Tennessee governor expects Trump to sign emergency declaration request: 'We're very grateful'

proposed Wednesday that a statue of the pioneering country artist and Tennessee native Dolly Parton be erected on the grounds of the state Capitol.

A new bill has proposed the erection of a statue of Dolly Parton in front of the Tennessee Capitol.

coronavirus vaccine. Her advocacy for racial justice was recently celebrated in a mural in Nashville.Windle said the state capitol commission would solicit input to develop a plan for the statue, including its design, and he said it should face toward the Ryman Auditorium, where she sometimes performs.

Morgan Wallen may just be the hottest act in country music at the moment. In just two days, the 27-year-old singer's new album,, had the biggest first day and first week of all time for a country album on Apple Music.

A statue of Dolly Parton may be erected on the grounds of the Tennessee Capitol. State Rep. John Mark Windle proposed such a statue on the property to recognize all the country icon's contributions to the state.

A Tennessee woman faces charges after she allegedly stole and then crashed a police cruiser that she was allowed to sit inside while her house was on fire Tuesday afternoon, reports said. The woman was placed inside the cruiser after police said they found her distraught and shivering outside of her home in Kingston Springs, which is outside of Nashville, affiliate FOX 17 reported.  She was identified as a 64-year-old woman.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have an impressive property portfolio between them, including a farmhouse in Nicole's native Australia, a penthouse in Sydney, a condo in New York and a mansion in Los Angeles. However, they spend the majority of their time at their main family home in Nashville, Tennessee, which they bought in 2008.

A Tennessee man believed to be a protester who stormed into the U.S. Capitol last week and entered the Senate Chamber with plastic restraints was ordered held in police custody Monday.  Eric Munchel, 30, appeared before a federal judge, who ordered the Nashville resident held without bond pending further hearings, The Tennessean newspaper reported.

Chris Willman Music WriterEd Bruce, a singer/songwriter and actor who had his own run of hits on the country charts but was best known for co-writing Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings’ “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” has died at age 81. He died in Clarksville, Tenn.

FBI agents searched the offices and homes of several Republican Tennessee lawmakers Friday. The searches included the homes of former GOP House Speaker Glen Casada; his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren; and state Rep.

Ed Bruce, the singer and songwriter who got his start during the Sun Records rockabilly era and went on to write or record a long string of country chart-makers, died of natural causes today in Clarksville, Tennessee. Bruce, who sidelined as an actor on such TV series as James Garner’s 1981 Maverick sequel and 1980’s The Chisholms, was 81.

Maria Menounos is setting the record straight about where she is in the pregnancy process.

With less than a week to go before her scheduled execution at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Jan. 12, attorneys for Lisa Montgomery are pleading with President Trump to agree to her clemency petition and save her life.

Maria Menounos has hinted that she’s expecting children with her husband, Keven Undergaro.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Officials are continuing to assess building damage caused by the Christmas Day bombing as law enforcement officials on Thursday allowed media outlets the first opportunity to survey the downtown Nashville explosion site. The photos show blown-out windows, debris spilling out of buildings onto sidewalks and a dark crater where the bomb directly went off.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- It’s 1966 and a thunderstorm illuminates the night sky in Memphis, Tennessee.

An East Tennessee lawmaker wants stronger oversight of the nation's telecommunications grid after a Christmas Day bombing in Nashville temporarily crippled infrastructure that caused 911 outages and a sudden unreliability in regional phone service. The security of America's cyberinfrastructure was highlighted in the attack, Rep.