If Iowa Hawkeyes head football coach Kirk Ferentz knows who will have the first run at the starting quarterback position, he surely isn’t letting anyone know. At the Big Ten Media Days that took place Monday and Tuesday, Ferentz, who is entering his 19th year at the helm for Iowa, answered a number of questions pertaining to the quarterback position. CJ Beathard, who started for the Hawkeyes in each of […]
Tuesday night the Keokuk Chiefs baseball team held their annual postseason banquet at the high school. Letter winners from both the JV and Varsity baseball teams were announced and individual awards were handed out by head coach Scott Rose. Much of the discussion regarding the program pertained to the way the season ended on a strong note. Senior Andrew Patterson felt that the team gelled toward the end of the […]
The Union representing correctional officers at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison still believes that the incident that took place at the prison on July 1st qualifies as a riot. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 61 President Danny Homan echoed previous statements Monday regarding why he feels the state is downplaying the significance of the incident. An Associated Press report last week stated that the […]
Leaders of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association are asking supporters to turn out in force and comment on the EPA’s renewable fuel standard volume obligations for 2018. Association spokeswoman Cassidy Riley says it’s a simple process for people to submit their opinions and the deadline is next month. “We’ve launched a webpage where people can […]Powered by WPeMatico
HBO/Anne Marie Fox (LOS ANGELES) -- Issa Rae is sharing her appreciation for black love as depicted on-screen in the new issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, and explaining why she's not exactly interested in working with white lead characters. "We don’t get to see black lust in a normalized and natural way that isn’t hypersexualized," she explains in regards to film and television. "Young black people have sex. Sometimes it’s good sex, sometimes it’s bad […]
Photo: N.S. Park (NEW YORK) -- While promoting his new supernatural thriller novel, Talon of God, ABC Radio asked Wesley Snipes about one of his most memorable characters -- Blade, the vampire hunter born on the pages of Marvel Comics. Snipes played the titular hero three times, helping spark the current craze for comic adaptations. He tells us if Marvel Studios will have him, he'd be back in black. "We've had […]
Getty Images/Jason Kempin(NEW YORK) -- Once again, Jerry Seinfeld is back on top of the Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid comedians. Kevin Hart, last year’s highest-paid comic, dropped to number six on the list, with $32.5 million; the magazine reports a huge Netflix stand-up deal boosted Jerry's bottom line to a whopping $69 million. Seinfeld's pal Chris Rock is second with a $57 million haul, followed closely by Louis C.K., who earned $52 million, […]
NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images/Dana Edelson(LOS ANGELES) -- It took cutting edge genetic technology to prove what HAD to be true: Larry David and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders are actually related. David, who played his political doppelganger to rave reviews on Saturday Night Live, made the revelation during an appearance Wednesday at the Television Critics Association press tour. It was a bit of a spoiler, as it turns […]
ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) -- Now that he's ditched the briefing room, is Sean Spicer considering a move to the ballroom? The embattled former White House Press Secretary, who announced his resignation last Friday, reportedly is being courted by ABC's Dancing with the Stars, and a beltway source tells the New York Post that the rumor "has legs." Spicer, 45, was spotted leaving the New York City offices of the four major TV networks, says the source, adding […]
