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Just weeks after retiring from his Westwood One syndicated show, longtime Talk personality Jim Bohannon has passed away at the age of 78. Bohannon stepped down from his show in October after being off the air for most of the summer for unnamed health reasons. He began his radio career in 1960 at KLWT in his hometown of Lebanon, Missouri. Following college and military service during the Vietnam War, he returned to radio in the Washington DC market as a newscaster at 980 WRC, 1050 WGAY and 1500 WTOP. He later worked as a morning anchor at WCFL Chicago and...

His name was Tamarris Bohannon. He was 29 years old when killed in the line of duty in St. Louis. He leaves behind a wife and three children. By all accounts he was a good man and good copST. LOUIS – The family of the St. Louis police officer who was shot and killed wants to make sure he is remembered for his commitment to his community – and more importantly, his family. “Family was priority. That was on top of his list. It was very important,” Alfred Bohannon said. Bohannon’s son, Tamarris, was shot Saturday while responding to a...

When Heather Wilson was picked to be secretary of the Air Force, she told the Senate: “Air Force policy must continue to ensure that all airmen are able to choose to practice their particular religion.” Now, she has a chance to prove it.On Wednesday, the Family Research Council’s Lt. General Jerry Boykin and Travis Weber gave Wilson 77,024 reasons to reconsider the action taken against Col. Leland Bohannon.A distinguished combat pilot, Bohannon has served his country for more than 20 years. In May, the reputation he’d built in the Air Force came crashing down when his superiors decided that the...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police have identified the two men shot to death at a Golden Corral restaurant on the Westside. The shooting happened Sunday night at a Golden Corral on Normandy Boulevard. A conversation between people in two cards led to gunfire. One man died at the scene. The other died at the hospital. The victims have been identified as 24-year-old Andrew Austin Bohannon and 19-year-old Matthew Bohannon. Police say they have surveillance video of the incident. JSO says they are looking for multiple suspects in the shooting. They have not released any other information, including a description of the...

John O'Neill will be on the Jim Bohannon Show tonight at 10:00

Radio talk show host Jim Bohannon coined the phrase "militant moderate" to describe himself, and he says the terms are far from being an oxymoron. "I feel passionately and strongly about" being a moderate, Bohannon said. "Too much emphasis has been placed on extremes … Too many people think moderates are sort of wimpy and lacking in result." And the nationally syndicated talk-show host tried to disprove that yesterday at a local Rotary Club luncheon, where he delivered a speech on the United States after Sept. 11. While the tragedies have unified the country, Bohannon said, he also believes Americans...