Back in 2006, Eric Church was grinding it out on his Me & Myself Tour. It was not long after he had released his debut album, Sinners Like Me, and he had been invited to no longer be a part of the big ...

A Palatine church will offer $25 of free gasoline to every driver who pulls into a Dundee Road gas station early Saturday afternoon. Good News in the Neighborhood, a non-denominational church, will ...

Over his long life, Kurt Vonnegut offered some great advice for living. Wearing sunscreen was not one of them. In the early days of the internet, the wry sci-fi writer was mistakenly credited as the ...

Here’s a digest of today’s top stories from The News & Observer for May 18, 2026, covering breaking news from across the Triangle and beyond. From criminal cases and government spending to a viral ...

Eric Church is pulling on everyone’s heartstrings with his commencement speech about six strings. In a season filled with celebrity speeches to 2026 college graduates, the country music star’s “six ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. “I want to start with a sound.” That’s how country singer Eric Church began his commencement address at UNC-Chapel Hill. He compared ...

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – OCTOBER 19: Eric Church performs onstage during the Medallion Ceremony for the Class of 2025 at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on October 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee ...

Country music star Eric Church earned praise for delivering the “greatest” commencement speech with his now-viral address to University of North Carolina graduates — after working on the piece for ...

In this season of commencement addresses, country music singer Eric Church brought down the house May 9 with his incredibly thought-provoking speech summing up the “six strings of life.” Church ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- American singer-songwriter Eric Church delivered a moving commencement speech at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Saturday, May 9, with the assistance of his ...