(NEXSTAR) – There will be countless celebrations this year in honor of America’s semiquincentennial (aka, its 250th anniversary), but none may be as massive as a 1.2 million-pound locomotive rolling ...

Moving from a big city to a small town brought both challenges and unexpected joys for my family Small-town life offers more space, a lower cost of living, and a close-knit community feel.

Edward Lear, “Bethlehem” (1861). Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Public domain. “O Little Town of Bethlehem” has shaped how millions of English speakers imagine the Palestinian town where Jesus was ...

(RNS) — A century and a half after Phillips Brooks wrote this haunting carol, there is much once again to lament, fear and grieve. (RNS) — One Sunday morning, a pastor steps up to his pulpit and — ...

During a Saturday-night town hall led by Bari Weiss, the recently named editor in chief of CBS News, most of Madison Avenue sought an off-ramp. The program featured an in-depth interview with Erika ...

When it came to the CMA Awards, producers called in top names like Chris Stapleton, Zach Top, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, and more to perform. Making the most of the biggest ...

Nashville pop-country band Little Big Town marked 25 years as a group in 2024, and good for them. Pop country doesn’t come much lighter on its feet than Little Big Town’s music, and if you’re not a ...

The band is up for Vocal Group of the Year at the 2025 CMA Awards Emma McIntyre/Getty Jimi Westbrook was on crutches when he arrived at the 2025 CMA Awards on Nov. 19 The Little Big Town vocalist told ...

NEXT MONTH- SPRINGDALE'S OWN JENEE FLEENOR WILL TRY AND WIN THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION'S MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR FOR A SIXTH TIME. THIS IS HER SEVENTH NOMINATION. THE FIDDLE PLAYER HAS SPENT HER ...

Keith Urban and Little Big Town were added to the 2025 CMA Awards performers list just two days before the awards show is scheduled to take place. A press release from the Country Music Association ...

When you walk past Little Guy’s Pizza in Punta Gorda, the smell alone is enough to make you stop in your tracks. Fresh dough baking in the oven, homemade meatballs simmering, and Philly cheesesteaks ...

It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. "CMA Country Christmas," that is. The annual holiday special, marking its 16th year, will feature performances by Riley Green, Lady A, Little Big Town, ...