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Austin 360 When guitarist Sophia Johnson and steel guitarist Rose Sinclair teamed up to lead the backing band for a tribute to legendary Texas songwriter Cindy Walker at the Ameripolitan Music Awards in February 2019, they didn’t expect to be forming their own band a short while later. But the formation of Ida Red turned out to be a natural outgrowth from that night. The awards show performance “was a real success,” Sinclair recalled on a recent sunny Sunday afternoon at Sam’s Town Point, which has become Ida Red’s home base as a live act. “And I'm not just saying that; everybody ...

TODAY IN HISTORY Associated Press Today is Saturday, May 1, the 121st day of 2021. There are 244 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden during a U.S. commando operation (because of the time difference, it was early May 2 in Pakistan, where the al-Qaida leader met his end). On this date: In 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotland took effect. In 1915, the RMS Lusitania set sail from New York, headed for Liverpool, England (it was torpedoed and sunk by Ge...

HUNTINGTON — Indictments returned last year against two former Cabell County politicians have been dismissed due to what a judge ruled as an improper presentment of evidence to jurors. Thomas McCallister, a former Huntington City Council member and mayoral candidate, was indicted last year on charges of malicious assault and use of a firearm during commission of a felony, and his brother, Johnny McCallister, a retired Cabell County magistrate, was charged with wanton endangerment involving a firearm. The investigation into the men began April 27, 2019, after police were dispatched to a s...

Austin 360 UPDATE, Feb. 1: This story was updated after organizers announced that the Texas Winter Nights series has been moved from Barton Creek Square to Carson Creek Ranch, 701 Dalton Lane in southeast Austin. More details at texaswinternights.com. Following drive-in music events that arose last year during the pandemic in locations such as Bee Cave's Hill Country Galleria and Cedar Park's Haute Spot, a new series dubbed Texas Winter Nights is set for the first two weeks of February at Carson Creek Ranch. Performers include Reverend Horton Heat, Vallejo and Band of Heathens. Tickets, p...

HUNTINGTON — Two former Huntington politicians indicted in a 2019 shooting that left a man paralyzed asked Chief Cabell Circuit Court Judge Gregory Howard to dismiss those indictments due to a “fundamentally unfair” presentation to the grand jury. Thomas McCallister, a former Huntington City Council member and mayoral candidate, was indicted in September on charges of malicious assault and use of a firearm during commission of a felony, and his brother, Johnny McCallister, a retired Cabell County magistrate, was charged with wanton endangerment involving a firearm. The investig...