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My father once bought a Dolly Parton rose that he planted in his backyard flower garden.

Randy Owen took the WDRM Stage late on Friday night. Owen played some of the hits from his days in Alabama.

Today is the last chance for music fans on Sand Mountain to buy weekend passes to Big Spring Jam XVII in Huntsville.

WHEN Rod Stewart first arrived in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to record what would become his hit single "Sailing" back in the 1970s, the British bad-boy rocker had quite the shock.

Ready to sing "YMCA" with the Village People? Maybe grab a funnel cake and beer? People-watch? Or, football-watch, as in watch Alabama and Auburn's games on the huge big-screen TVs? There will be a little something for everybody starting Friday night and going through Sunday at the annual Big Spring Jam in Big Spring International Park.

Alabama's Sept. 26 home game against Arkansas has been scheduled to kick off at 2:30 p.m. CDT.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Dale Wallace has enjoyed great success in the music business, but he and other members of Emerson Drive believe their best days are ahead.

Marty Stuart is making the best music of his life. A veteran performer, his career began at age 12 when he played mandolin with the Sullivan Family, a bluegrass/gospel band from Alabama.

Most Alabamians knew the company President Barack Obama meant when he singled out Alabama as the state with the greatest monopoly by one health insurance provider.

State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. will not raise insurance rates on most homeowners in Mobile and Baldwin counties, even though the state Insurance Department says it approved rate increases ranging from 0.6 percent to 6 percent locally for the state's largest property insurer.

After getting rained out in 2008, the B100 Birthday Party is back on this year and hoping to enjoy some more amenable, "Alabama"-style weather.

My home is in Alabama no matter where I lay me headmy home is in Alabama. Alabama Country Star Randy Owen joined Ronnie Gilley today at Country Crossings for a update on the progress of the mega entertainment project being built in Houston County.

Agriculture Commission er Ron Sparks enlisted some help from an old friend this week.

Published: Friday, September 4, 2009 at 5:10 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, September 4, 2009 at 5:10 p.m. Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks is getting some well-known help in his Democratic campaign for governor.

Dustin Corley is coming up on his third month on the job at the Country Crossing development south of Dothan.

Children from the YMCA-YWCA and the Boys and Girls Club daycares donned paper wings and feasted on beans and wieners on Thursday as the United Way kicked off its 50th anniversary fundraising drive with the hope that "Angels Among Us" will band together to raise $1,225,000 to support its 24 community agencies.

Teddy Gentry of the legend ary country music band Alaba ma stopped in Montgomery Thursday evening to help raise money for a longtime friend.

Former lead singer of Alabama, and now successful solo artist, Randy Owen visited Country Crossing on Thursday afternoon.

Actress Sarah Chalke is 33. Cajun-country singer Jimmy C. Newman is 82. Bluegrass singer-banjo player J.D. Crowe is 72.