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• George Strait hitting the road for the last time

  September 26, 2012 9:22 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - George Strait is getting ready to park his tour bus. The 60-year-old country music superstar announced Wednesday that he'll embark on his final concert tour early next year. He made the announcement at a news conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in... more »

• Man returns stolen Mothers Day gift from 1958

  May 13, 2012 11:32 AM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - No matter how much digging investigators did, the crime remained open until a thief turned himself in and returned the fruits of his theft. In this case, the crime was stealing two hydrangeas in May 1958 from Centennial Park in Nashville. And the thief, 72-year-old Bill... more »

• Pop singer Dobie Gray dead in Nashville at age 69

  December 7, 2011 5:41 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dobie Gray, who hit the top of the music charts in 1973 with "Drift Away," has died in Nashville. He was 69. Charlie Andrews, Gray's attorney and friend, said Wednesday that Gray died at home in his sleep early Tuesday. He had been in declining... more »

• Occupy Nashville resulting in dozens of arrests

  October 29, 2011 9:57 AM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police have begun arresting Wall Street protesters who defied a new curfew a day after they were forced off the Tennessee Capitol grounds because new restrictions had been set. Several dozen people remained on the grounds after the new curfew passed Friday at 10 p.m.... more »

• Longtime Grand Ole Opry member Billy Grammer dies

  August 10, 2011 5:14 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Billy Grammer, whose 1958 hit "Gotta Travel On"' hit the top of the charts and led to a long career on the Grand Ole Opry, has died. He was 85. A statement from Grand Ole Opry spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt says Grammer died Wednesday morning in... more »

• Loretta Lynn recovering at home from dehydration

  July 15, 2011 4:22 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star Loretta Lynn says she is recovering from heat exhaustion that forced her to cancel two weekend shows - and that she'll need to stay out of her garden in the stifling heat. The 76-year-old said in a statement Friday that "there ain't a... more »

• Tim McGraw files countersuit against Curb Records

  May 25, 2011 5:32 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Attorneys for country music star Tim McGraw have filed a countersuit against Curb Records, seeking a ruling that would release him from his 20-year contract with Mike Curb. The countersuit comes 10 days after Curb sued McGraw for breach of contract over the unreleased album... more »

• Stars urge support in CMT disaster benefit

  May 12, 2011 10:36 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Celebrities and music stars are urging people across the country to donate to Southern disaster relief through the CMT benefit concert, "Music Builds." Hank Williams Jr. kicked off the concert in Nashville with a rendition of "I Saw the Light" with the Blind Boys of... more »

• Grand Ole Opry back open following Nashville flood

  September 29, 2010 4:21 PM

  Country music finally came home Tuesday night, almost five months after water filled the Grand Ole Opry. Opry stars took to the stage for the first time since it was covered by May's floods. The famous wood floor pulled from the original Opry at the Rhyman Theatre was... more »

• Stage restored at Grand Ole Opry House

  August 25, 2010 1:48 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - As it turns out, the circle will be unbroken. Brad Paisley and Little Jimmy Dickens helped install the circle in the center of the Grand Ole Opry House stage Wednesday after flood waters nearly destroyed it. The circle, made from a part of the old... more »

• 3 kids buy plane tickets, fly alone

  August 13, 2010 8:48 AM

  Three Florida children bought tickets with baby-sitting money and flew to Nashville, Tennessee, on Southwest Airlines - unbeknownst to their parents. Bridget Brown, 15, had $700 saved and asked a 13-year-old friend where he wanted to go. The friend, Bobby Nolan III, suggested Nashville. Together with Brown's 11-year-old brother,... more »

• Heat wave bakes 18 states from Texas to New York

  August 5, 2010 8:49 AM

  Election officials are touting air conditioned polling places in Tennessee as a dangerous heat wave bakes a large swath of the nation from Texas to New York. Heat advisories or warnings were in effect in 18 states Thursday, with temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and high humidity... more »

• Grand Ole Opry employees lose jobs

  June 2, 2010 7:35 PM

  Gaylord Entertainment Co. is laying off more than 1,700 employees as a result of flooding that inundated the Opryland Resort, the Grand Ole Opry House and other properties in May. In a conference call with investors on Wednesday, CEO Colin Reed said the company informed 1,743 workers on Wednesday... more »

• Local group rescues dogs from Tennessee flooding

  May 22, 2010 8:10 PM

  Morning glory is smiling now, but she's had a long week. to top it off, she should be dead. She's a Nashville pup that's been down long road. Flooding has devastated a lot of Tennessee. "The shelters in and around Nashville, and actually about 30 counties in Central... more »

• Retirees among those killed by devastating floods

  May 7, 2010 3:16 PM

  The couple was swept away by floodwaters while driving to dinner, part of the routine they cherished in retirement. Another retired couple died on the way to church, while a third pair were found in their inundated home. After decades of marriage, the three husbands and three wives died within... more »

• Nashville residents return home to devastation

  May 6, 2010 2:40 PM

  It's getting easier to get around Nashville and to clean up after a devastating flood. City crews are starting to haul away residents' ruined possessions today. And some roads, closed by high water, have reopened. The rain-swollen Cumberland River continues to recede but Nashville's downtown remains without power... more »

• Progress being made in restoring services in Nashville

  May 5, 2010 5:09 PM

  City officials in Nashville are reporting progress restoring the city's electrical and water systems after a devastating flood. But the city's downtown remains dark, and homes are water-logged. The flooding was caused by storms that are blamed for at least 29 deaths in three states. The flash floods are... more »

• Nashville's famed music quieted by flooding

  May 5, 2010 11:40 AM

  The blazing fiddles and screaming guitars at Nashville's famed downtown honky-tonks are a little quieter as the city recovers from flash flooding and storms blamed for at least 29 deaths in three states. Elsewhere in Nashville, the Country Music Hall of Fame has closed and the Grand Ole Opry... more »

• Nashville braces for more flooding

  May 3, 2010 4:47 PM

  Officials in Nashville braced for more deaths Monday as the flooded Cumberland River continued to swell, sending muddy water rushing through neighborhoods and threatening the historic heart of Music City after a destructive line of weekend storms killed 22 people in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. The flash floods caught... more »

• Taylor Swift tops CMAs with four awards

  November 12, 2009 8:22 AM

  It's been Taylor Swift's year, and Wednesday was her night as she became the youngest person and the first solo female act in a decade to win the Country Music Association's entertainer of the year award. Swift won all four awards for which she was nominated, making history on... more »