Five years ago today, the country music world lost a celebrated songwriter and unsung hero of the Outlaw movement.

Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, and Garth Brooks are among the top country artists who have reshaped the genre over their ...

Taste of Country said many more country stars such as Shania Twain, Reba McEntire, Billy Ray Cyrus, Doug Stone, Shelby Lynne, Shenandoah, Michelle Wright and Martinia McBride recorded songs written by ...

People love to go to Nashville to stop in the bars with a celebrity’s names on them. But, there’s so many great ones that ...

During the early 1970s, Merle Haggard and Dolly Parton began touring together. Soon after, Haggard’s affections for Parton grew into more friendship. Haggard fell in love with Parton and even wrote a ...

Austin-born actor Glen Powell returned home this month, spotted eating ribs at Salt Lick BBQ, dancing at The Broken Spoke and ...

A former mayor of Ankeny has died. The city confirmed Merle Johnson passed away on Monday. Johnson served as the city's Mayor from 1998 to 2005. Ankeny Mayor Bobbi Bentz says Johnson cared deeply bout ...

Ankeny is mourning a former mayor who died at the age of 85. Merle Ollie Johnson led Ankeny from 1998 to 2005. He died Sept. 29. Johnson will be recognized for his service at the Monday, Oct. 6 City ...

Michaela Del Barrio had always known that her family history of breast cancer meant she had a higher risk than most of being diagnosed with the disease. In her 20s, doctors had told her she was too ...

Ignore this red flag, and it could come back to bite you in the rear. A new study has identified the “strongest predictor of colorectal cancer” in adults under 50 — increasing the odds of a diagnosis ...

Screening and treatment improvements have led to better survival rates. Since the first Breast Cancer Awareness Month initiatives kicked off 40 years ago, major improvements have been made in treating ...

The five-year survival rate has jumped up from around 75% to over 90%. Since the start of Breast Cancer Awareness initiatives in 1985, over 517,000 lives have been saved from better treatment and ...