Month: April 2024
Ag News
USDA: Planting underway in IL
Planting has officially begun in Illinois. The USDA’s first weekly crop progress and condition report of the season shows one percent of both corn and soybeans have been planted in the state. The winter wheat [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“The Mayor is back”: Paramount+ teases season 3 of Jeremy Renner’s ‘Mayor of Kingstown’
Paramount+/Dennis P. Mong Jr. On Monday, Paramount+ dropped a new teaser to the third season of the acclaimed Jeremy Renner-led drama Mayor of Kingstown, noting the show will return on the streamer June 2. Renner, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Felicity Huffman to make TV return with ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Former Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman will return to television for the first time since serving time behind bars for the “Varsity Blues” college admission scandal in the Paramount+ spinoff Criminal Minds: Evolution. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Road House’ remake delivers a knockout 50 million viewers for Prime Video
Amazon MGM Studios The Jake Gyllenhaal-led Road House is a knockout for Prime Video, delivering an audience of 50 million people worldwide in its first two weekends on the streaming service. The performance from the [Read More…]
Ag News
Kentucky crops: corn, soybeans 2% planted
Planting is just getting started in Kentucky, and pasture conditions are better than expected. Corn and soybeans are 2 percent planted. Tobacco transplants are 35 percent seeded. Winter wheat is 1 percent headed with 88 percent [Read More…]
Ag News
Arkansas crops: corn 11% and rice 3% planted
Planting is underway for farmers in Arkansas. Derek Haigwood, who farms in the northeast part of the state, says there were some planting windows in March but not as many as in recent years. “We’re [Read More…]
Ag News
Spring wheat planting starts in South Dakota
Less than half of the winter wheat in South Dakota is rated good to excellent in USDA’s first crop progress report of the season. USDA says 47% of the winter wheat is rated good to [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn and soybean planting have started in MO
Corn and soybean planting has just begun in Missouri as April begins, ahead of average for this time of the year. USDA says corn planting is 2% complete, with 1% of soybeans are planted. Winter [Read More…]
Ag News
Indiana winter wheat rated 75% good to excellent
USDA says winter wheat jointing progress was ahead of the five-year average pace last week in Indiana. The first crop progress report of the season says 75% of the state’s winter wheat crop is in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two charged in transgender activist Cecilia Gentili’s death
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two people were charged Monday for allegedly distributing the heroin and fentanyl that caused the death of transgender activist Cecilia Gentili. Cecilia Gentili was 52 when she fatally overdosed [Read More…]
ABC National News
Baltimore Key Bridge collapse live updates: Temporary channel opens for boats working on bridge response
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — A cargo ship crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning, causing a near-total collapse of the span and halting vessel traffic into and out of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House Speaker Johnson calls Greene’s move to oust him a ‘distraction’ for Republicans
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is going on the offense in an effort to save his speakership after fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to oust him just [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
AMC gives sneak peek of ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol’
AMC/Emmanuel Guimier The Walking Dead fans who were tuning into Giancarlo Esposito‘s new AMC show, Parish, on Sunday evening got a glance of an old friend: Melissa McBride‘s Carol Peletier. The network dropped a sneak [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Emmy winner Colman Domingo praises the late Louis Gossett Jr.
Leon Bennett/WireImage — Warner Bros. Pictures Rustin Oscar nominee Colman Domingo praised the late Louis Gossett Jr. on Instagram when news broke that he had died Friday, March 29, at age 87. But on Monday, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Scotch Tape scotch, Rosetta Stone for stoners and more April Fools’ brand gags
7-Eleven Monday is April Fools’, and as always, brands are getting in on the fun, promoting products that will — hopefully — never see the light of day. That said, with pot smoke everywhere these [Read More…]
ABC World News
King Charles leads royal family on Easter Sunday as William, Kate and kids are absent
King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend the Easter Mattins Service at Windsor Castle on March 31, 2024 in Windsor, England. — Chris Jackson/Getty Images (WINDSOR, England) — King Charles III stepped out Sunday for [Read More…]
ABC World News
Skier speaks out after terrifying chair lift ride in more than 60 mph winds
Barnaby Dunning appears on “Good Morning America” on April 1, 2024. — ABC News (BREUIL-CERVINIA, Italy) — A skier is speaking out after surviving a terrifying chair lift ride at an Italian ski resort during [Read More…]
ABC National News
Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 40 more years in prison for financial crimes
Getty Images – STOCK (Charleston, S.C.) — Alex Murdaugh, who is already serving two life sentences for the murder of his wife and child, was sentenced Monday to 40 more years in prison for financial [Read More…]
ABC National News
Powerball climbs to $1 billion for Monday’s drawing
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball has climbed to $1 billion for Monday night’s drawing. “This is no April Fools’ Day joke, we have an advertised Powerball jackpot that’s hit $1 billion to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Severe weather, possible tornadoes headed toward Heartland and Midwest: What to expect
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Severe weather is in the forecast for the Heartland and the Midwest, with damaging winds, large hail and even a few strong tornadoes possible. On Monday, severe thunderstorms are expected [Read More…]