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Motorsports fans will be cheering on future stars and established champions at the Lismore Speedway this weekend.

Premium Content Subscriber only Motor racing fans will enjoy an extra shot of high-octane action at the Lismore Speedway on Saturday night. Castrol Edge Lismore Speedway promoter David Lander announced that Production Sedans have been added to the starting line-up program for January 16. Lander said although there was initially some uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 situation, the good news early this week confirms next Saturday nights fixture, which will also feature the running of the J...

Screenplay News and Reviews Some of the entertainers, innovators, news makers and people of note we lost in 2020 Now that the year is finally over and done with, we at Village Media would like to take pause and remember those the world lost in 2020. Here are just some of the entertainers, innovators, news makers, and people of note that left us this year (in no particular order): Alex Trebek – Jeopardy! host from 1984 through 2020. The Northern Ontario native also made appearances in numerou...

Premium Content Subscriber only Racing fans will be thrilled about a V8 Dirt Modified, Midget Speedcar and 410 V8 Sprintcars double blockbuster racing feats commencing up this weekend For motorsport fans, drivers, officials and supporters, these races will be a highlight of the 2020-21 season at Castrol Edge Lismore Speedway. On Saturday, January 9, the spectacular, V8 Dirt Modifieds and the return of Midget-Speedcar racing as the key attractions ahead of a midweek treat on Tuesday, January ...

RBG, Kobe Bryant, Little Richard: Remembering notables who died in 2020 A look at the icons, newsmakers and stars we lost in a year dominated by COVID-19 and upheaval. David Colton, Special to USA TODAY Published 8:20 pm UTC Dec. 30, 2020 Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this story had the incorrect year of Ray Manzarek’s death. He died in 2013. In this year of the coronavirus pandemic, deaths were often just a cold statistic. Grieving families barely had a moment to say...

Premium Content Subscriber only After a track inspection this morning, wet weather has seen Lismore Speedway put the brakes on its popular Monster Truck Show planned for New Years night. Lismore Speedway promoter David Lander said the rain had left them little choice. "Due to a downpour of rain this morning, we have made a decision to cancel tonights monster truck show," he said. "The new date is set for the April 10, which is in the middle of the of the New South Wales and Queensland schoo...

Water on the track and surrounds has seen a popular Northern Rivers monster truck event postponed for safety reasons.

Remembering those who died in 2020, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and B. Smith to Chadwick Boseman and Eddie Van Halen Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the stage after speaking to first-year students at Georgetown Law in Washington. Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP Facebook Share By BERNARD McGHEE, The Associated Press In a year defined by...

In memoriam: Celebrity deaths of 2020 By (0) Richard ThornburghRichard "Dick" Thornburgh, former attorney general of the United States and former governor of Pennsylvania, takes a seat at the witness hearing after U.S. Chief Justice nominee Judge John Roberts testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 2005. Thornburgh died on December 31 at age 88. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI | License Photo Dawn WellsDawn Wells poses with the original,...

. Born Allen Duaine Pruett in Texas, Fox and Chris OBrien hosted the hugely popular morning show on WKRQ-FM in the 1970s and 80s, and hosted country music on WUBE-FM in the 1990s. Other local deaths include UC basketball analyst Chuck Machock; radio personalities Laura Powell, Bob Nave, Bill Ridenour, Larry Thomas, Geoff Nimmo, Ron Britain and Vic Henley; Joe Morgan, the Reds Hall of Famer turned TV analyst for Reds TV and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball; Bengals coach and NFL analyst Sam Wyche; m...