Bluegrass musician Norman Blake is 87. Actor Chuck Norris is 85. Singer Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean is 85. Actor Katharine Houghton (“Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?”) is 83. Actor Richard Gant is 81.

Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Representative Sylvester Turner will lie in state in Houston and Austin before his funeral ...

Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra (MTO) celebrates its 25th anniversary with a career retrospective at ...

Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute ...

The following deeds were transferred in Shelby County from Jan. 29-Feb. 7: Jan. 29 -Danny N. Isbell to Mario Ismael Flores, for $130,000, for Lot 73 in Deer Springs Estates First Addition.

With more than 20 hours of discussion, the Texas House Committee on Public Education adjourned around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.

They include: Curtis Arnett, Hezekiah Baker, Al "Blood" Black, brothers Ellis Buckner and George Buckner, Robert Butler ... Cornell "Pete" Smith, Charles Walker, Sylvester Wells and Charles ...

Madeline Claire McKinley is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert ... Mr. James Sylvester Gunter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lee Gunter. He was sponsored by his mother. He is attending University ...

Christopher Rosen Few could have predicted that stand-up comedian-turned-actor Jamie Foxx would have portrayed Ray Charles ...

The non-presidential party often picks up House seats in midterms, and as a part of it, that party’s incumbents rarely lose in midterms.— Over 13 general election midterms held during the last ...

AUSTINTOWN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Robert Charles Kratofil ... Pennsylvania, a son of Sylvester Kratofil and Mary (Klishko) Kratofil Allen. Robert graduated from New Castle Union High ...