Christmas music out the...turkey for new music Friday, including the reigning King of Country Christmas, Brett Eldridge! We've also got non-holiday singles from Lee Brice, Brett Young, Americana band Ragland, and Texas Country artist Hayden Haddock! Check out our playlist on Spotify!
Congratulations to our Week 3 Hometown Hero from Robert's Heating & Cooling: Joey King. Joey was nominated by his co-workers at the USDA for his service to his country, his local community, and the USDA: Joey served tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and is now an IT specialist for the USDA in Manhattan. In [...]
The United States has narrowly avoided a catastrop... I couldn't finish typing that with a straight face. Earlier this month, Ferrara Candy out of Chicago was hacked with a ransomware attack. This is significant because Ferrara makes Brach's candy corn. The hackers disrupted production, and the company still isn't at 100 percent yet, but Ferrara [...]
Bud Light's war on tastebuds continues, as they have announced the "Ugly Sweater Pack" hard seltzers are returning. This time with EGGNOGG HARD SELTZER. Ugh. That just sounds horrible. Again, they did put out the "Ugly Sweater Pack" last year, but this year, in addition to Eggnog, there are two other new flavors: Sugar Plum [...]
Well, this is the height of creepy. Whereas today, kids are usually adorned in...let's be honest either Spider-Man or Frozen, kids back in the day had to do with homemade Halloween costumes. FloraFilms put together a slide show of "vintage" costumes from the 1800s to the 1950s set to music from Rosemary's Baby. By "vintage" [...]
The injustice! A Wisconsin farmer had a state...nay, a country...nay a UNIVERSAL RECORD pumpkin recently and was disqualified for one tiny, insignificant crack. Mike Schmit told ABC 7 Chicago that he had a pumpkin that weighed in at 2,520 pounds. It, hyperbole aside, was set to become the heaviest gourd in the United States, if [...]
Well, there's an Oct. 15 surprise for you. Miranda Lambert dropped her first new single (Solo Division) in a couple of years with "Like a Cowboy." We also have a single from John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen this morning. Not sure if it's meant for Country or not, but it's damn good, so we're [...]
Congratulations and thank you to our week 2 Hometown Hero from Robert's Heating and Cooling: Jennifer "JJ" Cruise! Here is why Jennifer has been recognized this week: Jennifer is a disabled veteran who has serves the community every day as a practicing nurse. In her spare time JJ helps provide volunteer care and assistance at [...]
We are firmly entrenched in Fall now, and it actually feels like it outside instead of 90 degrees, so what activities should you be looking at doing? Google Trends shows the top Fall activities that people are looking up: Fall Rock Painting Ideas. Basically, you paint fall-type stuff on rocks. This is a big one, apparently, [...]
Congratulation and thank you for your service to our first Hometown Hero from Robert's Heating and Cooling: SSG Andrew Hoffart! Below is the nominating letter for SSG Hoffart: I’m nominating SSG Andrew Hoffart. He has been in the army for almost 16 years. I have seen him grow so much as soldier and a leader [...]