Tuesday Reads

 Thanks to forensics and genetic genealogy, remains found some 40 years ago were identified as a musician of note, one Frank Little, a songwriter and guitarist known for his work with the 1960s R&B group, The Ojays.

Little, who would be 78 if he was still alive, was born in Cleveland in 1943. He was with the O’Jays in the mid-60s, writing several songs, including “Do the Jerk” and “Oh, How You Hurt Me.” The band is best known for its hits that include “Love Train.”

Little served in the U.S. Army for two years, including in the Vietnam War. He was last known to live in the area of East 105th Street and Superior Avenue in Cleveland and it is believed he was alive into at least the mid-1970s. Not much is known about his disappearance.

The case is being invesigated as a homicide.

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SD governor Kristi Noem is up for re-election next year, so, after she vetoed a similar bill, she has decided to back a new bill to preserve women's sports for women.

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