Steve Nedved

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Jake Owen is “all over the map” on “Greetings from… Jake” — and that’s exactly how he likes it

Big Loud Just like its title, Greetings from… Jake, implies, the new album from Jake Owen is a reintroduction to the Florida native, who already has a string of number ones to his credit. It’s Jake’s first project since leaving his longtime home at RCA to sign with independent label Big Loud, and it also …

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The happy marriage of heavy metal and country: Check out Blake Shelton’s “God’s Country”

Warner NashvilleWhat happens when Blake Shelton collaborates with label mate Devin Dawson?  Give a listen now to “God’s Country.” The new single by The Voice coach was co-written by the “All on Me” hitmaker. What results from the pair’s collaboration might be described as hardcore country meets heavy metal. It’s well-known that Devin cut his teeth in a heavy metal band. …

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Listen now: Luke Bryan is “Knockin’ Boots” in new single

ABC/Craig SjodinBoots need knockin’, according to Luke Bryan, and the American Idol judge is here to do it. Friday night at midnight Eastern, the surprise new single from the Georgia superstar arrived, “Knockin’ Boots.” After the title track from Luke’s most recent album, What Makes You Country, hit number one in February, fans have been watching for the next single …

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Flood Warning issued March 28 at 8:33PM MDT until further notice by NWS

…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in South Dakota…Minnesota… Vermillion River Near Wakonda Silver Creek At Sioux Falls Pipestone Creek below Pipestone …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South

Flood Warning issued March 28 at 8:33PM MDT until March 30 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS

…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in South Dakota…Minnesota… Vermillion River Near Wakonda Silver Creek At Sioux Falls Pipestone Creek below Pipestone …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South

Parents: Lack of answers from school board after 5th-grader’s death ‘makes no sense’

Family Photo(WALTERBORO, S.C.) —  Parents in a South Carolina community say they are irate by the lack of information being shared by school board members after the death of Raniya Wright, a fifth-grader who was gravely injured during a classroom fight with another student. Raniya, 10, died Wednesday morning after she was involved in what …

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“Capital Gazette” victims honored with ‘Freedom of the Press Day’

phot705/iStock(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — The Maryland General Assembly has voted to name June 28 “Freedom of the Press Day” in honor of the Capital Gazette victims who died in a shooting in the newspaper’s Annapolis newsroom last year. Both sides of the legislature voted unanimously to name the day in honor of the slain journalists, the …

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Two men wrongfully convicted of murder freed after 43 years behind bars

kickstand/iStock(NEW YORK) – There were bullet holes in the window screen and the curtains, but the main witness said the two shooters were inside and at the foot of her bed. The witness said she saw the muzzle flashes from two guns, but ballistics testing said that the bullets at the scene were fired from …

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Four decades after meltdown, Three Mile Island remains symbol of nuclear hazards

Dobresum/iStock(HARRISBURG, Pa.) — The four cooling silos still loom over Three Mile Island, each rising nearly 400 feet above Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River as a constant reminder of both the potential of clean energy and the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history. Thursday marks the 40th anniversary of the partial meltdown of one of the …

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Garbage truck crash victims identified

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has released the names of the two people who died last Thursday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash northeast of Letcher. A 2000 Mack Truck CH600 garbage truck was northbound on Highway 37 near the James River bridge when the vehicle left the roadway to the right. Based on …

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