Country music star George Jones has been released from the hospital.
In a news release from Jones’ publicist on Saturday, Jones says he is improving, and “I look forward to seeing everyone soon.”
Jones, regarded as the greatest voice in country music history, was hospitalized for the second time this year on Monday in Nashville, Tenn., with an upper respiratory infection. The 80-year-old spent a week in the hospital in March as well.
Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit against ex-wife Elizabeth Travis, TMZ reports. The pair divorced in 2010, and the following year, Randy fired her as his manager, ending a professional partnership that had lasted 30 years. The singer now claims his ex breached their contract by spilling personal details about his life and aiming to sabotage his career. What’s more, he says, she tried to scam him out of money by inflating travel costs.
Earlier this year, Elizabeth filed a breach-of-contract suit of her own, alleging that the country superstar wrongfully sacked her as manager.
While Elizabeth is angling for her full management fee, Randy has asked the court to stop her from taking a cut of his future concerts.
For the right price, you or a loved one can rest in peace in the tomb of The King. Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien is selling Elvis Presley’s original crypt to the highest bidder as part of his “Music Icons” auction next month. The tomb is inside the granite and marble mausoleum at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn. Presley was interred there alongside his mother, Gladys, after he died Aug. 16, 1977. Two months later, they were reburied at his Graceland home. The original crypt has remained empty ever since. The Julien says the winning bidder will get the crypt, opening and closing of the vault for burial, a memorialization inscription and use of a chapel for a committal service. Transportation and funeral home charges aren’t included. The auction starts June 23, 2012.
This Afternoon:
Sunny, with a high near 79. North northeast wind between 5 and 8 mph.
Tonight:
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. East southeast wind between 7 and 9 mph.
Wednesday:
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Southeast wind between 8 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT. GENERAL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE REGION. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE.
Summer Reading Program for Adults @ the North Platte Library!
After the success of last year, the North Platte Public Library staff will again have a Summer Reading Program for adults! This year’s theme is “Between the Covers”.
This program is independent in nature and does not require registration, attendance at meetings or any cost.
The rules are simple. Participants, read whatever they want over the summer, and every week have a chance to win an Between the Covers prize. Books in any format count: large print, fiction, non-fiction, e-books, audio books, etc. Books can be their own personal copy or the library’s.
For every book read, participants simply fill out a weekly drawing form (maximum of three entry forms per week). Drawings take place on Saturdays at 5:00 PM. It is not necessary to be present to win. Plus, if they attend any of the summer series programs and brown bag luncheons, they can enter a 4th time with a special program entry form.
The program kicks off with a special program on Friday June 1st at 2:00 PM.
This program is open to adults 18 years of age and older and runs from June 1 through September 1. The first prize drawing will be Saturday, June 9th. More information and drawing forms are available at the library.
(York, Neb.)-(Deb Collins / NSP)The Nebraska State Patrol Troop C Headquarters-Grand Island in conjunction with the York County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a weekend of special enforcement activities designed to reduce the potential for fatal or injury crashes.
“We are headed into a busy time of year,” said Captain Chris Kolb, Commander Troop C-Grand Island. “Special events and activities bring increased traffic volume. Our goal is to make sure everyone gets to and from their destinations safely.”
Special enforcement efforts to include DUI checkpoints and high visibility patrols will be conducted Friday & Saturday, June 1-2, in and around York County. The extra enforcement will be paid for thanks in part to a $1,860 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety (NOHS)
North Platte – Great Plains Regional Medical Center’s advertising campaign for the cardiology department won a bronze award for excellence from Healthcare Marketing Report this spring.
The print and radio advertising campaign, titled, “Follow Your Heart,” featured the photos and voices of several patients and a statement about how the care they received enabled them to enjoy favorite activities again, like ranching and hunting.
“This campaign was a creative way to highlight our physicians and staff and the exceptional care they provide at Great Plains,” said Marcia Baumann, vice president of growth and development. “Our people make a difference in the lives of patients and families everyday, and awards like this reinforce the tremendous resource GPRMC is for the North Platte community.”
Healthcare Marketing Report is a national newspaper for healthcare marketing, and the publication received nearly 4,000 entries this year. A national panel of judges granted awards to those entries that exemplify exceptional quality, creativity and message effectiveness.
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1914, in one of the worst maritime disasters ever, the liner Empress of Ireland, carrying 1,477 passengers and crew, collided with the Norwegian freighter Storstad in Canada’s St. Lawrence River. Just over one thousand people lost their lives.
1917, John F. Kennedy was born. He was assassinated in 1963.
1942, Bing Crosby recorded Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.”
1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and sherpa Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1973, Tom Bradley was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles. He retired in 1993.
1974, the TV variety show Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour last aired on CBS.
1980, NBA great Larry Bird beat out another great, Magic Johnson, for Rookie of the Year.
1980, National Urban League president Vernon Jordan was shot and critically wounded in an assassination attempt in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jordan survived, and today is one of former president Bill Clinton‘s closest friends.
1985, in Brussels, Belgium, a drunken group of British soccer fans supporting the Liverpool team stormed stands filled with Italian supporters of the Juventus team before the European Champion’s Cup final. During the attack, a concrete retaining wall collapsed and 39 people were crushed or trampled to death and over 400 were injured.
1989, student protesters in China’s Tiananmen Square built a replica of Statue of Liberty that they called the Goddess of Democracy.
