MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Jim Stewart, the white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player who co-founded the influential Stax Records with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful “Memphis sound,” has died at age 92. Stewart died peacefully and surrounded by his family on Monday, the Stax Museum of American … Read more
LONDON – David Tennant remembers seeing in the news the image of Alexander Litvinenko lying in a hospital bed. It’s a photograph the actor has re-created — with support from makeup artists, prosthetic professionals and the art department— for his title role in “Litvinenko.” The four-episode miniseries written by George Kay follows the investigation into … Read more
MILAN (AP) — The Prada fashion house began charting a line of succession on its business side, announcing Tuesday that it is tapping a former LVMH executive as its next CEO and confirming that Miuccia Prada will continue in her creative roles. Andrea Guerra is set to be confirmed by the board next month as … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Country music icon Shania Twain is kicking off the second leg of her “Queen of Me” tour in San Antonio. The “Any Man of Mine” singer will stop at the AT&T Center on Oct. 12. Tickets for the general public go on sale at 10 a.m. on Dec. 16 at ATTCenter.com, Ticketmaster.com … Read more
CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT In Montgomery County, Francisco Sauceda was arrested on November 9 on one count of promotion of child pornography and four counts of possession of child pornography. Child Exploitation Unit investigators executed a search warrant at Sauceda’s residence, where Sauceda was located and arrested. Investigators seized multiple digital media devices to be examined … Read more
A Texas man died after his mother and stepfather abused him, tethered him to a bed for weeks and used home remedies to try and treat his severe injuries, according to media reports. The victim, 45-year-old Edwin Colleson, died on Sunday at a Houston hospital days after the alleged abuse was uncovered at an RV … Read more
The Spurs head coach is also the highest paid NBA coach according to a new report. SAN ANTONIO — During San Antonio Spurs Media Day 2022, head coach Gregg Popovich quipped that one of the reasons he is still coaching after decades of patrolling the sidelines was that his NBA paycheck is pretty good. “What … Read more