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Country music star Dolly Parton appears in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, on October 28, 2019. | The Christian Post/Leah Klett Tennessee lawmakers' push to make Dolly Parton’s rendition of John Newton’s famed hymn "Amazing Grace" an official state song got one step closer to being a reality Monday when the bill was passed by the House.  In February, Rep. Mike Sparks, R-Smynra, and Sen. Raumesh Akbari, D-Memphis, introduced HB 0938/SB 1416, which would make the hymn, written in the 18th century by Newton, a slave trader-turned-abolitionist, and sung by Parton, an official state song.  On Monda...

Dolly Parton’s version of the hymn “Amazing Grace,” written in the 18th century by slave trader-turned-abolitionist John Newton, may soon become an official state hymn of Tennessee. 

By Lori Feb 17, 2021 WINCHESTER — Country music star Ronnie Milsap’s performance on Saturday, April 17, 2021 for the Patsy Cline Classic XI in the Patsy Cline Theatre at Handley High School will be postponed once more until Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 8PM due to the ongoing Covid-19 challenges and current health and safety guidelines set forth by public health officials, Winchester Education Foundation Executive Director Russ Potts announced today. Milsap, 77, has had 40 No. 1 singles, won six Grammys and four Album of the Year awards and was named the Country Music Award Entertainer...

2 minutes read Musician Ronnie Milsap is a native of Graham County Smoky Mountain rain may soon fall on a western North Carolina highway with a new name. The N.C. Department of Transportation board recently adopted a resolution to dedicate a section of U.S. 129 in Graham County in honor of six-time Grammy winner and Country Music Hall of Fame member Ronnie Milsap. Signs designating this section from Yellow Creek Road to the Cheoah River, will be placed and a ceremony will be held at an appropriate time to honor the 77-year-old Milsap, who grew up in Robbinsville and recorded 40 No. 1 hits i...

North Carolina DOT Renames Stretch of Highway After Ronnie Milsap In this Jan. 16, 2019 photo, Ronnie Milsap poses for a photo on the stage of The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. Milsap's new album, “Ronnie Milsap: The Duets,” comes out on Friday. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP) Ronnie Milsap, a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and six-time Grammy award winner, can add a stretch of highway in North Carolina to his list of accolades. The North Carolina Board of Transportation voted on Dec. 2 to rename a six-mile stretch of US 129 near the singer's hometown of Robbinsville as the...