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 Monday, the bill passed in the House 91-1, Fox Nashville reports.
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 Monday, the bill passed in the House 91-1, Fox Nashville reports.
Update 4:45 p.m.: Law enforcement have towed away a box truck that was reported to be playing “similar” audio to what an RV played before it exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas Day.
A robot and an officer in a bomb suit investigated the truck before the tow truck was brought in.
CrimeOnline will report new information as it’s released.
Original story:
Law enforcement officers in Tennessee have detained the driver of a box truck that was reported to be playing “similar” audio to what an RV played before it exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas Day.
The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said they were notified at about 10:30 a.m. about the white truck parked at a convenience store in Walter Hill, about 40 miles southeast of Nashville.