Pocahontas News

You know what you're going to get with a Gretchen Wilson set: no-frills, unpretentious, hard-twanging country-rock tunes - with emphasis on the rock.

Gretchen Wilson has joined the lineup for the Farm Aid concert in St. Louis on Oct.

In late May 2004, Gretchen Wilson's debut single, "Redneck Woman," became the first by a solo female singer to top the ~Billboard country singles chart in over two years; it also reached number one faster than any single in the previous decade.

Thursday was a day that a Pocahontas, Illinois family of nine will never forget.

A 38-year-old Pocahontas, Illinois woman pleaded guilty Friday to bank fraud for illegally transferring funds from account holders at the bank she worked at, according to A. Courtney Cox, US Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.

A 38-year-old Pocahontas, Illinois woman pleaded guilty Friday to bank fraud for illegally transferring funds from account holders at the bank she worked at, according to A. Courtney Cox, US Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.

A former Illinois bank supervisor pleaded guilty Friday to a bank fraud charge accusing her of stealing about $174,000 from her employer and a Highland charitable foundation.

Gretchen Wilson plans to start her own record label, and she'd like to call it, naturally, Redneck Records.