The blooms at the Dolly Parton Statue will not go to waste. They will be donated to the nonprofit Random Acts of Flowers to create bouquets for people in need.
No Union County Jail personnel went to work Wednesday, moving 55 inmates to surrounding counties. Sheriff-elect Rick Carter acknowledged staffing issues at the jail.
Tennessee State Senator Jessie Seal proposes a new bill to honor Dolly Parton by designating Sept. 25 as "9 to 5 Day," celebrating her life and tremendous impact.
A man visited the Dolly Parton statue on Wednesday and released doves to honor the Smoky Mountain Songbird, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 80.
A look back at Dolly Parton's life through rare and archival WBIR footage — from silent home-movie footage of her at 14 in Fountain City, to her earliest television appearances on WBIR's "The Cas Walker Show," through Nashville, Porter Wagoner, 9 to 5, the founding of Dollywood, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and her own words about the Imagination Library and her father, who couldn't read or write.
Chapters:
0:00 Rare Dolly Parton Home Video
0:05 14-Year-Old Dolly Performs in Fountain City
1:06 Dolly Parton Day Announcement, 1967
2:08 Dolly Sings "How Great Thou Art"
4:46 The Cas Walker Coffee Jingle
5:32 Growing Up in the Smoky Mountains
6:20 Nashville and Porter Wagoner
6:58 The "9 to 5" Breakthrough
7:24 Founding Dollywood in 1986
8:00 Country Music Hall of Fame and Kennedy Center Honors
8:16 Launching the Imagination Library
9:16 Her UT Commencement Speech
10:16 Tributes From Across the ...
Dolly Parton's ribbon-cutting speech at the June 24, 2026 opening of her Tennessean Travel Stop in Cornersville, Tennessee — now known to be her final public appearance before her death on Aug. 25, 2026.
County leaders said to honor her life and contributions to the people of Sevier County, the 1896 bell on the historic Sevier County Courthouse would ring a solemn toll.
Flowers, notes and tributes now surround Dolly Parton’s star on the Music City Walk of Fame as fans gather in Nashville to remember her music, kindness and impact.
