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LAS VEGAS – After wrapping up a successful concert tour, you’d think Reba McEntire would want to take some time off to relax. Instead, the tireless country star is preparing for her 10th turn as host of the Academy of Country Music Awards this Read more

Lourdes Foundation hosted its annual Grant Awards Reception on April 30. A total of $50,000 in grants was given to local non-profit agencies by the Lourdes Foundation. Recipients included: FoodNet, Lafayette Breakfast Sertoma, SMILE Head Start Read more

For the tens of thousands of people who descended on M&T Bank Stadium for Kenny Chesney’s Poets and Pirates Tour, the highlight of the full day came when Chesney emerged from beneath the stage about 9 p.m., unleashing an uninhibited roar of cheers Read more

WASHINGTON – Mildred Jeter Loving, 68, a black woman whose refusal to accept Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage led to a US Supreme Court decision in 1967 that struck down similar laws across the country, died of pneumonia Friday at her home in Read more

Rock star Pete Doherty has walked free from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London. The singer, who has fought a long and public battle with drug addiction, served just 29 days of a 14-week sentence for breaching his probation. Dressed in a suit and Read more

Linda Medlock holds the flag that was given to her at the funeral for her husband, Raymond Medlock, who was a Vietnam veteran, in her home in Bloomfield on Monday. Medlock’s husband died in February and she still has not received his death Read more