MANSFIELD – Jessica Hannan is not giving up her dream. The local resident, who has been performing since she was 13, is headed to Nashville in October to record a four-song country music EP.

Back in May, Jessica Hannan-Vitale had just returned from work at Ne'r Beach Motel in Wells—where she was living with her five children and boyfriend—when she discovered her youngest ...

WHEN singer/songwriter Jess Hannan, 19, of Heathcote, learnt her mum Diane had been diagnosed with breast cancer, the only way she knew how to deal with the difficult news was through music.