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When Delta Burke met Gerald McRaney for the first time over 30 years ago, she knew he was the one right away. The feeling must have been mutual considering he asked her to marry him on their second date. “So we were pretty committed!” she once gushed to People. The 62-year-old beauty and her actor husband, 71, crossed paths for the first time in 1987 when Delta — who was entering the second season of Designing Women — made a guest appearance on an episode of Gerald’s detective series, Simon & Simon. [Read More]

UPDATE: The October 14 Fall Spectacular Race at Viola Boyz Backroad Speedway has been canceled. The cancellation was announced in a press release: Viola Boyz Backroad Speedway has no choice but to cancel the Fall Spectacular Race at Viola Boyz Backroad Speedway scheduled for this weekend. It has simply rained too much over the past few days. We will put the plans on hold for this event until Spring 2024. [Read More]

Jake Owen is adding something new to his already impressive resume. The Florida native has teamed up with Salt Life, a beach gear and apparel company, for a line of clothes and a tour sponsorship. The relationship sounds like a match made in surf heaven! Salt Life has partnerships with surfers, avid SUP stars and more personalities, but Owen is the very first musician to join the roster. Of course, the country beach bum is the perfect fit for a brand named Salt Life that hails from Florida. [Read More]

We already know that Travis Kelce caught Taylor Swift's eye with a friendship bracelet, but did he also woo her with a country song?Josh Turner certainly thinks so. On Wednesday (Feb. 28), Turner shared a throwback video clip from May 2023 — just a couple months before Kelce and Swift started dating. In the video, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end is onstage singing an enthusiastic, a capella rendition of Turner's sultry " [Read More]

The Quad Cities Community Foundation announced three new members to its board of directors. According to a release from the Quad Cities Community Foundation: The new members bring diverse perspectives and expertise to support the Community Foundation in its mission of transforming the region through the generosity of donors. Quad Cities Community Foundation The Community Foundation’s new board members are: Esmeralda Jinez, General Engineer at the Rock Island ArsenalElizabeth Cervantes, Assistant County Attorney, Supervisor of the Juvenile Division, at the Scott County Attorney’s OfficeLance Leslie, Managing Director at Deloitte Tax “As we undertake our national search for our next president and CEO, we’re continuing to foster strong leadership all across the Community Foundation,” Randy Moore, board chairperson and interim president and CEO, said. [Read More]

Do you remember the first time you saw a manatee? You might have thought it looked like a character from a Disney movie, with its big, round beer belly and skinny pig snout that sticks up from time to time to snort in air. Sometimes it will pop up its whole wrinkled face, and you can see the catlike whiskers and upturned corners of the mouth, a smiling sea cow drifting past in the shallows. [Read More]

Today was the end of all the downtown Christmas events that kick off the season, and we had more fun than we’ve ever had in years past. We’ve also never been so exhausted, in a good way. You can’t go to the parade without first waiting in line at the YWCO with several hundred of your friends and neighbors to have all-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage. We’ve been doing this since I was born (and the rest of Jones County was doing it long before that) and few things about the Christmas season make me feel such a giddy little kid feeling. [Read More]

Made in the U.S.A Net wt 1.5 oz We call this serious protection from dry skin. A perfect follow-up to your Fisherman Hand Scrub, MacKenzie’s Fisherman Hand Salve is full of only the best natural skin conditioners with the fresh smell of lemon essential oil and ready to tackle the driest skin. Toss one in your tackle box and another in your pocket for after you dock. Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Candelilla Wax, Olive Oil, Sunflower Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Cocoa Butter, Lemon Essential Oil, Castor Oil, Rosemary Leaf Extract, Vitamin E [Read More]

Talk about a holiday prank. Martin Scorsese‘s youngest daughter Francesca decided to mess with her famous father after his comments about the Marvel film franchise turned heads. “Look what I’m wrapping my dad’s xmas gifts in,” the 20-year-old wrote over her Instagram Story photo showing various presents being covered up using Marvel wrapping paper — which shows images of everyone from Captain America to The Hulk to Ant-Man. This fun prank comes after the iconic director said that all those successful Marvel films aren’t exactly “cinema. [Read More]

Randy Houser has been battling COVID-19, but he's hopefully on the tail end of it. At least he's had his whole family with him while quarantining, though. Houser revealed his diagnosis with the novel coronavirus on Tuesday night (Dec. 15), after Instagram Story posts by both the singer and his wife, Tatiana, mentioned that Houser currently can't smell anything: specifically, the steak he was smoking. "Can't smell that!! Damn. Can taste a little though," [Read More]