Bobby Hawk News Today

Jonathan Gautier has gone from Lakeland to Los Angeles, and back. The graduate of Polk County public schools won the biggest award in music.

Last night, the annual talent showcase hosted by The Ally Coalition unfolded in New York. The event, held at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the

Blue Springs School Board voted at its Monday night meeting to lower the district's tax levy amidst concerns about higher property assessments.

Fort Osage Schools sent a message to families over the weekend with updated back-to-school plans saying masks would be required. If the county order expires, the district will make a mask decision at that point, Superintendent Jason Snodgrass said.

On March 12, producer and multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Wolff will release Down Where the Valleys Are Low: Another Otherworld for Judee Sill, a tribute album for the late singer-songwriter Judee Sill. Guests on the album include Bartees Strange, Bobby Hawk, Osei Essed, Mary-Elaine Jenkins, Grace McLean, Kate Ferber, Emily Holden, and Michael Cerveris. Below, listen to Wolff and Bartees Strange’s take on “The Pearl” from Sill’s 1973 album “I’ve pushed dirtier, mor...