Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In 1985, Merle Haggard wrote a love song to something very close to his heart: A place, not a person, ...

I am proud to be a Bakersfield native and a lover of the Kern River which used to flow all the way through the city. We've lost generations waiting for a flowing river to return to Bakersfield, ...

A concert promoter says country music legend Merle Haggard was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness this week in central Georgia. Sunday's sold-out concert at River Spirit Event Center has been ...

A photo of Merle Haggard from the commemorative plaque outside the Haggard House at the Kern County Museum. (Rebekah Kearn/Courthouse News) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — When I read that the late country ...