Month: April 2022
ABC National News
Civil War reenactments grow in popularity in wake of 2020 protests
Chris Hackett/Getty Images (OHATCHEE, Ala.) — Before showtime, pots and pans are some of the tools reenactor Tanya Haessly makes the most use of as a camp cook, feeding families and individuals taking part in [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia ‘shaping operations’ for new offensive in Donbas
Sergei Chuzavkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Check out ‘Ted Lasso’ Emmy Winner Brett Goldstein teaching ‘Sesame Street’ characters the “F” word
Sesame Workshop Actor Brett Goldstein got great mileage out of the “f” word in Ted Lasso — and even out of character used it profusely in accepting his Emmy last year. But now he’s taught [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn planting off to a slow start in Tennessee
Planting delays continue for Tennessee farmers. Corn is 7% planted, well behind last year and the 5-year average. Soybeans are 1% planted on par with the 5-year average. Wheat conditions across much of the state [Read More…]
Ag News
Wet, cold conditions limit fieldwork in northern Wisconsin
Wet and cold conditions allowed for little fieldwork across northern Wisconsin last week. The latest USDA crop report says there were fewer than two days suitable because of freezing temperatures and snow showers. In southern [Read More…]
Ag News
Cool, wet conditions limit fieldwork in Ohio
The USDA says cool and wet conditions continue to limit fieldwork in Ohio. Sixteen percent of oats are planted, compared to 50 percent last year. Four percent of the crop has emerged. Sixty-two percent [Read More…]
Ag News
Arkansas planting continues at a slower than average pace
Planting in Arkansas continues to run well behind the average pace. Twenty-six percent of the corn crop has been planted, behind both last year and the 5-year average. Thirteen percent of the crop has emerged. [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan spring still on hold
Another week of cold, wet weather has prolonged the start of any fieldwork in Michigan. Winter wheat condition improved four points to 43 percent good to excellent despite the weather. Fruit trees in some southern [Read More…]
Weather
Red Flag Warning issued April 18 at 3:08PM MDT until April 18 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA, EXTREME SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA, AND FAR NORTHWEST IOWA… The National Weather [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kevin Costner back in the saddle with Western movie ‘Horizon’
Paramount+ Yellowstone star and producer Kevin Costner is getting back in the saddle with another Western project, this one a feature film called Horizon, according to Deadline, which reports that Warner Bros. and New Line [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Better Call Saul’ sixth and final season is an action-packed rollercoaster ride
Michael Mando – Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television It’s the beginning of the end for Better Call Saul. The critically acclaimed Breaking Bad prequel series debuts the first episodes of its final season tonight on AMC. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Disney+ renews ‘Proud Family’ reboot for season two
Disney+ Ahead of its first-season finale on April 20, Disney+ has greenlighted a second season of its animated reboot The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. The series stars the voices of Kyla Pratt as Penny [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“My super-heroing days are over”: ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ finally drops teaser
Marvel Studios Marvel has just dropped a long-anticipated teaser for Thor: Love and Thunder. From writer-director Taika Waititi — the guy who used Led Zeppelin‘s “The Immigrant Song” not once, but twice in Thor: Ragnarok [Read More…]
Ag News
2022 Abner Womack Missouri Agriculture Outlook Conference
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Will Robinson will be in Columbia on Wednesday, April 20 covering the 2022 Abner Womack Missouri Agriculture Outlook Conference. …
ABC Politics News
White House Easter Egg Roll returns after two years
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It’s a “hoppy” day at the White House — as the Easter Egg Roll returns Monday. Following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, President Joe Biden and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jay Leno explains what the “most disturbing” part of the Will Smith Oscars situation was to him
Paul Morigi/Getty Images In a conversation with the Palm Beach Daily News, stand-up legend and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno sounded off on the infamous Will Smith Oscar incident. Leno noted, “To me, the [Read More…]
ABC World News
China reports first three deaths in Shanghai COVID outbreak, fueling skepticism over official numbers
HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images (HONG KONG) — China has reported its first three deaths linked to the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, as the country battles its worst surge of infections since the pandemic began. [Read More…]
Ag News
Beck’s Hybrids Southern Illinois Field Tour
Rhiannon Branch will cover Beck’s Hybrids Southern Illinois Field Tour August 4, 2022 in Effingham, Illinois. …
Ag News
HPAI found in second commercial duck flock in Indiana
Biosecurity efforts continue in northern Indiana after a second commercial duck flock in Elkhart County tested presumptive positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. The flock has about 6,000 ducks and the Indiana State Board of [Read More…]
Ag News
A late-Winter look and feel over parts of the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, freezes—accompanied by gusty winds—occurred Monday morning in most Midwestern areas west of the Mississippi River. Snow is falling early Monday in portions of the Great Lakes region, while a chilly rain [Read More…]