Page 37 - Faron Young News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Dissecting Shreveport’s Country Music Legend Faron Young Faron Young was a country music musician who took Nashville by storm from the 50s through the 70s. But, his beginnings were a little more humble. Faron was born in Shreveport Louisiana on February 25th, 1932 to a family that worked on a dairy farm on the outskirts of town. The future country music star, according to his six siblings was the only one of the six that could carry a tune. Apparently he was good at it as well. Faron use to hang out on his porch near the fence where the cows were kept, and would play guitar and sing for th...

Article content Owen Sound country music legend and arguably the city’s greatest entertainer Alfie Fromager has died. Mr. Fromager, who packed southern Ontario music venues for decades, was 87 when he passed away on Thursday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Owen Sound music legend Alfie Fromager dies Back to video He is being remembered by friends and family as a great entertainer, family man and all-around amazing person. That is exactly how Scott MacGregor, who played alongside Mr. Fromager in the late 1970s and early 1980s, was remembering ...

Kitchen renovations always top the list of home improvements we all love to do. That and bathroom upgrades.

On this day in Black History… Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, located near Cheyney, Pennsylvania, was founded on February 25, 1837, making it the oldest predominantly African American institution of higher education in the United States. It was originally known as the African Institute was renamed the Institute of Colored Youth in 1852. In 1842 Charles Lenox Remond became one of the first African Americans to give testimony before a state legislature when he addressed a committee of the Massachusetts House of Representatives investigating discrimination in public transportation. Her...

My father would load my sister and me into his ‘52 Chevy truck, and he’d steer down the gravel road leading to the homestead where my mom was raised.