The Rizzo & Jeff Show

Rizzo & Jeff Full Show Friday 4/17
Rizzo & Jeff Full Show Friday 4/17

Rizzo sounds like he would run the block at Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women…Let’s get to Opening Audio…A California woman sued Carnival Cruise for $300,000 and won after serving her 14 shots of tequila in an 8-hour span. She ended up falling down some stairs and hurting herself after she was over-served…Malcolm in the Middle stars Frankie Muniz and Bryan Cranston interviewed each other for Esquire’s “Inquiring Minds”…The corpse flower at Holyoke College in Massachusetts has bloomed again. It’s a flower known to smell awful and like rotting meat. The first time it bloomed was in 2023…A judge has ordered the release of surveillance video that reportedly shows Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney inside Town Hall without pants…Asheville is the most lethal big city in the state for cyclists…A popular donut spot in Asheville’s South Slope has gone dark after more than 10 years in business…Spirit Airlines could dissolve as soon as today and leave passengers who have already booked tickets stranded at airports…Home shopping network QVC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection in Texas to cut $5.3 billion off its debt load…A father suffered severe burns and may lose his hand after getting caught in live electrical wires while trying to rescue his daughter’s cat…A man from western Washington faces animal cruelty charges after being accused of using a metal sign to attack a nesting goose…In a new report, Airbnb says its rentals generated more than $93 billion for the national economy in 2025, including $3 billion in North Carolina…Kim Kardashian and her mom, Kris Jenner, demanded Ray J pay them $7 million for breaching their secret 2023 deal over the infamous sex tape…The hunt for Nancy Guthrie in her cold case may have just hit a turning point … because the FBI is using new technology to zero in on DNA evidence…A 46-year-old Palm Coast man, who is running for governor and previously ran for mayor, was arrested after a disturbance with a weapon…A delivery person is accused of attacking another delivery driver over the weekend in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood…Now that Rizzo finally got his Japanese story in we can all check out Bruce Jenner’s small business and then we can check out this Friday edition of The Rizzo & Jeff Show!!

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