Day 1 (Ohio State) and the trendy picks to win this year’s conference title taking center stage on Day 2 (Oregon and Penn State), the third and final session of this year’s Big Ten Media Days...
Georgia Tech’s Haynes, Rutledge named preseason All-ACC
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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Georgia Tech Quarterback Haynes King finishes second in preseason player of the year voting. Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC Georgia Tech running back Jamal Haynes, here scoring against Georgia in November, was named to the all-ACC preseason team along...
Georgia’s SNAP benefits call center hit with cyberattack; cardholders encouraged to change PINs
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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August 1, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Hackers targeted Georgia’s privately contracted SNAP benefits call center in a cyberattack earlier this week, according to the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS). The attempt to access electronic benefit...
Jon Burns marks ribbon cutting and reflects on Georgia icons in recent posts
Savannah Standard - Georgia
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July 31, 2025
Jon Burns, Georgia State House Representative for the 159th District and a Republican first elected in 2005, shared several updates on his official X account between July 30 and July 31, 2025. His posts covered community events, tributes to...
Change coming down the tracks for Atlanta in Norfolk Southern merger
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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When the company announced plans in late 2018 to relocate to Atlanta from Virginia, there appeared to be nothing but clear tracks ahead. But the years since have been both momentous and tumultuous for Norfolk Southern. The company sold land...
Gray Media to buy WAND TV in 3 station deal for $80 million
Wand - Illinois
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DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – Gray Media will acquire WAND TV and two other stations from Block Communications, according to statements from the two companies. The deal was announced Friday that Block Communications (BCI) will sell its television...