These are the top 5 biggest songs in Connecticut this week, voted by you! Listen to the Shooting Stars Countdown every weeknight at 8pm.
5 Post Malone (feat. Doja Cat) – I Like You (A Happier Song)
4 Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy
3 Steve Lacy – Bad Habit
2 OneRepublic – I Ain’t Worried
1 Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
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Every Thursday in The Feed Kevin talks to Kallie from ButFirstCoffee Blog.com about all things parenting, kids and mom life. If Halloween weekend snuck right up on you and you didn’t get a chance to pick up any costumes this year, don’t worry! Kallie has some great ideas for last minutes costumes you can put together just using things you probably already have around the house.
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With Halloween coming up next Monday I figured it was a perfect time to hook you up with $100 gift cards to Stop & Shop! So you can get that last minute candy, spooky decorations, or just this week’s groceries.
Play trivia every day at 4pm to win. Would you have got today’s question right?
Q: This is the most popular non-pumpkin Halloween decoration
A: Spiderwebs
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This story has sort of been everywhere the last few day. You might have seen it in your feed.
A coal miner in Kentucky had been wanted to take his 3-year-old son to a Kentucky basketball game and finally found the time last weekend. The only thing was he had to go straight from work in his dirty work clothes and covered head to tow in coal dust.
The photo of him and his son is now going viral you can see it here
The University of Kentucky basketball team was so was touched by the story that they have reached out and offered free tickets to the man and his son for any game this season. They will be attending a game in January against Kansas. When I’m sure he will have more time to plan and get ready around his work schedule.
A lot of the local businesses in the area have also offered his family free meals and a hotel room for that night. So nice! I love how sports brings people together like this.
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By now you’ve probably carved up a few Jack-O-Lanterns for your front porch. But why do we carve pumpkins anyway? Where did that come from?
The modern holiday we know as Halloween really started way back with the Irish festival, “Samhain,’ which was meant to recognize the transition from summer into winter.
During the festival people would have bonfires and it was believed that evil spirits lurked in the surrounding shadows near the fire. To keep the evil spirits away they would carve scary faces into hollowed out pumpkins, turnips, and various other crops. Then they would place them in the windows and along the road.
Now, they are mostly used as decoration. But always good to know that they could be keeping away a few evil doers at the same time.
How mighty are your thighs?! Crushing pumpkins with your thighs is trending so bets were made on who has the strongest thighs of the show.
A healthy way to relieve stress is screaming! Not just any kind of screaming, primal screaming. What is that and how do you do it? Check out the podcast!
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What’s better than one bowl of candy for Halloween? How about two bowls!? And there’s a reason why you might want to consider putting out the extra bowl this year… (:30)
Anna has three crazy news stories and Raven is going to pick one to talk about! Today his options are; A man who injured himself at a corn maze, a sheriff with a trippy childhood story, and a meat theft ring! (3:43)
Every parent takes a little candy out of their kid’s Halloween bag, but if you do it on Halloween night, that’s all I need to know about you! (7:41)
Could you crush a pumpkin with your thighs? Anna tasked Producer Sean with trying it out, but Producer Jon suggested a challenge of his own… (11:13)
Could you guess a candy bar just by hearing the ingredients? If you can do it, Anna and Raven have a $75 Target gift card for you! (18:30)
Can you tell a scary story in one sentence? Raven has a real life one sentence scary story that everyone can relate to! (20:26)
Are Anna and Raven smarter than 5th graders? They definitely are not, but they invited 5th grade teacher Miss Ayette to figure out which one of them is smarter! (23:54)
How do you relieve stress? Apparently screaming at the top of your lungs can help, but you have to do it a particular way… (27:53)
Have you ever wondered about the afterlife? Anna and Raven are joined by Medium Patricia Griffin to perform a séance! (31:49)
Zach and Nicky have elaborate Halloween decoarations in their yard. This year there was a complaint with one section of the yard that has severed plastic baby doll heads. The town reached out saying that it may have gone too far but it was up to them if they wanted to remove it. Zach says no way, it’s their yard and it’s Halloween! Scary is scary! Nicky says it’s not their goal to anger the neighbors. What would you do? (35:49)
Jessica has got a shot at $2200! Can she beat Raven in pop culture trivia and claim the prize? (43:15)
25+ things to do in Connecticut on Halloween weekend Stamford Advocate
Sun is finally in the forecast WTNH
No one hits Powerball jackpot, new drawing climbs to estimated $800 million WTNH
Resources in CT for National Drug Take Back Day WTNH
Guilford High School hosts prom for students with special needs WTNH
Female marine in Farmington turns 100 years old WTNH
$1 million Powerball ticket sold in CT WFSB
Big Y Recipe of the Week: Spooky Ghost Pretzel Rods WFSB
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Every Wednesday Kevin is joined by Nick Johnston, TV and Film writer for Vanyaland.com. This week as we get closer to Halloween weekend Nick gives us a few spooky streaming picks and the newest buzzed about scary movie hitting theaters that isn’t for anyone with a fear of clowns.
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