Latest Dolly Parton News
10 winners of the 'I Love My Librarian Award' are celebrated for their community work
NEW YORK (AP) — At Wisconsin's Mukwonago Community Library, director Abby Armour isn't only committed to providing books and other media for local residents. Armour, one of 10 recipients this year of an "I Love My Librarian Award," has been overseeing the cataloging of some 12,000...
Dolly Parton sings her family's story on 'Smoky Mountain DNA.' She says it is her 'favorite album'
NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton's musical story starts further back than most might expect — to the British Isles of the 1600s. That's where her ancestors hail from, eventually landing in the hollers of East Tennessee and its familiar mountain ranges, bringing their songs with them. A new album...
Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continues
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Helene inched up to 227 on Saturday as the grim task of recovering bodies continued more than a week after the monster storm ravaged the Southeast and killed people in six states. Helene came ashore Sept. 26 as a Category 4...
Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Martin Scorsese and more stars pay tribute to Kris Kristofferson
NEW YORK (AP) — Reaction to the death of Kris Kristofferson. The singer-songwriter and actor died Saturday at his home in Hawaii surrounded by family at age 88. ___ “The first time I saw Kris performing at the Troubadour club in L.A. I knew he was something...
