From Bessie Smith’s blues grit to Tina Turner’s fire, these two singers helped shape Janis Joplin’s unforgettable vocal style.

Tobias Smith, Grammy-winning producer behind Kanye West's "Jail" and Swerve Strickland's AEW themes, died January 19 at age 43 years old.

Bill Matheny, age 88 of Forest City died Monday, January 26, 2026, at Fairhaven of Forest City. Bill was born on October 7, 1937, in Rutherford County and was a ...

Long before superstardom existed, Bessie Smith showed the world what it meant to be a legend. Born into poverty, she turned ...

Delorma “Dee” Goodwyn, a lifelong Annapolis resident, civic leader and driving force behind several of the city’s most meaningful memorials, has died. She was 75.

Willie T. Smith III died in Detroit jail three days after arrest for wine theft. Family seeks answers about what happened between hospital clearance and death.

With the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, the Bessie Smith Cultural Center in downtown Chattanooga - home to the city’s African-American heritage - is once again serving as a community hub ...

HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. — A Missouri man who struck and killed Indiana State Police Trooper Aaron Smith has been sentenced to 40 years in prison and 10 years of probation following a sentencing hearing ...

Police, city leaders, and community members gathered Tuesday, Jan. 13, to lay to rest a retired 33-year officer who served his Westchester County community and mentored the next generation for decades ...

With father's guilty plea, parents of a 2-year-old girl who died from hypothermia have both pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. The toddler, Zemina Smith, wandered outside her family's ...