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USE YOUR VOICE! VOTE!

USE YOUR VOICE! VOTE!

Tomorrow is Voting Day and no MATTER where you stand politically, it is important that you use your privilege as a US Citizen to VOTE! Let your voice be heard! Only about 29% of people in the state of Illinois voted in the primaries in March. Millennials had the lowest turn out at only 3%.…MORE

What To Do With Your Leftover Candy

What To Do With Your Leftover Candy

I don’t know why I continue to get bags of candy for trick-or-treaters on Halloween… I NEVER get any. Okay, let’s face it, I get the bags of candy partially for myself, too… But as I’m TRYING to be good for my Riverplex Xtreme program (and, you know, just to maintain a healthier life), I…MORE

Nash Next Artist to Watch: The NATU Band

Nash Next Artist to Watch: The NATU Band

I’m so glad Natu isn’t sick of my face at this point! Between having him in for ALL of the rounds of Nash Next, he’s basically made a home of the Nash studios! The Nash Next Illinois Winner and National Finalist stopped by to chat about WHAT’S NEXT for The NATU band! Check it out!…MORE

Nash Next Artist to Watch: Matt Miller

Nash Next Artist to Watch: Matt Miller

Our House Band, Matt Miller, just signed another year with us! So we celebrated by forcing him to do an interview with a cold and very little voice! Sorry Matt! We chat the important stuff… you know, the best Halloween candy! Hear the whole interview below!MORE

Use Our SPOOOOOOOKY Snapchat Filter Friday Night!

Use Our SPOOOOOOOKY Snapchat Filter Friday Night!

We’re so excited to party it up again at the Par-A-Dice Hotel Ballroom Friday night for the Halloween Costume Ball! We got the shot glasses in yesterday and they look AWESOME! View this post on Instagram Our shot glasses are in for the #HalloweenCostumeBall! You’re coming, right? A post shared by #1 for Today's Hottest…MORE

Pumpkin Carving

Pumpkin Carving

It’s been a WHILE since I carved a pumpkin, but I remember it taking a while and being a messy ordeal, what with cleaning out the “pumpkin guts.” So when my friend invited me to her Pumpkin Carving Party, I was trying to find a way to make it better! I found a battery operated…MORE

Real Talk from Kristin…

Real Talk from Kristin…

I will admit, while I try to be 100% real on air, there’s one thing I tend to keep off the air…MORE

Nash Next Artist to Watch: Jessie Ritter

Nash Next Artist to Watch: Jessie Ritter

Jessie Ritter won Nash Next 2018 last week in Nashville, and EVERYONE I talked to that knew her said the same types of things about her, that she’s genuine, she’s kind, she’s a GOOD SOUL! After she won, I followed her whole band on instagram, and her fiddle player, Aria, posted this with the caption…MORE

Twenty-Four Hours in Nashville

Twenty-Four Hours in Nashville

I had a very long, but awesome end to the week last week! Thursday was the Nash Next finals, and for the second year in a row, Peoria had a finalist in the top 10! I wanted to go support The NATU Band the way they deserved to be supported! So at 5:15am, I headed to Starbucks to get a VERY LARGE coffee and start my solo drive to Nashville.MORE

Keith Urban Pulls A Fan On Stage To Sing With Him

Keith Urban Pulls A Fan On Stage To Sing With Him

Keith Urban LOVES his fans. So much so that he spends time trying to read signs in the audience. At the Graffiti U World Tour at the Peoria Civic Center Friday night, he spent a lot of effort trying to read one sign in the upper bowl. He grabbed binoculars, and when that wasn’t enough,…MORE

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