Steve Nedved

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Loretta Lynn will celebrate her 87th birthday with an all-star concert in Nashville

ABC RadioLoretta Lynn will celebrate her birthday this April with an all-star concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Garth Brooks helped the living legend announce the special event Monday morning from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.  Despite her many accomplishments, Loretta revealed that she’s never actually celebrated her birthday with any kind of bash or event. …

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Ag economist says U.S.-China could reach deal by March 1

An ag economist says he thinks the U.S. and China could come to an agreement by March first. Purdue University’s Wally Tyner says it’s in the interest of both countries to reach a deal soon. “Just in the agriculture sector alone, the U.S. loses $2.6 billion a year and China loses $2.6 billion a year,” …

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Jason Aldean will Ride All Night with Kane Brown and Carly Pearce on 2019 tour

ABC/Image Group LAThree-time ACM Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean will kick off his Ride All Night Tour May 3 in Uncasville, Connecticut. Kane Brown will join Jason on the trek, just as he did on 2017’s They Don’t Know Tour. “Kane was out with us a couple years ago, and, you know, I just kind of hit …

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Local Sports for Monday January 14th

A balanced scoring attack pushed the No.1 Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team to a 98-78 victory over Midland University in a Great Plains Athletic Conference matchup Sunday at the Corn Palace.  Midland was receiving votes in last week’s NAIA poll.  The Tiger women improved to 19-1 overall and 12-1 in the GPAC while Midland …

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CEO of California utility PG&E resigns as firm faces liability over wildfires

David Tran/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — California’s largest utility company said on Sunday its chief executive had resigned as the firm faces billions of dollars in potential liabilities tied to the state’s deadly and destructive wildfires last year. Geisha Williams announced her resignation from PG&E amid growing concerns over the company’s role in the devastating Camp Fire, …

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Indonesian divers recover recorder from Lion Air plane that crashed into Java Sea

AZWAR IPANK/AFP/Getty Images(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Indonesian Navy divers recovered a cockpit voice recorder from a missing Lion Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea in October, killing all 189 people on board, officials said Monday. The device, one of two recorders on the jet, could offer insight into the final moments of the fatal …

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Family members describe moment they discovered Jayme Closs was safe

Courtesy Jennifer Smith(NEW YORK) — Robert Naiberg said he could barely speak when police called to tell him that his granddaughter, 13-year-old Jayme Closs, had been found. “I was overwhelmed. I couldn’t talk,” Naiberg said on ABC News’ Good Morning America Monday. “I was the first one she gave a hug too. I was standing …

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Teachers in Los Angeles set to strike as negotiations stall

DONGSEON_KIM/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Teachers in the nation’s second-largest school district have announced they’re going on strike Monday. United Teachers Los Angeles said negotiations have stalled and that the union didn’t receive a new contract proposal over the weekend. This comes after the strike was delayed from Jan. 10 because of a potential court intervention. “We’re …

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Randy Houser changes course with “Magnolia”: “I had to go make my music and not try to be copying something else”

BBR Randy Houser‘s top forty hit, “What Whiskey Does,” is the lead single from his new Magnolia record, but he warns it’s not necessarily the best representation of the rest of the album. “It’s probably the most country thing on the record,” he explains. “I was really afraid that people would think I was trying to make …

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Duvall sees more heavy lifting in 2019

The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation says the farm organization accomplished a lot in 2018, but he says there’s more to be done in the coming year. Zippy Duvall used his annual address to praise members and staff for their help in pushing for completion of the farm bill and in pushing for …

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