Congratulations are in order for Midland’s Mark Wystrach. The singer revealed on Instagram that he proposed to girlfriend Ty Haney, and she said yes.

“Popped THE QUESTION and @ty_haney had the answer I was lookin’ for!!!” he wrote alongside pictures of Ty showing off the sparkly diamond on her finger.

“It kind of was unplanned and just unfolded naturally when we were barefooted and on a walk with our little puppies,” he tells People of the proposal. “It was right after a big thunderstorm, and the sun just popped [up] out of nowhere, and I knew it was a sign.”

This year’s Special Awards honorees for the 54th annual Academy of Country Music Awards were just announced and some of your favorites are set to be recognized. This year’s recipients will be saluted at the 13th Annual ACM Honors, which will take place August 21st at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

This year’s honorees include:

Brooks & Dunn and Martina McBride, who’ll both receive the Cliffie Stone Icon Award, which is given to a country music artist, duo/group or industry leader who throughout their career has advanced the popularity of the genre.

Miranda Lambert who’s getting the Gene Weed Milestone Award, presented for a specific, unprecedented or outstanding achievement in the field of country music during the preceding calendar year. Miranda is receiving the honor after making history at the 2018 ACM Awards by becoming the most awarded artist in ACM history with 32 honors.

Kacey Musgraves will receive the ACM Jim Reeves international award, which is given to an artist or industry leader for outstanding contributions to the acceptance of country music throughout the world.

Rodney Crowell, Kye Fleming and Billy Joe Shaver will receive the Poet’s Award, for outstanding and longstanding musical and/or lyrical contributions throughout their career.

Shane McAnally will get the Songwriter of the Year Award, presented to an individual known predominately as a songwriter.

While we’re all grateful that Randy Travis’ 2013 stroke didn’t take him from us, the loss of hearing new music from him has been rough for fans. Well, that wait is over…sort of. Randy has released “One In A Row,” his first new song in six years.

And when you hear it – and surely love it – don’t get too lost in it. Turns out, the song is only new to us. The tune, which is appropriately about missing someone, was written by Buddy Jewell and Thom McHugh…and was recorded years before Randy’s health troubles. It just wasn’t widely released. Check it out on the right.

Something Randy has been working on as he continues to fight on? His new memoir, “Forever and Ever, Amen.” He’s got a book tour rolling – and will have a booth at next month’s CMA Fest in Nashville.

Holidays like Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day have always been important to the guys in Rascal Flatts and they became even more important after they performed for troops in Iraq back in 2005.

“It really kind of changed all three of our lives,” Gary LaVox shares. “You never know the price of freedom until you stand in the middle of a combat zone in a foreign country with 18 and 19-year-old kids that are absolute studs.”

He adds, “They are the true root of what red, white and blue means. And that was something that I’ll never forget. And so from that day on Memorial Day even meant more to me.”