George Strait News

Houston is one of only five U.S. cities that can boast resident, professional arts companies in the four performing arts disciplines, plus it has a Museum District with 16 member organizations, the second-largest downtown Theater District in the nation, roughly 500 arts groups and more than 12,000 working artists.

The U.S. government acknowledged Friday that a shipment of peanuts from the plant linked to a salmonella outbreak contained a “filthy, putrid or decomposed substance” later identified as metal fragments.

The government acknowledged Friday that a shipment of peanuts from the plant linked to a salmonella outbreak contained a “filthy, putrid or decomposed substance” later identified as metal fragments. The shipment was returned to the U.S.

The federal government Friday launched a criminal probe into the practices of a peanut processor whose products not only sparked a nationwide salmonella outbreak, but in one exported batch also contained metal shavings, officials revealed.

“I’ll be an old troubadour when I’m gone,” George Strait sings on Troubadour. But will he be old and Grammy-less? The “king of country” and overdue veterans AC/DC, Judas Priest, James Moody, Rush and Neil Young are all in the running to score their first Grammy on Feb. 8. USA TODAY’s Edna Gundersen takes stock [...]

The government acknowledged Friday that a shipment of peanuts from the plant linked to a salmonella outbreak contained a “filthy, putrid or decomposed substance” later identified as metal fragments. The shipment was returned to the U.S. in April, months earlier than reflected in a federal tracking database.

Platinum-selling country group Little Big Town, which has toured alongside notables such as Martina McBride, George Strait, Keith Urban, Alan Jackson, Sugarland and Carrie Underwood, is making its way across the country in 2009 for the first time as a headliner. Little Big Town’s “A Place to Land” tour kicked off Jan. 24 in Jacksonville, [...]

Color: Blue. It’s the best-looking color regardless of shade. Music: Country. Musician: George Strait.

CHEYENNE – Internet ticket scalpers are asking up to $550 per seat to the George Strait night show scheduled for this summer at Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Associated Press – January 23, 2009 4:25 PM ET CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Internet ticket scalpers are asking up to $550 per seat to the George Strait night show scheduled for this summer at…