Kris Kristofferson quietly played his final full live show in 2020, and the setlist was packed with his most important songs ...

Outlaw country great Merle Haggard scored his third No. 1 hit with a heartbreaking tribute to his prison buddy, Rabbit.

After the original ZZ Top rock band formed in Houston, Texas in 1969, it garnered more than half a century of concerts, tours ...

Oak Park Heights, MN, formerly of Rochester, MN & Grundy Center, IA Merle Smith, age 92, passed away on December 27, 2025, at Oak Park Senior Living in Oak Park Heights, MN where he received ...

A busy road in Des Moines was partially closed Tuesday due to a crash. Des Moines police say a crash was reported on Merle Hay Road near Douglas Avenue shortly before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. At least one ...

“Saturday Night Live” honored Rob Reiner after the director’s tragic death. During its final episode of the year Saturday, the sketch comedy series flashed a tribute card of Reiner on the screen ...

Seth Meyers also scorned President Trump’s Truth Social post about the celebrated filmmaker’s death. By Trish Bendix Welcome to Late Night Roundup, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that ...

Most of us are still in shock about Rob Reiner, who was killed, along with his wife Michelle, in their Los Angeles home on Sunday; their son Nick was arrested on murder charges. Tributes to Reiner ...

Lee Zimmerman Correspondent for The Daily Times Dec 10, 2025 Dec 10, 2025 There’s joy in making music, a shared satisfaction for both the artist and the audience. That satisfaction is magnified when ...

On this day (December 9) in 1968, Merle Haggard stepped into Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles to cut a handful of songs for his next album. Among the list of cuts for the day was “Hungry Eyes.

Merle Lee Cox, 85, of Adel, Iowa, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2025, in Des Moines. Merle was born on August 2, 1940, in Brighton, Iowa, the third son of Marvin and Myrtle Cox, who had eight ...

The Mavericks frontman Raul Malo was hospitalized on Dec. 4 amid his ongoing battle with cancer. Malo was diagnosed with colon cancer in June 2024, and it later progressed to leptomeningeal disease.