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After all the rigors of traveling, it's nice to come home. It's even better to come home to this.

Hey, parents of young kids -- this one's for you.

Jake Owen has joined Kenny Chesney as a 2016 Taste of Country Music Festival headliner. The three-day camping and country music festival is set for June 10-12 in Hunter, N.Y., and tickets and VIP packages are on sale now.

Blake Shelton celebrated his fifth anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry with another fifth — of whiskey, that is.

They say it's better to be lucky than good. That may be true when Barbie is on your side.

Are you looking for unique items for holiday gift-giving? Then this is where you want to be! Port Lavaca Market Days will be at the Bauer Community Center parking lot, 2300 TX-35 in Port Lavaca, from 8am to 3pm Saturday. There will be lots of local vendors offering unique gifts, homemade items, jewelry and much more.

The Refugio Country Opry is Thursday night at 7pm at the Expo Center at the Refugio County Fairgrounds. It's a live music show featuring the Opry band, "The Best of the Best", with special guest Nikki Vincent of Prairie Lee; Jaycee Barns of Victoria; and April & Jason Hall and Ashlynn from Floresville.

The 2016 Taste of Country Music Festival doesn't happen until June, but country music fans from all over the country can get in on special pricing with an exclusive pre-sale that begins today (Sept. 29).

The Jackson County Youth Fair begins next Saturday, October 3rd at the Brackenridge Main Events Center, 284 Brackenridge Parkway, just outside of Edna. Daily admission is $5 for adults and children 6 and up, 5 and under are free.

The 2015 John Stormont Conference will be at the Victoria College Student Center, 2200 E. Red River Street in Victoria, Friday morning starting at 8am. This year's subject will be "Prison and Punishment - The Texas Prison System".

Tim McGraw has been added to the roster of all-star headliners at WE Fest 2016.

Let's hope this kid wished for a stronger set of lungs.