Steve Nedved
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Jan 15
Old Dominion is making it even sweeter, adding more dates ahead of Friday’s sold-out tour kickoff
ABC/Image Group LAOld Dominion is set to kick off their Make It Sweet Tour on Friday with a sold-out date in the Chicago area, but before they do, they’re expanding their schedule. The CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the Year is adding 14 more shows in April, May, and June, including several dates in Canada. …
Jan 15
“Here You Come Again”: Applebee’s spot sparks a Dolly surge
ABC/Lou RoccoIf you’ve seen the new Applebee’s commercial that features Dolly Parton’s hit, “Here You Come Again,” well, you’re clearly not the only one. In fact, so many people are streaming and buying the #1 song from 1977 that it’s catapulted the 2003 collection Ultimate Dolly Parton into the top ten on Billboard’s country albums chart. That’s a 172% surge for …
Jan 15
Section of New York’s old Tappan Zee Bridge demolished in controlled explosion
ABC News(NEW YORK) — It spanned the Hudson River for 64 years, but on Tuesday, one of the last remnants of the Tappan Zee Bridge came down in just five seconds. At 10:52 a.m., dynamite charges went off, destroying steel support pillars at each end of the 672-foot section of the bridge. It plummeted down …
Jan 15
George Strait offers a “Houston Solution” on Ronnie Milsap’s new “The Duets” album
ABC/Image Group LANative Texan George Strait teams up with Ronnie Milsap for a new version of the 1989 hit “Houston Solution,” on Ronnie’s new album, The Duets. “I’d always loved the song,” Strait tells Entertainment Weekly of the top-five hit, which originally appeared on Ronnie’s Stranger Things Have Happened album. “And to be asked to sing it with Milsap was a no-brainer for me.” …
Jan 15
Consumer demand for high-quality beef is strong
A report from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) says retail beef demand is up 15 percent since 2012. NCBA director of market intelligence Alison Krebs says the strong economy is a major factor, but it’s not the only one. “Consumers have more interest in protein these days—getting more protein in the diet as opposed …
Jan 15
CoBank says politics are hurting farmers
A CoBank analyst says right now some of the largest economic difficulties for farmers have been government created. Tanner Emhke tells Brownfield farmers and ranchers have been at the front lines bearing the cost of the trade war and government shutdown, “This shutdown is only exacerbating an existing issue with financing, you can’t get loans, …
Jan 15
Researcher urges caution on varieties and seeding rates
A soybean researcher is urging producers to be cautious about their 2019 crop inputs. University of Wisconsin’s Shawn Conley has been meeting farmers at winter agronomy meetings, telling them to be cautious about cutting soybean seeding rates. “I know that’s a common practice that growers are doing, but the germ and the seed quality across …
Jan 15
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo bans stretch limos and issues new safety laws in wake of deadly crash
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a slew of new safety reforms for limos and large passenger vehicles, outright banning stretch limos and adding a number of regulatory reforms. These reforms come three months after a limo crash in upstate New York led to the death of the driver and …
Jan 15
UC Irvine fraternity member dies off-campus, cause of death unknown
Courtesy: Noah Domingo Family(IRVINE, Calif.) — A fraternity at the University of California – Irvine is on interim suspension after one of its youngest members died, officials said. Noah Domingo, an initiated member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, died at an off-campus home on Saturday, the fraternity’s national headquarters said. The 18-year-old died at about 3:30 …
Jan 15
Eric Church is ready to Double Down on tour, as he releases “Some of It” as a single
ABC/Image Group LAThis week, Eric Church is launching the second single from his Desperate Man album, “Some of It,” as he gets ready to set his Double Down Tour in motion this Friday night. The North Carolina native sings about what matters in life on “Some of It,” the follow-up to his record’s title track. “I think it’s really …