Yearly Archives: 2026

Better late than never. Lainey Wilson had all-circle moment this past week at CMA Fest, as she finally got to meet her hero,  Tim McGraw. She has spoken before about how she wrote him a letter as a young girl, who grew up in Louisiana just like McGraw, and it was on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame, and in a YouTube video which documented this whole full-circle moment, Lainey read the opening line of the letter, which was […]

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Hugh Laurie later admitted that he was “slightly drunk” and was already upset about something else. He apologised to the critic online after.

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Nick Reiner is accused of stabbing his parents, acclaimed film director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele, last year.

The post Rob Reiner’s Son Demands His $1.5M Inheritance Amid Murder Trial appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Graduates, parents, and police officers got into a brawl at the parking lot of Kerman High School last Thursday. 

The post Wild High School Graduation Brawl Ends in 4 Arrested appeared first on Wide Open Country.

There is an opportunity to see Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury together as the planets gather low on the western horizon. 

The post How to Spot 3 Planets In the Sky Tonight appeared first on Wide Open Country.

The couple are spending more and more time in Colorado these days. Continue reading…

There are some professions and areas of expertise where mistakes can be hard, maybe impossible, to rectify. Errors made by funeral homes are like that. You are going through the devastating loss of a loved one. Therefore, you need the funeral home you use to follow your or your relative’s wishes to the letter. However, […]

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Ella is continuing to use her platform in the best way possible. There’s no doubt that the two years has been nothing short of an absolute whirlwind for Ella Langley. While most of the music world was introduced to her through the record-breaking success of “Choosin’ Texas” over the past three months, the Alabama native has been making waves in the genre for the better part of three years at this point. As most country fans know, before “Choosin’ Texas” […]

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One hell of a first introduction. In many ways, Eric Church is a bit of an enigma in country music. Oftentimes, he strays away from what many would consider to be classic hallmarks of the genre, including but not limited to rare uses of fiddle in many of his songs and the outright refusal to use steel guitar on many of his songs post Sinners Like Me. Despite this, Church has remained not only one of the best artists in […]

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Thanks to the quick action of this brave woman, a goat lived to see another day after being attacked by an apex predator. Wild cats are very opportunistic hunters, and are always on the prowl searching for a meal. They’ll go after things as small as squirrels and as large as a deer or elk, and on this day, this particular mountain lion had its sights set on a goat that was being kept in a livestock enclosure. It’s hard […]

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