ELECTRIC E-HAWKS! #11 Emmetsburg Community Schools sweeps Sioux Central 3-0, advancing to the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) Class 2A-Region 3 semifinals. Emmetsburg will host Central Lyon in the next round on Monday. WATCH HERE 🏐⬇️ https://www.siouxlandproud.com/sports/local-high-school-volleyball-highlights-and-scores-10-22-25/ | KCAU 9 News

Meanwhile ... the Cork Jazz Festival is in full swing with jazz bands and revellers bringing colour, rhythm and energy to the heart of Cork City. For more Cork Jazz 2025 throughout the weekend, click the link in the comments. 📹: Chani Anderson & Dan Linehan | Irish Examiner

Did you know Halloween actually began in Ireland? 🇮🇪 Long before pumpkins and trick-or-treating, the ancient Celts celebrated Samhain — a festival marking the end of harvest and the start of winter. It was believed the veil between the living and the dead was thinnest, so people lit fires, wore disguises to ward off spirits, and carved terrifying faces into turnips, not pumpkins! 🎃 When Irish emigrants later brought the tradition to America, turnips were swapped for the much easier-to-carve p