The Academy of Country Music announced the Radio Awards nominees for the 53rd ACM Awards. Nominees include Ty, Kelly & Chuck (pictured with Blake Shelton), Country Gold With Terri Clark and more. The Radio Awards will be presented at the annual Radio Winners reception on Saturday, April 14, the day prior to the ACM Awards…… MORE
Chris Stapleton Earns Rare Album Trifecta on Billboard Chart
After winning three Grammys on Jan. 28 for Best Country Album (From A Room: Vol. 1), Best Country Song (“Broken Halo”) and Best Country Solo Performance (“Either Way”), Chris Stapleton is feeling a “Grammy Bump” on all fronts The No. 1, 2 and 3 spots on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart this week belong to…… MORE
Winner of $560M Powerball Sues to Remain Anonymous
As the winner of last month’s $560 million Powerball, wants to collect the jackpot but wants to remain anonymous and taking it to court. The woman, identified in court papers as “Jane Doe,” filed a lawsuit. New Hampshire lottery rules require the winner’s name, town and amount won be available for public information. FULL STORY: HERE In a statement,…… MORE
Scientists Found Chemical in McDonald’s Fries May Cure Baldness
Fries fries and cure for baldness are now linked. Scientists at Japan’s Yokohama University have found dimethylpolysiloxane can grow hair on bald mice, and they think it could do the same on bald humans. So if you see any mice with really good hair, thank dimethylpolysiloxane. According to a study, hair follicle germs using the silicone additive were transplanted…… MORE
Dallas Landed at No. 52 on the Best Cities for Singles
Dallas No. 52 is pretty good considering there is 182 Cities that were sampled in the study. Dallas scored 54.36 which was slightly less than West Valley City, UT. Wallethub ranked more than 180 U.S. cities across 32 key indicators of dating-friendliness. Still single? Keep in mind that 45 percent of the adult population in the…… MORE
Weatherford Teacher, 38, Dies from The Flu
Her name was Heather Holland, a wife, and mother two children, a 7 year-old son and 10-year-old daughter, her husband said she had no previous medical condition and died from after she went into septic shock. Last Monday she started feeling sick, on Wednesday she was diagnosed with Influenza-B and developed pneumonia. But, she wasn’t getting…… MORE
Alan Jackson, Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, Steve Dorff & More to Be Inducted Into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame announced its class of 2018: Alan Jackson, Bill Anderson, Steve Dorff, Kool & The Gang (Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown and James “JT” Taylor), Jermaine Dupri, John Mellencamp and Allee Willis. Three of this year’s inductees—Alan Jackson, Bill Anderson and Steve Dorff—have had a significant impact on country music.…… MORE
Watch Jon Pardi Work, Rope & Reminisce in New Video for “She Ain’t In It”
Jon Pardi dropped a new video for his single, “She Ain’t In It,” which is currently No. 33 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart after 16 weeks. Directed by Jim Wright, the video was filmed entirely in black and white on a ranch outside Thousand Oaks, Calif. “‘She Ain’t In It’ is a great country song,”…… MORE
Willie Nelson Cancels February Tour Dates Because of Flu
Willie Nelson, 84, has cancelled eight February tour dates to recover from the flu, according to a press release from his rep that was published by Variety. “He is up and about and looks as healthy as ever but his doctor has determined that his voice needs more time to recuperate to give the performances…… MORE
Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley “Got Fired” From Hosting the ACM Awards
Dierks Bentley dropped a juicy nugget of information during a Q&A session at Nashville’s Country Radio Seminar on Feb. 5: he and Luke Bryan will not be back to co-host the 2018 ACM Awards in April. According to Billboard, Dierks made the impromptu revelation after a photo of the ACM co-hosts appeared on a screen,…… MORE
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Keep Those Texas Babies Reading
Getting our kids to read in the summer can sometimes be challenging but there are lots of teacher approved ideas and incentive programs available to keep them on track! They can earn game tokens from our Friends at Chuck E Cheese who has tons of rewards ideas for being a good student and a good…