An 84-year-old woman near Pittsburgh named Dot Sharp finally retired after working at McDonald’s for 45 years. She remembers when they started serving Happy Meals in 1979, McNuggets a year later, and even the McPizza in 1986. She’s been working the drive-thru for the past nine years, and customers love her, so she’ll be missed. …… read more »
An animal shelter in Richmond, Virginia took in a morbidly obese, 28-pound cat last week . . . and he’s already been adopted out. They named him Frosty after the Wendy’s dessert. His full name is “One Frosty Too Many”. His new owner promised to help him trim down. He needs to lose about half his…… read more »
On January 19, Rhino will release Dire Straits – Live 1978-1992, an 11 LP/8 CD box set of live performances by Dire Straits, a band that straddled the globe in the eighties and nineties with their sophisticated rootsy guitar rock wedded to literate story-telling lyrics. We’re celebrating the release with an exclusive radio special that features…… read more »
A cop in Vermont named Michelle Archer recently dove into a half-frozen lake and saved an eight-year-old girl who fell through the ice. Her chest-cam got it all on video last month. The girl made a full recovery………………… A 31-year-old guy in Michigan named Cody Ennis is in the news after he didn’t cut his…… read more »
Rush’s Geddy Lee says he got inappropriate messages from drummers after the death of Neil Peart. Alex Lifeson says he has no interest in touring of any kind. And Neil Peart’s final book, “Silver Surfers”, will be out on May 7. The Black Crowes will release their new album, “Happiness Bastards”, on March 15. The…… read more »
Your next paycheck could be a tad bigger than usual, even if you didn’t get a raise. The IRS adjusted tax brackets for 2024 based on inflation. So if you’re making the same as last year or only got a cost-of-living bump, you might have a little less money withheld for taxes……….A woman in Richmond,…… read more »
A 27-year-old guy in rural Indiana crashed his truck in mid-December . . . went off a bridge . . . got pinned under it . . . and survived six days before someone found him. Two men scoping out a fishing spot saw the wreckage and called it in. Matt Reum was in surprisingly…… read more »
An Illinois trucker’s cat recently escaped and went missing at a truck stop in Nevada . . . and turned up five days later at a shelter 670 miles away in Wyoming. They think he must have hitched a ride with another truck driver. The shelter worked with volunteers and got the cat home in…… read more »
Check out video of AC/DC’s performance at the Power Trip festival in October of 2023. James Kottak, drummer for Kingdom and the Scorpions, among others, has passed away at 61. Kottak was with the Scorps from 1996 to 2016. Sebastian Bach will perform Skid Row’s entire debut album at select shows this year to celebrate…… read more »
A video of a guy in England returning a stranger’s purse is making the rounds online. He found her license, went to her house, and the whole exchange was caught on her Ring doorbell. She wasn’t home but talked to him over the speaker and said she’d been “crying [her] eyes out” about losing it. …… read more »