COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS
Ella Langley Joins Rare Country Music Club With Three No. 1 Airplay Hits
Ella Langley has reached a milestone that remains relatively uncommon for women in country music. Her album Dandelion has now produced three No. 1 sin...
10h ago
Colt Ford Breaks Shoulder in Tour Bus Crash While Traveling to Germany
Colt Ford is recovering after a tour bus crash left him with a broken shoulder while he and his crew were traveling to a concert in Germany. In a soci...
Aug 15, 2026
Neil Perry Says He Was Removed From The Band Perry After Family Disagreement
Neil Perry is speaking publicly about the circumstances surrounding his departure from The Band Perry. In a social media statement posted August 11, P...
Aug 14, 2026
Taylor Swift Song Disappears From White House TikTok Post
Taylor Swift's I Bet You Think About Me was removed from a TikTok video posted by the White House after the track appeared alongside footage of Presid...
Aug 14, 2026
Shaboozey The Outlaw Cherie Lee Album Chart Performance and Track Peaks
Shaboozey has opened a new chapter with The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales, a Western-themed concept album that arrived with a strong sho...
Aug 13, 2026
How Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' Became One of the Longest-Running Hits in Chart History
Ella Langley continues to hold the top spot with Choosin' Texas, which has now spent 17 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The latest chart upda...
Aug 12, 2026
The Chicks Expand Taking the Long Way for 20th Anniversary Release
The Chicks are revisiting one of the most important albums in their catalog as Taking the Long Way turns 20. In an anniversary announcement on Aug. 10...
Aug 11, 2026
Billy Strings Wears Helmet Onstage After Being Hit by Object
Billy Strings added an unexpected piece of equipment to his stage outfit after being struck in the head by an object thrown from the crowd during a co...
Aug 10, 2026
WFRV LOCAL 5 NEWS
Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dead at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him, has died. He was 83. He died at his home in B...
Wisconsin inmate sentenced to additional prison time after 4-month escape
(WFRV) - An inmate in the Wisconsin prison system was sentenced on Friday to an additional sentence following his escape from a community corrections facility. According to the US Attorney's Office, Western District of Wisconsin, 39-year-old Joseph Hou...
Wausau man sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking
(WFRV) - A Wausau man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession of 50 or more grams of methamphetamine intended for distribution. According to a release from the US Attorney's Office, Western District of Wisconsin, 41-year-old S...
Madison man sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for drug trafficking in Homeland Security Task Force case
(WFRV) - A Madison man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for methamphetamine possession intended for distribution in a case investigated by the US DOJ's Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF). According to the US Attorney's Office, Wester...
One dead, three injured in three-motorcycle collision in Sauk County: Sheriff's Office
SAUK COUNTY, Wis. (WFRV) - Authorities say one person is dead and at least three are injured following a motorcycle crash Saturday evening. The Sauk County Sheriff's Office stated that on August 15, around 7:30 p.m., dispatch received a report of a tra...
Bear breaks into Kentucky home, eats KFC
A Kentucky woman warned others to secure their doors and remove food scraps after a large bear broke into her home early Thursday morning, shattering a glass table.
De Pere Lemon Market raises over $45,000 for kids battling cancer
DE PERE, Wis. (WFRV) - A lemonade stand that started with a few friends has grown into a major community effort to support children and teens battling cancer. The girls behind De Pere's Lemon Market set a goal of raising $25,000 this year. By Saturday,...
Wisconsin woman sentenced to two years in federal prison for embezzling from school district
(WFRV) - A Wisconsin woman has been sentenced to two years prison time for embezzling money from a federally funded organization-the school district she worked for. According to a press release from the Western District of the Wisconsin US Attorney Gen...
