Steve Nedved
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Apr 10
Cowgirls Don’t Cry — but they might on Saturday: Reba’s dad to be honored by the National Cowboy Museum
ABC/Mark LevineWith Sunday’s 54th ACM Awards behind her, Reba McEntire has yet another major awards show coming up this weekend. “My Daddy, Clark McEntire, is being inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City this Saturday!” she shared on social media on Wednesday, along with a link to a feature …
Apr 10
Police investigating death of college student who collapsed at off-campus party
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.) — Authorities in South Carolina are trying to determine why a 20-year-old college student collapsed and died at an off-campus party in Hilton Head Island. On Tuesday, Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue released a 911 call connected to the death of Caroline Smith on Friday night. “The original information obtained from …
Apr 10
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center agrees to discontinue using race during admissions
DenisTangneyJr/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A top House Democrat on Wednesday grilled Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over whether the administration was doing enough to encourage black men to enroll in medical school. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Virginia, asked DeVos what the administration was doing to increase the enrollment of black men in medical school, noting that there are fewer …
Apr 10
One dead, 15 injured from fiery explosion in Durham, North Carolina: Officials
WTVD(DURHAM, N.C.) — One person has died and 15 others were injured after a fiery explosion in Durham, North Carolina, Wednesday morning, according to officials. The blast was felt city-wide, according to Durham Fire Chief Robert Zoldos. The explosion was caused by a gas leak after a contractor drilling into the sidewalk struck a 2-inch …
Apr 10
Blake Shelton mourns the passing of eighties country icon Earl Thomas Conley
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images“My heart is absolutely destroyed today…” Blake Shelton tweeted on Wednesday, after learning of the death of Earl Thomas Conley. “I’m sad to report that Earl Thomas Conley passed away very early this morning,” Blake continued. “Earl was my all-time favorite singer, hero and my friend.” “Prayers to his family,” Blake added. “We will all miss …
Apr 10
The first photo of a black hole is finally here
National Science Foundation(WASHINGTON) — We finally know what a black hole looks like. After decades of conjecture and simulations, an international consortium of scientists released the first ever photos of a black hole on Wednesday. “We have seen what we thought was unseeable. We have seen and taken a picture of a black hole,” Shep …
Apr 10
U.S. ethanol production back over 1 million barrels a day
U.S. ethanol production climbed back over the million barrel a day mark last week, but continues to show the effects of recent flooding. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.002 million barrels a day, up 3,000 on the week, but the four-week average of 995,000 barrels was the lowest rate in two years, …
Apr 10
Cautious optimism a common theme as ag waits for trade war resolution
Cautious optimism seems to be the prevailing theme as U.S. agriculture waits for an end to the trade war with China. Joe Smentek, executive director of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, says word from the White House and Chinese officials indicates a deal is getting close. “So we remain cautiously optimistic.” He tells Brownfield the …
Apr 10
Teens talk to ag lawmakers during National 4-H Conference
Teen 4-H members have gathered in Washington D.C. this week to talk about ag issues with U.S. lawmakers. Jill Parrent, a 4-H alumnus from Illinois and student at Iowa State University, was the leader of the group who told their stories to the House Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture and Research during National 4-H Conference on …
Apr 10
Chase Rice wants to get his “Eyes on You” on a yacht
ABC/Image Group LAHow’d you like to score an exclusive meet-and-greet with Chase Rice…on a yacht? While plenty of contests include a chance to spend a moment with a star, the new competition Chase is doing with Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire whiskey is a little extra…largely because it takes place at an exclusive Waldorf Astoria Resort in …