Nearly two decades before Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson joined up for the supergroup, the Highwaymen, in 1985, along with Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, the former outlaw had already recorded ...

Janis Joplin’s version of “Me and Bobby McGee” was released on Jan. 12, 1971. One day earlier, a Food Stamp Amendment was passed, establishing uniform work requirements for eligibility. “Busted flat,” ...

Kristofferson is remembered as a songwriter’s songwriter. He penned songs that became hits for Ray Price, Gladys Knight, Sammi Smith, Bobby Bare, and many others. Songs like “Help Me Make It Through ...

Before he was an outlaw-country pioneer and a movie star, and after he was a Rhodes scholar and a helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army, the jarringly handsome young man was a janitor in Nashville, for ...

Willie Nelson is remembering his fellow Highwayman Kris Kristofferson. Nelson, who was a member of the outlaw country group The Highwaymen alongside Kristofferson, reflected on the country icon's ...

What’s next for the Nassau Coliseum site? It’s a question that could shape the county for years to come. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman acknowledged the county was “going to pursue a different ...

The cost to build a casino-resort at the Nassau Coliseum site rose to $7.6 billion, according to a recently released final environmental impact statement, nearly doubling the original $4 billion price ...

The Town of Hempstead passed a resolution to hold a public hearing May 27, on the rezoning and potential enactment of the Mitchell Field Integrated Resort District, which will likely move the Nassau ...

Las Vegas Sands will no longer pursue a $6 billion plan to build a casino-resort at the Nassau Coliseum, company executives told investors Wednesday. The Nevada-based company will not apply in June ...

Las Vegas Sands has withdrawn its planned bid to open a $4 billion casino complex at the site of the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. The gaming giant’s announcement Wednesday caught some casino ...