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A Downtown Live! summer concert. Source: City of Rocky Mount NC

Free Concerts Offer the Sounds of Summer in Eastern NC Locales

June 14, 2019 Kay Whatley

Compiled by Kay Whatley, Editor Upcoming outdoor free concerts provided by area venues or town/city parks and recreation departments. Downtown Live! (Imperial Centre / Rocky Mount) Spend your Spring and Summer Thursday nights listening and […]

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The Strange-ness: Unusual Bobcat Burial Discovered

January 17, 2016

Reported in the Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 2015, a bobcat appears to have been buried in a human-like, loving, and bejeweled fashion. The bobcat grave was discovered in Illinois, and dates back to somewhere around […]

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The Strange-ness: Lightning Kills Reindeer Herd in Norway

August 29, 2016

According to the Norwegian Environmental Agency, lightning killed several hundred reindeer. The herd on Hardangervidda — a mountain plateau — was hit by lightning Friday, August 23, 2016. The herd included males and females, including seventy calves. […]

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The Strange-ness: Michigan Man Challenges Police on Facebook, Turns Self In

October 19, 2017

One Michigan police department received a challenge from a man with active warrants. The man posted on the Redford Township Police Department’s Facebook page, offering to turn himself in if their Facebook post was shared […]