On this day (January 15) in 2025, Melba Montgomery died in a care facility in Nashville after a years-long battle with dementia at the age of 86. She left behind a long legacy of great country music.

And it started with a single phone call. A Better Place is a song created in 2020 to help raise awareness for a struggling music program in Uganda and the YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley. Both were ...

More than 80 vendors will be at the free event, which is being put on at Selma High School until 2 p.m. Friday. Here in Montgomery, where Dr. King once lived and preached, MLK Day celebrations are ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A new memorial honoring law enforcement has begun construction in Dayton. The project has been in the works for 15 years, but this week, the first pieces were put in on a ...

Country singer-songwriter Helen Cornelius died July 18 at age 83. She was best known for her duet with Jim Ed Brown, "I Don't Want to Have to Marry You." Cornelius also had a successful solo career ...

Lee Habeeb is a Newsweek columnist, vice president of content at Salem Media Group, and host of “Our American Stories.” It’s a day Paul Monti would never forget. The day he got the news military ...

It's a day Paul Monti will never forgot. The day he got the news military parents dread: His 30-year-old son, Jared, was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan in 2006. Paul instantly joined the ...

Feeling patriotic this Memorial Day? That's not surprising, since Memorial Day was first created to honor the lost lives of soldiers who fought for our country. And music is a great way to remember ...

That's why 2025 ACM Awards host Reba McEntire shared a special tribute to him and other late stars at the May 8 ceremony. Taking the stage inside the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the ...

Taking the stage inside the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the singer serenaded the crowd with an a cappella rendition of "Me and Bobby McGee" by Kris Kristofferson, who died in September ...

The year has gotten off to a rough start for country music fans as four legendary performers have already lost their lives. Ed Askew, a cult folk music singer/songwriter and painter, died on Jan. 4.