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Thursday, August 28, 202508/28/2025

The average person uses this 2.7 times a year.

A: The DVD Player!

Friday, August 15, 202508/15/2025

No one knows where the name of this very common animal came from.

A:  Dog! A linguist says “dog” only became the standard term within the past 500 years or so.  During the…

Thursday, August 7, 202508/07/2025

Cortland Opry Show

In Sunday in the Country

I’m beyond thrilled to be invited to be in the NYS Country Music Hall of Fame. Here’s a great recording…

Friday, July 25, 202507/25/2025

Created in 1920, no one knows the origin of this product’s name.

A:  7-Up

Friday, July 11, 202507/11/2025

Most guess 2 feet but these are actually 10 feet long each!

A:  White lines in the road!

Thursday, May 8, 202505/08/2025

Americans throw out 26 million of these every day!

A:  Batteries!

Tuesday, March 25, 202503/25/2025

Apparently there’s 1.1 Million American homes without one of these.

A:  A Toilet! At least not indoor plumbing so they have to use an outhouse or hole in the ground.

Friday, March 7, 202503/07/2025

Estimates say there’s more of these in plastic than there are real ones.

A:  Flamingos!

Tuesday, December 24, 202412/24/2024

The Wake Up Q Christmas Special 2024

All the wonderful performances in one place. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!!

Wednesday, December 18, 202412/18/2024

New numbers are in: This year, 110 million of us will admit to this.

A:  Re-gifting (or re-selling gifts.

Headlines

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Hurricanes thriving in high-pressure playoff settings as Stanley Cup Final shifts West for Game 3

The Carolina Hurricanes have spent months regrouping quickly after losses and they have proven unshaken by the challenge of playing in hostile arenas or in next-goal-wins extra time.

2 days ago in Sports, Trending

Bears say they are moving forward with Northwest Indiana location for new stadium

The Chicago Bears are looking to build a stadium in Northwest Indiana after a proposal to provide financial incentives for the NFL team to build its new home in Illinois stalled in the state legislature.

2 days ago in Crime, Local, Regional

Ithaca teen pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter

18-year-old Michael Blake pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular manslaughter, a felony, and misdemeanor driving while impaired by drugs.

2 days ago in Education, Local

Cornell researchers find 5.5M ground nesting bees in Ithaca’s East Lawn Cemetery

Cornell researchers have discovered one of the largest and oldest recorded aggregations of ground nesting bees in the world at the East Lawn Cemetery.

2 days ago in Local

Cortland County Office for the Aging hosting free scam prevention program

The free program will be held on Tuesday, June 16th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Age Well Center at 165 Main Street in Cortland.

2 days ago in Community, Crime, Local

Ithaca man charged with making terroristic threat

On June 4, 29-year-old Muhammad Jones allegedly made threatening statements on his New York State Predator Alert 2.0 Facebook page, one of four he operates.