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Vivian Trimble, a singer and keyboardist best known as a member of the stylish 1990s rock band Luscious Jackson, died Tuesday. She was 59.

Her former bandmates announced her death in an Instagram post that said Trimble had “been in treatment for cancer for several years and developed a complication on Monday.”

“We were not expecting this,” read the statement by the group, which also included singer Jill Cunniff, guitarist Gabby Glaser and drummer Kate Schellenbach. “We are devastated beyond words to lose our graceful sister.”

Once described by Mike D of the Beastie Boys as “somewhere between Hole and the Indigo Girls,” Luscious Jackson played a funky and melodic brand of alternative rock that seamlessly blended samples and live instrumentation; the music, which documented life in the band’s native New York City with wit and attitude, was built on sturdy, low-slung grooves yet showcased elements drawn from the many genres the members absorbed growing up in New York.

“Back in the early ’80s, one night you would be in a hip-hop club, the next night you would be at a Bad Brains show, the next night you would be at a reggae club,” Glaser told The Times in 1997. “It was a fantastic time for a young brain to be influenced by music.”

Named after the ’60s basketball star Lucious Jackson, the quartet was long associated with the similarly eclectic Beastie Boys, for whom Schellenbach played drums in the early ’80s and whose Grand Royal label released its records.

Luscious Jackson scored its biggest chart hit in 1996 with the lithe and propulsive “Naked Eye,” which peaked at No. 36 on Billboard’s Hot 100; the single came from the group’s second album, “Fever In Fever Out,” which it recorded with esteemed producer Daniel Lanois. The band also had songs featured in the movies “Clueless,” “Good Will Hunting” and “A Life Less Ordinary.”

Trimble was born May 24, 1963; her parents were classical musicians, she told Out magazine in 2000, and she spent her childhood between the United States and France. Citing female punk bands like the Slits and the Raincoats as inspirations, Luscious Jackson formed in 1991 and released its debut EP, “In Search of Manny,” in 1992; “Natural Ingredients,” the band’s first full-length, came out in 1994 and earned admiring reviews from Rolling Stone, NME and The Times.

Trimble and Cunniff formed an acoustic-based side project, Kostars, which released an album in 1996 with guest spots from Dean and Gene Ween of the comic rock act Ween. Trimble also played with the Breeders’ Josephine Wiggs in a mellow, ’60s-ish duo called Dusty Trails, which released a self-titled LP in 2000 that featured an appearance by Emmylou Harris.

Trimble — whose survivors include her husband, David, and their two children, Nathaniel and Rebecca — left Luscious Jackson in 1998. The group continued without her for “Electric Honey” in 1999, then split up in 2000 before reuniting without Trimble to make 2013’s “Magic Hour.”

CADDO PARISH, La. (KSLA) - A 22-year-old man disappeared from his home and was found deceased days later.

On Saturday, Jan. 14, just before 1 p.m., Micah Roberts was found deceased in a heavily wooded area behind his grandparents’ home, during an organized search.

A death investigation is underway.

On the morning of Jan. 11, Micah Roberts was reported missing to the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office (CPSO) around 8 am. He was last seen leaving his grandparents’ home in the 12000 block of Boyter Lane on Wednesday after 1 a.m., wearing a white shirt and khaki pants.

Katrina Roberts, Roberts’ mother, got a call from him the same day he left his grandparents’ house. He called at 2:45 p.m. She answered the phone and stayed on the line for 50 minutes before the reception gave out.

During the phone call, no verbal communication was able to be made.

It is not confirmed that Roberts was the person that answered the phone, but his mother assumes it was her son.

“A person that does not want to be found would not answer and stay on the phone for 50 minutes,” emphasized Roberts.

She says her son is the type of person that goes out into the woods and camps. She believes that’s what led to his disappearance; he is possibly lost and injured in the woods, according to his mother.

Roberts has long, wavy hair and thin facial hair. He weighs 125 pounds and is 5′11 with fair skin.

He left the house with a camouflage fleece jacket, white shirt, and athletic pants.

Accordingly, the only traces of him at this time is a footprint found near his home, his shoes were found inside, so he is barefoot.

Micah Roberts was found deceased in a heavily wooded area behind his grandparents’ home during an organized search.

Deputies describe the man as being a very private person who likes to explore.

CPSO assumes he may be lost. As the search continues, other agencies, local and out of state, deployed personnel to the area. The Texas Department of Public Safety Air Support Operations provided an airplane and Life Air provided a helicopter to search the area from above. The Marion County Sheriff’s Department, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Shreveport Fire K9 Search & Rescue, and a K9 volunteer group from Texarkana provided extra support on the ground.

The man’s phone has pinged a location over a four-mile radius.

The search will continue until all options are exhausted.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Caddo Sheriff’s Office at 318-675-2170.

He was last seen wearing a white shirt and khaki pants.

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STEVENS POINT, Wis.--University of Wisconsin-La Crosse secured the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Baseball Tournament (presented by Culver’s) with a 7-3 triumph over UW-Whitewater at Zimmermann Field on May 13.

The tournament title is the fourth in program history and first since 2016. UW-La Crosse (31-9) also claimed the conference’s automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Championship.

The Warhawks (30-13) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Donovan Brandl singled with two outs after UW-La Crosse's Tyler Schmitt struck out the first two batters. Brandl went to second on a wild pitch and then scored on Adam Cootway's single.

The Eagles tied the game in the bottom of the inning on Anthony Vivian’s solo home run. UW-La Crosse took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third on singles from Chris VandenHeuvel and Jack Olver to start the inning. Vivian followed with a single to score VandenHeuvel to give the Eagles a one-run lead.

The Eagles extended their lead in the fourth with a pair of runs. George Seaman and Jordan Williams walked to lead-off the inning and Jack Moran’s infield single loaded the bases. After a strikeout, Olver's single knocked in Seaman to give UW-La Crosse a 3-1 lead. Williams then scored on a wild pitch to make it 4-1.

UW-Whitewater cut the margin to 4-2 in the sixth, but UW-La Crosse responded with a run in the bottom of the frame. Cootway had a sacrifice fly scoring Matt Scolan for the Warhawks in the sixth. In the bottom of the inning, Williams doubled and went to third on a wild pitch. VandenHeuvel's sacrifice fly knocked in Williams for a 5-2 lead.

UW-La Crosse added single runs in the seventh and eighth. Vivian hit his second home run of the game and 16th of the year in the seventh. His 16 home runs ties the single-season school record of Born set last year. Williams singled to lead-off the bottom of the eighth, moved to second on Moran's bunt single and advanced to third on a UW-Whitewater throwing error. Williams then scored on VandenHeuvel's fielder's choice for a 7-2 lead.

Schmitt (6-2) earned the win, pitching 7.0 innings, allowing five hits and two runs (one earned) while striking out six. Caleb Matl went 2.0 innings, allowing two hits. UW-La Crosse finished with 12 hits as Vivian and Williams each went 3-for-3. Vivian had two home runs, two walks and three RBI while Williams scored three times. Olver went 2-for-5 with an RBI while Moran finished 2-for-4. VandenHeuvel had a pair of RBI.

Brandl (2-3) took the loss for UW-Whitewater, going 3.1 innings, allowing seven hits, four runs and four walks with two strikeouts. The Warhawks totaled seven hits with Scolan going 2-for-4.

Vivian Girls, “Memory” (Polyvinyl)

The first album in eight years from the reunited trio moves with distorted energy, with each short, sharp punk song making its point and repeating it a few times before driving to the coda. That shouldn’t surprise. Across three sublimely abrasive records starting in 2008, core members Cassie Ramone and Katy Goodman coupled first-wave punk’s DIY intransigence with an affection for Ronettes- and Lesley Gore-style harmoniousness.

The band was born in Brooklyn, but during a hiatus Goodman relocated to Los Angeles and issued records as La Sera. Ramone went solo too. Last year the pair reunited with drummer Ali Koehler in Los Angeles and committed anew to Vivian Girls, a moniker drawn from the reclusive Chicago artist Henry Darger’s epic works.

The 12 songs on “Memory” reveal musicians who have grown both as artists and technicians, even if their approach is as impatient as ever. Unlike another reunited band, Sleater-Kinney, Vivian Girls haven’t gone glossy or aimed at the crossover crowd. Instead, they’ve dug deeper into their decade-long aesthetic, adding a more accomplished sound below while piling mounds of feathery stuff up top.

The whole album comes and goes in 34 minutes. The wash of distorted guitars that flood through “Sick” nearly overwhelm Goodman and Ramone’s verses and choruses, which they sing in layered unison, as if an army of Vivian Girls was marching on Glandelinian overlords.

Chulita Sue Problema (a.k.a. Spin and Sparkle), “Encuentros Cercanos” mix (Chulita Vinyl Club)

Like Wu-Tang Clan, BTS or Menudo, members of the Chulita Vinyl Club combined forces as a way to multiply the power. The DJ collective is, in its own words, “made up of women, gender-non-conforming, non-binary, LGBTQ+ and self-identifying people of color” with chapters across the Southwest.

In California, the club spins in both Southern and Northern California. Like the other branches, its stated mission includes using “music and vinyl as a form of resistance against the erasure of culture.”

A noble cause, one made more so by their combined aesthetic. The club documents its DJ nights and festival appearances across social media and regularly updates its Soundcloud with mixes that jump from funk, soul and disco to vintage cumbia and Tejano.

Though each has its charms, the recent party mix “Encuentros Cercanos” (“Close Encounters”) from San Francisco-based Rebecca Gonzales — who DJs as both Chulita Sue Problema and Spin and Sparkle — is particularly beguiling.

A mostly instrumental set, Sue Problema (who is a children’s librarian by day) selects cuts so obscure that Shazam can’t track them: cheesy Casio-toned salsa songs, organ-driven mariachi marches and surf-inspired Peruvian chicha music. Luckily, the club posts its track lists. One highlight: As performed by Fito Olivaras y Su Grupo, the oddball ’80s cumbia song “E.T.” celebrates Steven Spielberg’s alien character with lines sung by a helium-pitched, would-be extraterrestrial.

Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer announced her retirement Saturday after 50 years in college basketball.

She finished with 1,055 wins — fourth all-time among Division I women’s basketball coaches. Stringer made four Final Four appearances and reached the NCAA Tournament 28 times while leading Cheyney State, Iowa and Rutgers. Stringer was emotional when she talked to her team Friday night on a Zoom call.

“I am officially announcing my retirement,” Stringer in a statement. “My life has been defined by coaching and I’ve been on this journey for over five decades. It is rare that someone gets to do what they love for this long and I have been fortunate to do that. I love Rutgers University for the incredible opportunity they offered me and the tremendous victories we achieved together.”

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The 74-year-old coach had been on leave this past season because of COVID-19 concerns. She signed a five-year extension before going on leave last April. Her retirement becomes effective Sept. 1, and she agreed to an $872,988 retirement buyout. Rutgers will name its basketball court in her honor next season.

Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway said naming the court after her is “a fitting and indelible tribute to one of the greatest coaches of all time.” He called Stringer “an icon” whose impact has been “felt across our campuses, around the state and throughout the nation.”

Stringer has coached at Rutgers since 1995, winning 535 games. She led the Scarlet Knights to the NCAA title game in 2007, when they lost to Tennessee.

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The school’s appearance in 2000 made Stringer the first men’s or women’s coach to guide three different programs to the Final Four. She led Cheyney State to the first NCAA title game in 1982 and Iowa to the national semifinals in 1993.

“Coach Stringer is a titan in college basketball, inspiring generations of student-athletes and coaches to pursue excellence on and off the court,” Rutgers athletic director Pat Hobbs said. “Her place in the history of the game is cemented, but more remarkable is the legions of young women whose lives she helped shape.”

She started her coaching career in 1971-72 at Cheyney State in Pennsylvania.

“I am forever indebted to all the coaches who I worked beside,” Stringer said. “Some were former players, some were colleagues, but all were friends and family at the end of the day and were my most trusted relationships.

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“To the young ladies that I was fortunate to have coached and mentored into the women and leaders of today, keep pushing the barriers, keep pushing for your spot at the table, and always know who you are.”

At Iowa, Stringer elevated the program starting in 1983, setting an attendance record in 1985 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Stringer left Iowa to coach at Rutgers following the death of her husband, Bill.

“There’s always a soft spot in my heart for the University of Iowa and Dr. Christine Grant for giving me my first major coaching position.… She was a strong believer in women’s rights and that’s a responsibility that I have championed and will continue to take up the fight for.”

Stringer has been an inspiration to many Black female coaches, including South Carolina’s Dawn Staley, who won her second national championship April 3.

“Coach Stringer thank you for elevating our game,” Staley tweeted. “The strength of your shoulders allowed us to stand tall. We will forever keep your legacy in our hearts. Thank you Coach Stringer.”

Stringer‘s teams won 20 or more games 37 times in her career, finishing with a 1,055-426 record (.712 winning percentage). She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001 and enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. Stringer also served as an assistant coach on the 2004 U.S. Olympic team that won a gold medal.

The school will begin a search for a new coach immediately. Associate head coach Tim Eatman had taken over for Stringer in her absence.

“This was the hardest decision of my life, but I thank God he has allowed me to do the thing I love most,” she said. “I am ready to start my new journey and spending more time with my family, children and grandchildren. I am truly blessed to have had so many wonderful people in my life.”