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UPDATE: 78-year-old Annie Tisdale has been found safe on February 18, 2026, police confirmed.

78-year-old Annie Tisdale from Abbeville, South Carolina remains missing. She was last seen around 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, 2026. She was wearing a black dress with white polka dots and a cowboy hat. She may be driving her 2015 black Toyota Tacoma with South Carolina license plate 331860W. Her vehicle entered Lavonia, Georgia at about 6:21 a.m. on Sunday, February 15. It left around 7:38 a.m. that same day.

The Lavonia Police Department and Abbeville Police Department have searched the area. They continue to seek public help to locate her safely. If you have any information or see her or the vehicle, please call 911 immediately.

(Photo: Lavonia Police Department)

This soup gets its name because it’s that dang addicting!

This Keto Crack Chicken Bacon Soup is rich, creamy, and packed with cheese and crispy bacon. 🥓🧀 A low-carb comfort meal everyone will love.

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If you ever want to start a beautiful argument in a bar full of sports lovers, just lean back and ask, “Who was the greatest all-around athlete who ever lived?” Not the best scorer. Not the fastest runner. Not the strongest hitter. The best at everything.

Names will fly. Jim Thorpe. Bo Jackson. Deion Sanders. Maybe a few modern marvels. But somewhere in that noisy storm of opinions, one name always feels different when it finally lands on the table. Quieter. Heavier. Like it carries more gravity.

Jackie Robinson.

And not the Jackie most people think they know — the man who broke baseball’s color barrier. This is the Jackie before that, the one who walked around UCLA’s campus like a living myth, a young man so gifted that the rule books of sports themselves seemed too small to contain him.

A body built for everything

Imagine being so naturally athletic that you don’t have to specialize. You don’t have to choose. You just… walk into whatever arena exists, and you belong there.

That was Jackie at UCLA.

Baseball? He earned a varsity letter.
Football? Varsity letter.
Basketball? Varsity letter.
Track and field? Varsity letter.

Four sports. Four letters. One human being.

Most athletes fight their whole lives just to master one discipline. Jackie treated sports like languages — he was fluent in all of them. His body wasn’t built for a single movement. It was built for motion itself: fast, spring-loaded, balanced, explosive, endlessly adaptable.

On the football field, he wasn’t just good — he was terrifying. In 1939 and 1940, Jackie led the entire nation in punt return average. Let that sink in. Across all of college football, nobody was more dangerous with the ball in open space. He averaged 12.2 yards per carry in 1939, slashing through defenses like he could see gaps before they existed.

When Jackie caught a punt, the crowd leaned forward. Something was about to happen.

Then he walked into a gym…

If football showed his speed, basketball revealed his control. Jackie didn’t just score — he owned the floor. As a junior and senior, he led the Pacific Coast College Basketball Conference in scoring. Night after night, he was the guy everyone in the arena knew they couldn’t stop… and tried anyway.

Think about that combination: a football player’s power, a sprinter’s burst, and a basketball player’s touch. Jackie moved like someone who had been choreographed by physics itself — cutting, gliding, leaping, stopping on a dime.

And if you somehow managed to keep him from the rim? He’d still beat you with finesse.

Track didn’t slow him down either

Some athletes are fast in pads. Others are fast in shoes. Jackie was fast in air.

He still holds UCLA’s long jump record — decades later. That’s not just speed. That’s perfect timing, perfect lift, perfect coordination. That’s someone whose muscles fired in harmony, like they were reading the same sheet of music.

You don’t fluke your way into something like that. That’s rare-earth athleticism.

Then tennis? Of course.

In 1940, UCLA’s athletic department sent Jackie to the California State Tennis Tournament. Not as a hobbyist. Not as a novelty. As a competitor.

And he won.

Let that roll around in your head. The same man who ran through linebackers, drained jump shots, and flew through the air in track also picked up a tennis racket and beat specialists at their own craft.

Different muscles. Different footwork. Different rhythm. Same result.

Victory.

Years later… still beating the game

Time steals speed from everyone. Knees stiffen. Explosiveness fades. But even later in life, long after the cleats and spikes were gone, Jackie picked up golf — a sport that exposes flaws brutally.

And he shot in the 70s.

Not “pretty good for a former athlete.”
Actually good.

Because that’s who he was. No matter the field, no matter the rules, no matter the equipment — Jackie Robinson adapted, learned, mastered, and competed.

So who was the greatest all-around athlete?

Some people were stronger.
Some were faster.
Some hit harder, jumped higher, or threw farther.

But no one in American sports history ever did so many things at such an elite level.

Jackie Robinson wasn’t just versatile. He was complete.

And that’s what makes his greatness feel almost unfair — like he was born with a different blueprint, one that didn’t ask him to choose what kind of athlete he wanted to be.

Veteran Marine Michael Ryan Burke, 42, died after being shot at his home in Columbia, Missouri on January 18, 2026. What began as a normal Facebook Marketplace sale of an iPhone, turned into a robbery. In his final moments, Burke called 911 to describe the suspects and texted his mother, Erlinda Burke, and his sister, Maria Werly, "I'm dying and I love you."

Michael was a University of Missouri graduate with degrees in psychology and sociology. He served as a Force Reconnaissance Staff Sergeant with combat experience, worked as a firefighter for the City of Columbia, served as a pastor, and dedicated himself to missionary work in places like Uganda, Haiti, and Iraq, along with efforts against human trafficking.

Michael's longtime friend and fraternity brother Jerry Reifeiss said, "That was just Ryan. He always put people in front of him and wanted to make sure people knew how he felt."

Let us honor Michael's life by remembering his name. Rest in peace, Marine.

(Photo: Michael Ryan Burke)

Before The Wiz became a Broadway landmark, Geoffrey Holder was already shaping its vision from the ground up. He directed the original Broadway production of The Wiz and designed its unforgettable costumes, bringing a bold, Afrocentric imagination to the stage that audiences had never seen before.

In 1975, that vision made history. Holder became the first Black costume designer to win a Tony Award, and that same night, he also won a second Tony for directing the musical.

But The Wiz was only one chapter.

Geoffrey Holder was a painter whose work hung in major museums, a choreographer who understood movement as language, and a theatrical visionary who brought Caribbean influence and global style to American stages. Many also remember his commanding presence in films like Boomerang and Annie, where elegance and authority followed him onto the screen.

Offstage, he shared a lifelong creative partnership with his wife, dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade, one of the most enduring artistic unions of their time.

The brilliance people remember was never accidental.
It was intentional. Multidisciplinary. World-building.

If you grew up watching his work, you already understand why his legacy still feels larger than any single role.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey demanded that federal immigration enforcement agents leave the city after one person was killed in a shooting involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers that left one person dead.

The city is just the latest in the surge of a federal crackdown on immigration. The shooting occurred as the Department of Homeland Security launched its "largest operation ever" in the North Star State sending 2,000 federal agents.

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Minneapolis Public Schools are closing for two days after a woman, Renee Nicole Good, was shot by an ICE agent. She was later taken to the hospital but did not survive. To protect students and ensure their safety, classes will be canceled on January 8 and January 9 with no online learning, school leaders said in a statement.

All school activities, sports, and community programs are also canceled. Across Minneapolis, families are hurting, and parents are trying to explain what just happened to their children. Teachers are preparing to comfort students when they return.

(Photo: Minneapolis Public Schools)

“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I'd been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the Earth as though I had a right to be here." —James Baldwin

This Keto Egg Salad is great for a quick lunch packed with protein. It’s creamy, flavorful and of course has bacon! 🥓🥚 One of my favorites no matter what time of year it is.

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Got to show some love to Daniss for a career-high 15 assists

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This Easy Keto Chicken Marsala is a one-pan meal with tender chicken, mushrooms, and a creamy Marsala sauce—comfort food without the carbs! 🍄🍗