10 Truly Bizarre And Chilling Cases Of Mass Disappearances
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Kentucky journalist Al Smith helped start multiple state and national organizations, steered to safety a federal agency that Ronald Reagan targeted for elimination, and produced and hosted one of the longest-running public TV programs on government affairs in America.
But, according to his memoir,
, none of his many jobs was more important than being editor of a small-town weekly newspaper in rural southern Kentucky.
Smith, a revered figure in Kentucky journalism and civic life, died March 19 at the age of 94 (Complete obituary).
To explore Smith’s importance to Kentucky and journalism, the Daily Yonder assembled a panel of people who knew Smith in his many roles as editor, raconteur, state and federal administrator, mentor, and friend.
announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we begin with extreme and dangerous heat that has much of the west in its grip tonight. triggering urgent health warnings across several states. by 12:00 noon pacific time, already 114 and rising in phoenix. 109 in las vegas. 115 in palm springs, california. at this hour, heat warnings and/or advisories posted in parts of eight states. temperatures approaching 120 rarely seen, are not out of the question for parts of california, nevada, and arizona into early next week. let s start in las vegas, and weather channel meteorologist mike seidel. good evening. reporter: hey, lester. most out here are walking out on the las vegas strip are saying it feels like an oven. so far, up to 114, challenging yet another record today. for many in the southwest today, heat is a four-letter word. it feels like hell warmed over. really hot. reporter: in las vegas, visito
bad weather now interfering with the search, but aerial crews will return on saturday. abc s dan harris has the story. good morning, america, this is david reporter: this is the captain of the nina, an 85-year-old wooden schooner during happier times, a transatlantic crossing in the 1990s. david dyche is lost at sea with his wife, their teenage son and a crew of four other people. the last time anybody spoke to them was on 3rd, as they traveled from northern new england to australia. a 73-year-old crew member named evi used a satellite phone to call a meteorologist in new zealand and said the weather s turned nasty. how do we get away from it? the meteorologist advised her to head south and brace for the storm. the next day he got a text, reading, any update for nina? evi. and that was the final communication. we know conditions at that
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