Country music legend Dolly Parton is unveiling an exciting new attraction at her Dollywood theme park this Memorial Day weekend that takes visitors on a journey through her life. “The Dolly Parton Experience,” a new interactive museum in Tennessee, opened Friday. It showcases the most memorable moments in the musical icon’s career and life and her legendary wardrobe. “I’ve been …
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Christa Pike, who earned her spot as Tennessee’s only female death row inmate by stabbing and beating her classmate to death – then nearly executing an elaborate prison break – was featured on a recent episode of Investigation Discovery’s “Mean Girl Murders.” Now 48, Pike was convicted in 1995 for killing fellow Knoxville Job Corps computer programming student Colleen Slemmer, …
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Elvis Presley fans visiting the beloved King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s famed Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, have been expressing shock over the news that the property may be sold at auction due to a court battle between a loan company and Presley’s granddaughter. Fox News Digital spoke to some Elvis fans outside the iconic mansion on Tuesday before a …
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The smell of wood fire wafting on the breeze is the first sense that gets triggered at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, where smoke is as essential an ingredient as salt. For the teams that annually compete at the so-called Super Bowl of Swine, they’ve elevated backyard barbecue to fine dining under the sun, incorporating techniques passed …
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Six men have been charged with staging a string of armed robberies across Chicago and its surrounding suburbs so that the victims of these allegedly fake crimes could apply for special U.S. immigration visas reserved for crime victims, federal authorities said Friday. The two men accused of organizing and carrying out the staged robberies were identified as Parth Nayi, 26, …
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A Tennessee court has halted the Thursday sale of Elvis Presley’s historic Graceland mansion. Chancellor JoeDae L. Jenkins said at an injunction hearing at Shelby County Tennessee Chancery Court on Wednesday morning that the proposed auctioning of the property on Thursday will not go ahead after the rock ‘n’ roll legend’s granddaughter claimed documents pertaining to the case were fraudulent. …
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Tennessee will soon become the first state in the country to offer free diapers to families enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program after receiving federal approval, state officials have confirmed. According to TennCare, Tennessee’s Medicaid program, families will be able to receive up to 100 diapers per month for children under two starting in August — which will be available …
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A Nashville hotel is being accused of violating federal and Tennessee civil rights laws by pulling the plug on a pro-Israel event slated to take place next week. The Sonesta Nashville Airport hotel abruptly canceled the summit, hosted by pro-Israel Christian group HaYovel, citing “credible threats” confirmed by law enforcement. “I think that the hotel jumped the gun and decided …
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A small plane carrying two people crashed in Tennessee on Wednesday, authorities confirmed to Fox News Digital. In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) identified the aircraft as a single-engine Beechcraft V35. The plane crashed in Franklin at around noon on Wednesday. The crash was reported in Williamson County, located about 20 miles south of Nashville. ALASKA LAW ENFORCEMENT …
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A Tennessee couple found transporting millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine was killed in Texas on Thursday during a traffic stop shootout with law enforcement, authorities said. Edward and Elizabeth Stevenson were first identified through undercover buys of illegal drugs, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. The undercover work allowed investigators to get a search warrant for the Stevensons’ …
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