Carrie Underwood News

The opening of two new venues gave music (and sports) fans reason to cheer. In September, Northern Kentucky University christened the $69 million Bank of Kentucky Center, a 10,000-seat arena, to the sounds of “American Idol” winner Carrie Underwood.

Here are the top stories in Northern Kentucky for 2008 as chosen by The Kentucky Enquirer’s news staff.

The first song Jessie Farrell ever wrote was a musical request to her parents to let her get her ears pierced.

The students may have gone home for the holidays, but business owners at UCF’s Knights Plaza aren’t singing the winter blues.

Seven years ago, James M. Schneider was told by Baltimore County public works officials that a large sewer pipe would have to be laid through his 1.4-acre property at the edge of the Back River. Once the job was completed, he was told, the land would be returned to its former condition.

How do I put this delicately? There’s more style, edge and zeitgeist awareness in Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood’s first singles than there is on David Cook’s entire debut record. The poor bastards that funded the production of this 3 Doors Down-does-praise-and-worship album no doubt banked on… By Josh Kline.

With 2008 drawing to a close, it’s time to take a look back at the year that was. The following is Reality TV World’s 2008 Reality TV Year In Review, a month-by-month review of some of the past year’s reality TV headlines, highlights, lowlights, and milestones.

LAS VEGAS — It was billed as one of the deepest and most anticipated fight cards that the UFC had staged in its 15-year history. With two title fights, a third grudge match amongst MMA legends and a bevy of up-and-coming stars littered throughout the under card, Saturday’s UFC 92 pay-per-view not only showed the [...]

Carrie Underwood was the most-streamed artist on CMT .com in 2008, with the video for “All-American Girl” boasting more than 1.4 million streams for the year.

Carrie Underwood was the most-heard country artist of 2008 and was named the No. 1 Hot Country Songs Artist by Billboard . In 2008, Underwood joined the Grand Ole Opry and co-hosted the CMA Awards.