Steve Nedved
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Mar 07
Go get ’em, #GIRL: Carly Pearce loves Maren Morris’ sophomore album
ABC/Image Group LAThe full sophomore album from Maren Morris — titled GIRL, just like its lead single — won’t be out until Friday, but those who’ve heard it are giving it high praise, including Carly Pearce. “So inspired by Maren Morris,” Carly tweeted. “”Got a sneak peek to her entire record & as always, blown away by her voice and her …
Mar 07
Indiana corn, soybean farmers join national farm groups backing USMCA
Indiana corn and soybean farmers are joining national ag commodity groups in their call for Congress to ratify the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement as soon as possible. Joe Steinkamp, a farmer and ASA board member, says growers understand the importance of the relationships they’ve developed in Canada and Mexico. He says keeping the trade routes …
Mar 07
USDA 2019 farm income forecast up
The USDA’s first forecast of 2019 farm income shows a 10-percent increase to nearly 70 billion dollars. USDA economist Warren Preston says increased crop and livestock receipts are partially offset by higher production expenses. And Preston says they’re also projecting an almost four-percent increase in farm debt this year. “The sector’s risk of insolvency is …
Mar 07
Kress: CFAES is preparing students for the changing ag industry
The dean of the Ohio State University College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences says the school is preparing students to be leaders in the changing agriculture industry. Cathann Kress says it’s more critical now than it’s ever been. “We really I think have to do more to help a wider group of young people …
Mar 07
Winter Storm Watch issued March 07 at 10:08AM MST until March 10 at 5:00AM MST by NWS
…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING… * WHAT…Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of greater than 6 inches possible. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. * WHERE…Beadle, Jerauld, Sanborn, Aurora and Davison Counties.
Mar 07
Police responding to active shooter report at hotel in Rockford, Ill.
bmcent1/iStock(ROCKFORD, Ill.) — Police in Rockford, Ill., say they are responding to an active shooter report at a hotel. In a message posted on Twitter just after 11 a.m. Eastern time, police said officers were responding to the active-shooter report at an Extended Stay hotel. ABC station WLS-TV, citing unnamed sources, reported that an officer …
Mar 07
Attorney general announces elder fraud crackdown
Chainarong Prasertthai/iStock(WASHINGTON) — In announcing the largest Justice Department sweep ever of elder fraud cases on Thursday, Attorney General William Barr highlighted an example of how the scams work and how DOJ is cracking down on them: When 95-year-old William Webster picked up the phone, on the other end was someone who told him he’d …
Mar 07
Yara Shahidi and other ‘Sheros’ get their own Barbie dolls
Paul Archuleta/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Actress Yara Shahidi is being honored with her very own Barbie doll. The Grown-ish star is one of many role models who will be part of Mattel’s “Shero” program in doll form, which launched in 2015. In celebration of Barbie’s 60th anniversary and International Women’s Day on March 8, Mattel …
Mar 07
Chase Rice recalls giving a Harry Potter tour his “Best Shot” as he toured the U.K. with Jimmie Allen
ABC/Image Group LA This weekend, practically every country star you can imagine is headed to Europe to play the annual Country to Country Festival in London, Dublin, Glasgow and Berlin. It’s a return trip for Chase Rice and Jimmie Allen, who were both in the United Kingdom in October for Chase’s Lambs & Lions UK …
Mar 07
The chilling new confession Chris Watts told police about how he killed pregnant wife, young daughters
ABC NewsWarning: the following article contains graphic material. (WAUPUN, Wis.) — The Colorado man convicted of killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters confessed chilling new details to investigators about how he carried about the crimes, according to a report released by authorities Thursday. The alleged details surfaced when investigators met with convicted killer …