A featured player on ‘Hee Haw’ and member of the famed Stoneman Family, she was the first woman to play modern bluegrass banjo on a phonograph record.
Category: Tennessee
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Company Hired 24 Minors to Clean Slaughterhouses, Labor Department Says
Fayette Janitorial employed at least 24 children between the ages of 13 and 17 to work overnight shifts cleaning dangerous equipment at plants in Virginia and Iowa, federal regulators said.
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Dairy Products Are Linked to Listeria Outbreak
Rizo-López Foods recalled its dairy products this week, as officials linked some of them to an outbreak that has sickened 26 people since 2014.
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Suit Seeks to Block N.C.A.A. Limits on Athletic Donors
The attorneys general in Tennessee and Virginia are asserting that the N.C.A.A. has no right to stop boosters of college sports teams from paying players.
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Prosecutors in Nashville Drop Charges Against Country Singer Chris Young
The country singer had been charged with disorderly conduct, assaulting an officer and resisting arrest after an altercation at a downtown bar.
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Legal Actions Seek Guarantee of Abortion Access for Patients in Medical Emergencies
New cases say fear and confusion about abortion bans in three states are causing doctors and hospitals to deny medically necessary abortions.
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4 Days, 690 Miles, Countless Stalls: Behold the ‘World’s Longest Yard Sale’
Everyone loves a bargain. But can anyone survive the entirety of the 127 Yard Sale, an annual four-day event that stretches from Michigan to Alabama?
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The History of the Lynching Site Where Jason Aldean Filmed ‘Try That in a Small Town’
Henry Choate, an 18-year-old Black man, was hanged outside the Maury County Courthouse in Tennessee in 1927 after he was falsely accused of attacking a white girl.
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Ford’s Battery Joint Venture to Get $9.2 Billion Government Loan
The money will help finance three plants the automaker and its partner, SK On, are building in Kentucky and Tennessee.
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A New Show Celebrates the Guitar and Its Symbolism
Opening in May at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, the exhibition will delve into the instrument’s myriad representations and stars who have played it.
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Life Isn’t Fair. He Didn’t Want This Race to Be, Either.
The New York Times – Sports:Gary Cantrell, the mastermind behind the Barkley Marathons, is in a race of his own: against time.
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Whiskey Fungus Fed by Jack Daniel’s Encrusts a Tennessee Town
The New York Times – Business:The dark growth, fed by alcohol vapors from barrels of aging Jack Daniel’s whiskey, has coated homes, cars, patio furniture and road signs in a sooty crust, residents said. One woman is suing Lincoln County.