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The next president of liberia will be the former International Football star, george weah. He wept with joy as he waved to jubilant supporters in monrovia, after winning more than 60 of the vote. With him was his running mate, Jewel Howard Taylor, the ex wife of the disgraced former president , charles taylor. George weah was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon dor award and he made his name playing for ac milan. For the last three years, hes served as a liberian senator. When he becomes president next month, it will be liberias first democratic transition in more t...

Thursday, March 11, 2021 1:00 am June 23, 1961: Demolishing interior of Lyric Theater COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette In 1961, the auditorium of the old Lyric Theater downtown was demolished as part of planned renovations to turn the building's lobby and second-floor into storefronts and office with a parking lot in the rear. The building at 1014 S. Calhoun St., just south of Washington Boulevard in the block where the Hilton now stands, had been built in 1908 and was home to vaudeville and traveling shows. In the early 1920s, it became the Riley Theater burlesque house and in 1926 was pu...