Trending News July 8, 2025

Our top trending stories for this Tuesday July 8, 2025. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to West Michigan's morning news. Steve, Kelly, Laurence Smith
is back. Red Kit has always been here. It is Tuesday,
July eighteen, twenty twenty five. I'm sorry, Mike's not a
trending segment brought to you by Consumers Energy, dedicated to
Michigan and the communities.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
We searched what's not online and what's talked now at
Woodradio dot.

Speaker 3 (00:21):
How this is the trending now.

Speaker 4 (00:23):
Report on Wood Radio.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Reserve you thirty seconds for rebubtal. That's at the end.
Search and rescue teams continue to search for victims of
flash flooding in parts of Texas that has already killed
over one hundred people. Now, Mother Kelly Rabbin describes on
Fox News Channels Fox News at Night how one of
her sons was at camp less than six miles away

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from camp, missed it and was struck in his cabin
when it was flooded.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
He ended up in the rafters of his bunk. And
this is a kid who just graduated kindergarten.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
More throughout the morning, as they optimistically hope to find
more survivors, President Trump hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin net
and Yahoo at the White House yesterday, as a ceasefire
in Gaza remains a top priority. Prime Minister answered a
reporter's question about the possibility of a two state solution
to solve the conflict.

Speaker 4 (01:21):
I think Poston should have all the powers to govern themselves,
but none of the powers to threaten us. That means
the certain powers like overall security, will always remain in
our hands.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
He went on to say there could be peace in
the entire Middle East with President Trump's leadership, and speaking
of which, while hosting Prime Minister net and Yahoo, President
Trump was asked about Terrence.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
We're always subject to negotiate something that's fair, but we've
talked to most of the countries and pretty much they've
had their way for many, many decades.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
You'll hear more as we continue this morning at online
Atwoodradio dot com.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
All Right, Also trending, are you guys? A Detroit journalist
and an ex prosecutor claim they've solved the mystery of
Jimmy hoffa Oh good, nearly fifty years old mystery now
investigative reporter Scott Bernstein, a retired federal prosecutor, Richard Conventterno,
and former mobster turned informant nove Toko say they're going

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to reveal their findings at a presentation on July twenty
third at McComb Community College. Why wait, Bernstein's a long
time Detroit journalist and crime historian. Now the website says
the trio will host an eighty minute presentation that will
include the actual name of the person who killed Jimmy
Hoffa as long as as well as never before seen

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photos from FBI investigative files, followed by forty minute Q
and A. Now, the Detroit News did ask Bernstein why
he hasn't alerted the FBI with this new info, and
he told them, oh, the agency already knows. They might
not come out and say it, but the FBI has
come to the same conclusion we have. Really, so we'll
have to see.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
Oh all right, should we be doing a live broadcast
from there?

Speaker 4 (03:05):
Right?

Speaker 1 (03:06):
A lot of theories about this over the years, and
now we're going to finally find out.

Speaker 3 (03:09):
Do you know what today?

Speaker 1 (03:10):
I'm sort of optimistic actually, now that you interested. Yeah, sorry, no,
do I know what today is?

Speaker 4 (03:15):
Yes?

Speaker 3 (03:16):
No, Opening day of the twenty twenty five Beer City
Open Pickleball Championships. Good night, Major League pick a Ball
was added last year and all twenty two teams are
going to be in attendance this year for the twenty
twenty five event. This event has just gone gangbusters since

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it was opened up in two thousand and eighteen. It
had fourigner participants. Now they sell out every year with
over one thousand participants. Last year, a semi final match
for Major League pick a Ball was streamed on ESPN two.
ESPN is going to through their Sports Center series where
they're traveling in the fifty States be here on Thursday

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to do some things. But last year the economic impact
is two point four million dollars. Now I did not go.
I know you have been with Sandy. I'm excited to
go this year. There is a pass, but there's gonna
be celebrities all around this week check it out. So excited.
We're gonna have Andrea Coop, co founder of the Beer
City Open and professional pickball player, coming up at seven

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thirty six with more details.

Speaker 1 (04:19):
Yeah, we got to find out more about that. It's
a ticketed event this year.

Speaker 4 (04:22):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (04:22):
We'll talk a little bit about parking as well, because
it's something if you played pickleball you don't want to miss.
Those are just some of the stories we are following
for you.