Carrie Underwood to release deluxe version of her of her holiday album ‘My Gift’

Carrie Underwood announced that she will release a deluxe version of her hit Christmas album ‘My Gift,’ featuring three additional tracks — including two written by Underwood herself. The special edition of ‘My Gift’ will include three new songs: “Favorite Time Of Year,” an original tune that first debuted as an Amazon Original exclusive; a …

Ingrid Andress to launch headlining ‘Feeling Things’ tour of U.S. and Europe

Ingrid Andress has announced dates for a headlining tour kicking-off September 27th in Boston, running through 2022 with a trip around western Europe. Georgia Webster will serve as the opening act on the U.S. leg of the trek. Andress’ will tour in between her supporting dates on Dan + Shay’s ‘The (Arena) Tour,’ which runs …

Heather Locklear to star in new Lifetime movie chronicling Kristine Carlson’s life, produced by Meghan McCain

Heather Locklear will star in a Lifetime movie based on the life of author Kristine Carlson, executive produced by Meghan McCain. Locklear, 59, and McCain, 36, are teaming for the network’s upcoming movie “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: The Kristine Carlson Story.” The biopic tells the story of Kristine Carlson, who co-authored several titles of …

Kelly Ripa to release her first book of personal essays in 2022

Kelly Ripa will release her first book, titled ‘Live Wire,’ in 2022. Described as a book of Ripa’s personal essays, Live Wire has the 50-year-old Ripa exploring “childhood, motherhood, marriage, her career, and the intersection of all the above — putting her thoughtfulness, assertiveness and deep understanding of the dynamics of gender and power on …

Unemployment Texting Scam Alert

The Maine Department of Labor is warning the public of scammer’s attempts to phish individual’s personal information via text message, while posing as the Department. The messages will usually include links claiming to lead to information about unemployment benefits, which do not end in ‘.gov.’ The Department is asking the public to stay vigilant. They …

Multiple People Injured in Wilton Crash

Five people were hospitalized, including two 4-year-old children and a 12-year-old when a car failed to yield to a dump truck in Wilton on Route 2. According to WGME, all have been released except one woman who has a broken rib and fractured collarbone. Police say a car failed to yield to a dump truck, …

American Gymnast Star Simone Biles Walks Out During Olympic Final

Olympic Gymnast Simone Biles has left the women’s gymnastics final at the Tokyo Games. She said she was afraid she would be injured if she continued in her current state of mind. BREAKING: Simone Biles says she withdrew from #TokyoOlympics gymnastics team final because she wasn't in the right headspace to compete. "I didn’t want …

Dr. Shah: Vaccinated Mainers Should Be Prepared to Wear Masks Indoors

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Nirav Shah last night, July 26, said fully vaccinated Mainers should be prepared to wear masks indoors again. The reason is the delta variant of the coronavirus. The variant makes up a large number of the new COVID-19 cases. Latest on COVID-19 in Maine » Vaccinated Mainers …

Department of Veterans Affairs mandates COVID-19 vaccine for medical employees

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs announced on Monday that it will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare personnel. The VA secretary said in an announcement the mandate applies to Title 38 VA healthcare personnel, such as physicians, nurses, dentists and chiropractors, “who work in Veterans Health Administration facilities, visit VHA facilities or provide direct care …

President Biden says US combat mission in Iraq will conclude by end of year

President Joe Biden said at the White House on Monday alongside Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi that the United States’ combat mission in Iraq will be over by the end of this year. Biden told reporters in the Oval Office the U.S. focus in Iraq will shift to an advisory one before 2021 is over, …