Front Page Country News for Thursday, August 14

Play Ball!!! It's National Wiffle Ball Day, a day to relive your childhood memories...how many of you guys hit or pitched a wiffle ball, and did the play-by-play out loud?  That's how I started!  The ball was created by a dad in Connecticut the year before I was born!.  Today is also National Tattoo Removal Day...that one can be self-explanatory...if you think it hurt getting the tattoo, the removal can be more painful!  In today's edition...Jon Pardi will be the halftime entertainment at this year's SEC Football Championship Game... Rascal Flatts is heading back out on tour, with the final stop in Buffalo!  and Reba breaks her silence over the loss of her step-son, Brandon Blackstock...Happy 84th Birthday to Connie Smith!