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Kane Brown says while he's got plenty of friendly acquaintances, he doesn't have any true friends in the country music industry — and that's something he'd like to change. "I feel like I have more athlete friends than I do musician friends," the singer admits on a late-June episode of The Pivot podcast. "I feel alone in the music world." "I've always been a loner, so I'm used to it," Brown continues. Still, he wishes he had best friends in the country music industry.

Two days after Taylor Swift married Travis Kelce at New York City's Madison Square Garden on Friday (July 3), photos of the ceremony itself remain as mythical and highly-sought-out as Bigfoot sightings. Rumor has it that guests were asked to turn in their phones before entering the venue, and signed iron-clad NDAs to prevent them from posting snapshots of the event itself.

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Rochester Fire Department responded to a garage fire Saturday night. 4th of July Garage Fire A news release says the fire was reported just before 9:30 p.m. in the 4600 block of Buckingham Drive Northwest. The report indicated smoke and flames were coming from the garage at that address. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found a fire in the attached garage of the split-level home.

After a long, beautiful Fourth of July filled with backyard bocce ball, bags, and slip-and-slides, my family gathered together in our backyard. We have a perfect view of the Rochester skyline and were excited to see the city's firework show. The display was originally slated to launch at 10:00 PM, but with severe weather approaching, organizers audibled and bumped the start time up to 9:30 PM to beat the rain.

Lainey Wilson is one of the biggest success stories to come out of Nashville in years, and she's done it all in an uncompromising way. Her signature mix of determination, grit and hard work is almost as important as her music in making her one of the most influential modern artists in country music. Lainey Wilson has one of the most inspirational stories in country music. Her real-life rags-to-riches tale involved living in a camper and working as a Hannah Montana impersonator.

Lake City, MN (KROC-AM News) - Prosecutors in Wabasha County have added attempted murder to the list of charges faced by a Lake City woman accused of stabbing a man in the chest last month. The amended criminal complaint against 29-year-old Katie Lee Miles now includes a charge of second-degree attempted murder.

From sold out stadium shows to albums that play for nearly two hours, Morgan Wallen is doing things big, to say the least. It’s why we’ve included him on our list of modern country artists who are important to the genre. A native of Sneedsville, Tenn., the country hitmaker was not destined to do music. In fact, he had a dream of playing baseball professionally until an injury sidelined him, thus making way for a musical pivot. The move wasn’t completely out of left field (pun totally intended).

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Rochester man has been sentenced to a year in jail in a case involving thousands of fentanyl pills. Twenty-six-year-old Seila Abdurahman Ibrahim was also given a stayed 78-month prison sentence and was ordered to serve five years on probation.

Summer Pardi is navigating a difficult stretch of life, with new details emerging about both her divorce from Jon Pardi and a recent health diagnosis involving her father. Court records show Summer officially filed for divorce from the country singer on May 12, 2026, with Jon being served the following day. Less than 24 hours before the couple publicly announced their split, Summer also revealed that her father had been diagnosed with cancer.

Zach Bryan has exploded onto the country scene with songs that feel unpolished and raw, but are actually masterfully written and produced. His deeply personal style has helped usher in a new era of country music, one that values authenticity and honest storytelling over polish and perfection. The guy has basically had zero radio airplay but still sells out football stadiums with more than 100,000 people in the crowd for a show.