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To those who knew him longest, Bruce McKenzie had always been a drummer. The youngest of 11 kids, Bruce was born six months after his father, Harold, drowned in Burlington Bay; he was raised by his mother, Lennie, and his eldest siblings, sister Thelma and brother Joe. It was Thelma who first noticed her baby brother's inherent sense of rhythm: He would keep time with a knife and fork on any surface he could find.

PELLA — After a slow start to the season, Pella capped off a fourth straight win to enter the holiday break with a 75-48 victory over Oskaloosa on Friday.

During Wednesday’s memorial service for Van Lighty, mourners at March Funeral Home were treated to a video of the drummer demonstrating his craft to students in the Richmond Youth Jazz

Documentary filmmaker Sam Pollard will receive Black Public Media's Trailblazer Award at a ceremony in April, honoring his prolific career.

Scholar Michael Sawyer brings the political philosophy of Malcolm X to bear on the horrors taking place in Gaza.