Before there was the outlaw country movement, there was Merle Haggard, a California transplant via Oklahoma who spent his teen years in and out of juvenile detention centers for forging checks, ...

Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle is a fitting farewell to the outlaw-country legend—and the bandmates Willie lost after recording it. Your opinion of Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle will depend on how ...

There have been many deaths in "The Walking Dead" franchise, but the "Daryl Dixon" spin-off proves that some of them carry long-term emotional weight for certain characters. Merle Dixon (Michael ...

Willie Nelson is releasing "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," his 78th solo album, as a tribute to Merle Haggard. The new album features 11 covers of Haggard's songs, including "Workin’ Man Blues" and ...

now"> The owners of Merle Hay Mall are making new plans to build an ice HOCKEY rink and entertainment facilities in the mall. And they need a boost from the State to help pay for it. KCCI Senior ...

A study commissioned by Urbandale questions the viability of a proposed hockey arena at Merle Hay Mall, citing slow sales growth. Mall owner Abbell Associates' CEO disputes the study's findings, ...

Get to know Merle Haggard’s kids: Dana, Marty, Kelli, Noel, Jenessa and Ben Emy LaCroix is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She previously worked as the ...

Merle T. Pederson, age 69, of Des Moines, passed away after a long battle from Alzheimer’s on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Arbor Springs surrounded by family, good friends, and a lot of love. Merle ...

Before he became a musician, Merle Haggard lived the kind of life that's often mythologized in song: Hopping freights and doing prison time. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car.

Merle Oberon was a popular actress who was once nominated for an Oscar. But a fact that she hid from the public threatened to unspool her entire life’s work. Merle Oberon in the 1935 Oscar-nominated ...

In 1935, a young actor named Merle Oberon landed the role of a lifetime. The Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn was planning to remake the 1925 silent film The Dark Angel as a talkie. Oberon, with her ...