Sweetwater

It’s only the third day of 2013, and Jason Aldean is already planning new career moves. The singer will make his acting debut at the Sundance Film Festival in the movie Sweetwater. The movie also stars actors January Jones and Ed Harris, and is a...

January Jones is keeping mum about her child's paternity. The "Mad Men" actress, who plays Don Draper's sullen ex-wife Betty, gave birth to son Xander Dane Jones in September 2011, but never said who the father was, squarely placing the boy's...

The beauty pageant each April at the Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater, Texas, requires traditional skills like interview poise, evening-gown fashion and talent, but also some ability and inclination to milk and skin rattlers. High school senior Kyndra...

For the second straight year, a group of dedicated South Floridians will harness the region’s greatest natural resource for a cause dear to the hearts of most of us. By which I mean pinups promoting dog adoption. From 7 to 10 p.m. Friday at...

American Craft Beer Week doesn't officially start until Monday, May 13, but Due South Brewing Co., in Boynton Beach is hustling to celebrate its first anniversary the day before. By doing so, it hopes to avoid getting lost in the mess of events taking...

BOYNE CITY — The 53rd National Morel Mushroom Festival will bring mushroom seekers to Boyne City from Thursday, May 16, through Sunday, May 19. The festival provides fun for everyone including mushroom hunts, tastings, musical entertainment, a...

A heavy lineup marks American Craft Beer Week in South Florida, where only last year there were few celebrations across the three counties. The "Mother of All Beer Weeks," as it's known in fan circles across the U.S., will go on May 13-19. For a...

The next two weeks will be packed with themed events for lushes, catering to the Kentucky Derby crowd, Cinco de Mayo partiers and to Mom on her day. It's also American Craft Beer Week from May 13 to 19, so expect local restaurants and beer bars to pour...

The following items were taken from police reports. Tinley Park •A wallet containing $200, credit cards and identification was reported taken April 12 from a 55-year-old Manhattan woman while shopping at a household decorating-organizing store at...

Richie Havens, the New York City folk singer thrust by circumstance onto center stage as the opening act of Woodstock, the legendary 1969 music festival, has died. He was 72. He died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Jersey City, N.J., according...

PETOSKEY -- The Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce's Connecting Women in Business group plans a networking night from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at Mackinaw Trail Winery, 3426 U.S. 31 South, Petoskey. Chamber members and the public are invited to...

SWEETWATER, Texas — Each spring for more than half a century, this small West Texas town has hosted what's billed as the world's largest gathering of rattlesnakes. The roundup began as pest control, but has grown to become a cultural phenomenon that...