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Highway Patrol advises extra caution on roads during harvest

The Kansas Highway Patrol offered tips to help motorists stay safe with harvest and hay season underway. There are more farm trucks, tractors, combines, and other implements on the road during harvest time. Statewide statistics for 2017 report 118 crashes involving farm equipment, resulting in three deaths and 41 people injured. This year has already seen [...]

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By |2018-06-11T15:53:25-05:00June 11th, 2018|Local News|Comments Off on Highway Patrol advises extra caution on roads during harvest

Watch Now: Dierks Bentley says summer tour with LANCO and Brothers O is so much fun, “it shouldn’t be allowed”

CMA Dierks Bentley's current Mountain High tour features LANCO and Brothers Osborne, and backstage at CMA Fest this weekend, Dierks told ABC Radio that choosing those acts are all a part of his philosophy of creating the most fun summer tour exper...

By |2018-06-11T15:00:19-05:00June 11th, 2018|Music News|Comments Off on Watch Now: Dierks Bentley says summer tour with LANCO and Brothers O is so much fun, “it shouldn’t be allowed”

Watch now: Brett Young admits he’s “kinda freaking out” about singing at his upcoming wedding

CMA You might think playing the main stage this weekend at CMA Fest would be Brett Young’s most pressure-packed performance of the year. But you’d be wrong, because the California native recently found out his fiancée, Taylor Mil...

By |2018-06-11T14:30:49-05:00June 11th, 2018|Music News|Comments Off on Watch now: Brett Young admits he’s “kinda freaking out” about singing at his upcoming wedding

Watch now: How a then-unknown Jake Owen managed to make it onstage at CMA Fest with Hank Jr.

CMAJake Owen’s come a long way since the first time he attended the country festival formerly known as Fan Fair.  This weekend, he played his top-ten tribute to John Mellencamp, “I Was Jack (You Were Diane),” on the main stage ...

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Watch Now: “Where are the girls?” Bebe Rexha admits to country confusion before writing “Meant to Be”

CMABebe Rexha spent CMA Fest week in Nashville hanging out with Florida Georgia Line, attending their number one party for their collaboration "Meant to Be" and joining the guys onstage at Nashville's Nissan Stadium.  She even got her first-ever...

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Watch Now: Jon Pardi reveals the connection between Maren Morris’ puppy and his mother

CMAMaren Morris' bulldog puppy Pancake came to her from, of all places, Jon Pardi's mom, who's a dog breeder. According to Jon, it started out as a little fun project for her, but now it's taken over her life. "Yes, my mom is obsessed with English bu...

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PHOTO GALLERY: The 2008 Manhattan tornado, 10 years later

(Staff photos by Tyler Dreiling) Pictured above is the Miller Ranch area following the June 11, 2008 tornado that blew through Manhattan. Today is the 10-year anniversary of that tornado. There were no deaths in Manhattan caused directly by the tornado, but the storm did destroy 45 houses and 3 businesses and damaged hundreds more structures. [...]

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Watch now: Chris Stapleton reveals wife Morgane’s going on maternity leave, will miss this summer’s All-American Road Show

CMAIt’s been another big year for Chris Stapleton. Since he last played CMA Fest in Nashville, he and wife Morgane welcomed twin sons, and Chris had his first number one single with “Broken Halos.” “You know, I'd written some nu...

By |2018-06-11T12:23:46-05:00June 11th, 2018|Music News|Comments Off on Watch now: Chris Stapleton reveals wife Morgane’s going on maternity leave, will miss this summer’s All-American Road Show

Watch Now: Midland reacts to learning exactly why Little Big Town found touring with them so memorable

CMAMidland toured with Little Big Town earlier this year, and while you wouldn't think the two acts would necessarily mesh, they had a great time together. "They're like family to us...Thank God that Little Big Town gets our sense of humor!" Mark Wys...

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Watch now: When you say Tim McGraw, Keith Urban remembers his first CMA Fest as a fan

CMAAs Keith Urban played CMA Fest’s main stage at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium over the weekend, he recalled his very first time attending country music’s biggest festival as a fan.

“I certainly remember the first one I went to,” he told ABC Radio backstage, “just to be on the side of the stage watching this thing called Fan Fair back in the day. Some friends of ours took us to see this 'new artist' called Tim McGraw.” 

He laughs, “It was amazing!”

Not only do the biggest stars in country music turn out to play CMA Fest -- they do it for free. The Country Music Foundation, in return, donates all the money from ticket sales to music education. It’s a cause that’s very close to Keith’s heart.

“I was really fortunate to go to a public school that happened to have a music room and a music teacher,” he explains, “And I just thought that was a basic, standard, given in every situation. But you're seeing it more and more where they do away with that when they're cutting costs.”

He goes on, “It's a big problem because it's not some sort of fringe curriculum thing that you can just discard. You know, with so many kids who are musically gifted, that is the way in which they find their voice. And their self-esteem and identity and everything is in that.”

You can experience this year’s CMA Fest for yourself, as the annual three-hour music extravaganza airs Wednesday, August 8 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini return as hosts for the second year in a row.

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By |2018-06-11T11:26:31-05:00June 11th, 2018|Music News|Comments Off on Watch now: When you say Tim McGraw, Keith Urban remembers his first CMA Fest as a fan
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