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Hot 8@8 Countdown: 08/08/16
Happy Monday and welcome back to another week of the Hot 8@8 Countdown with Smoky's House BBQ in Charleston!!!! Hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather, but now that we're back ...
MyRadioLink Aug 08, 2016

A Man's Wife & Girlfriend Both Placed An Obituary for Him In the Same Paper
I'm sure this was an incredibly awkward funeral for everyone involved . . . but it's like winning a lottery ticket for us. Because this is GOLD right here. A 55-year-old man named Leroy Black from Egg...
MyRadioLink Aug 08, 2016 Jon S / CC

4 Things You Don't Need To Buy for Your College Student
Consumer Reports posted a list of stuff you should buy for your kid's college dorm room. And the top four are cheap towels, cheap sheets, a microwave, and a coffee maker so they don't drop five dollar...
MyRadioLink Aug 08, 2016 rickpilot_2000 / CC

The Pumpkin Spice Wave Has Already Started . . . With Cheerios
It's August 8th, which means there are almost three full months until Halloween. But this year's wave of PUMPKIN SPICE products has already started. General Mills just announced that their bran...
MyRadioLink Aug 08, 2016 Mike Mozart / CC

An Uber Driver Gets to See His Son in the Olympics, Thanks to a Passenger
A woman named Liz Willock got an Uber in Philadelphia about two weeks ago. And she found out the driver's son is on the U.S. OLYMPIC team. The driver's name is Ellis Hill, and his son Darrell i...
MyRadioLink Aug 08, 2016

Stolen car, stolen (you read that right)
A 51-year-old guy named Patrick Holcomb got a job last month at an auto body shop in Delray Beach, Florida. And his new boss was nice enough to let him sleep there for a while too. Apparently he recen...
MyRadioLink Aug 07, 2016

Reading books may mean you live longer?
So, maybe there's more to reading books than we thought. A new study found people who read books LIVE LONGER than people who don't. The study lasted 12 years, and people who read at least a half hour ...
MyRadioLink Aug 07, 2016 Stewart Butterfield / CC

Gibault Sock Drive
Gibault Children's Services are currently accepting donations of new or gently worn socks all part of their sock drive happening now through September 30th. They'll even take mismatched socks too! The...
MyRadioLink Aug 07, 2016 bethanye / CC

Man leaves casino, robs bank, returns to blackjack table
A 52-year-old guy named Kerry Johnson from Charleston, West Virginia went to a casino on Tuesday around 10:00 A.M., and sat down at a blackjack table. And by 3:00 P.M., he was down to his last $25. So...
MyRadioLink Aug 06, 2016

Battle of the Badges
The annual Mattoon-Charleston showdown returns August 10th! The Coles County Battle of the Badges, between the police and fire departments, from noon til six at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library ...
MyRadioLink Aug 06, 2016
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