ABC/Image Group LAJimmie Allen‘s “Best Shot” has hit number one this week on both the Billboard and Mediabase/Country Aircheck Country Airplay charts. It marks the first time a black country music artist has garnered a No. 1 hit on country radio with their career-launching single. While Darius Rucker claimed the top spot on the country charts with his debut …
Nov 19
Chris Stapleton, Tim McGraw, Jake Owen & Dallas Smith to headline Country Thunder Saskatchewan 2019
ABC/Image Group LAThe lineup for 2019’s Country Thunder Saskatchewan is a stacked one. Chris Stapleton, Tim McGraw, Jake Owen and Dallas Smith are set to headline the Canadian country music festival. The festival marks Chris’ only Western Canadian performance for next year. Additional acts set to take the stage include Canadian native Terri Clark, as well as Steve Earle and the Dukes, Lonestar, Travis Tritt, Gord …
Nov 19
British school bans pricey Canada Goose coats in hopes of preventing ‘poverty shaming’
Noam Galai/WireImage(WIRRAL, England) — With the coldest months of winter fast approaching, a school in the U.K. has banned luxury coats in order to help “poverty proof” its educational environment. The head teacher at Woodchurch High School in Wirral, England, moved to ban coats made by expensive brands after consulting with both parents and pupils. …
Nov 19
Cole Swindell releases “Love You Too Late” to radio
ABC/Image Group LACole Swindell has released the second single from his third studio album, All of It, to country radio today. “Love You Too Late” was penned by Cole, Michael Carter and Brandon Kinney. The heartbreak ballad has Cole looking back on a love that he regrets losing. It’s the follow-up single to his eighth career chart topper, “Break Up …
Nov 19
French bank Societe Generale agrees to pay $1.3 billion for sanctions violations
Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York charged French investment bank Societe Generale with conspiring to violate the Trading with the Enemy Act for processing billions of dollars in transactions for Cuban banks. Societe Generale agreed to pay a $1.3 billion fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. …
Nov 19
Chris Watts’ father-in-law calls him ‘heartless monster’ during sentencing for killing pregnant wife, young daughters
Weld County Sheriff(DENVER) — The Colorado man convicted of killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters was called a “heartless monster” by his father-in-law at Monday’s sentencing hearing. Chris Watts, 33, pleaded guilty this month in the murders of his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, 34, and their daughters Celeste, 3 and Bella, 4. Shanann’s …
Nov 19
Thomas Rhett announces Very Hot Summer Tour
ABC/Image Group LAThomas Rhett will be spending the majority of next summer on the road. Fittingly, he’s titled his 2019 trek the Very Hot Summer Tour. Joining TR on the road for the tour, which kicks off May 17, is Dustin Lynch, Russell Dickerson and his father, Rhett Akins. The tour runs through October and tickets go on sale beginning …
Nov 19
Mixed week for export inspections
The USDA says corn export inspections as of the week ending November 15th remain ahead of projections for the 2018/19 marketing year. Wheat came out at 509,118 tons, up 163,377 from the week ending November 8th and 248,520 higher than the week ending November 16th, 2017. For the 2018/19 marketing year to date, wheat inspections …
Nov 19
USDA and FDA will regulate cell-cultured meat
USDA and FDA have announced they will work together to regulate cell-cultured meat. In a joint statement, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb say FDA will oversee the cell collection, cell banks and cell growth and USDA will regulate cell harvesting, production and labeling of food products. Lia Biando with the United …
Nov 19
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Ag Conference
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will be on the ground for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Ag Conference in Chicago, IL on Tuesday, November 27. Continue reading Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Ag Conference at Brownfield Ag News.