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BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS AUGUST 29, 2025
AFTERNOON CRASH SLOWS 15 SOUTH THIS WEEK
A three-vehicle crash slowed traffic on Route 15, just south of the Clinton-Armstrong township line, around 5:20 pm Wednesday afternoon. According to the Sun Gazette, emergency crews reported that four people were hurt with 3 transported by ambulance to area hospitals and a fo...
Aug 29, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS AUGUST 28, 2025
JUDGE ASSAULTED IN COURT
A Montour County district judge was assaulted during a preliminary hearing Monday. According to the Daily Item, court documents say 25-year-old Daniel Rhoades became agitated while testifying on harassment charges and struck Judge William Wilt with a closed fist. A state trooper, sheriff's de...
Aug 28, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS AUGUST 27, 2025
FATAL ACCIDENT IN MIFFLINBURG
State police say a 44-year-old Beavertown man died after his SUV left Route 522 and struck a house in Snyder County Monday evening. According to the Standard Journal, investigators report Joshua Herrold's 2013 Honda Pilot went off the road east of Sale Barn Road around 5:25 p.m., hit the ...
Aug 27, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS AUGUST 26, 2025
PARENTS SUING WASD OVER ALLEGED ABUSE OF SPECIAL NEEDS SON
The parents of a special education student are suing the Williamsport Area School District after their son was allegedly strapped to a backboard in class last May. According to the Sun Gazette, a federal lawsuit claims former homeland security and protective s...
Aug 26, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS AUGUST 25, 2025
WOMAN THREATENING TEEN WITH A MACHETE CHARGED
A Watsontown woman is behind bars after allegedly threatening three people with a machete. According to the Sun Gazette, state police say 28-year-old Stephanie Marie Swank was in a manic state when she swung a 16-inch machete inside a Boyer Lane home on August 11th. Two pe...
Aug 25, 2025
Music News

Maren Morris Joined By Yola For Intimate ‘Soho Sessions’ Performance
During an intimate Soho Sessions performance at the Hamptons' Stephen Talkhouse on Monday night (August 25), Maren Morris reflected on how her breakout 2016 single, "My Church," transformed her from a singer-songwriter into a full-fledged artist, bring...
Aug 29, 2025

Bailey Zimmerman Shares Insight Into Making His Hit New Album, ‘Different Night Same Rodeo’
In a new interview with Audacy's Katie Neal, Bailey Zimmerman reflects on the growth he experienced while making his new album, Different Night Same Rodeo, which was released on August 8. Zimmerman was anxious to see if he could follow-up the success o...
Aug 29, 2025

2025 Field & Stream Music Festival, Featuring Headliners Eric Church And Miranda Lambert, Has Been Canceled
The 2025 Field & Stream Music Festival, set for October 3-5 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, featuring headliners Miranda Lambert, Eric Church, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, has been canceled without much explanation. This marks the second consecutive year the ...
Aug 29, 2025

Lainey Wilson Says HARDY Once Took Her To A Strip Club As Her End-Of-Tour Gift
During a recent appearance on Theo Von's This Past Weekend podcast, Lainey Wilson humorously recalled when HARDY treated her and her crew to a strip club visit in Huntsville, Alabama, as an end-of-tour gift during their 2023 Fall tour together. HARDY h...
Aug 29, 2025

Riley Green Says He’s “Afraid” To Write More Love Songs After Chart-Topping Success Of “Worst Way”
Riley Green is currently riding high with his Billboard Country Airplay No. 1 hit, "Worst Way," but the 36-year-old country star admits in a new interview with CMT that writing love songs is outside his comfort zone. "It's not really my thing," Green s...
Aug 28, 2025