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HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. - Another volley today in the battle over some of the state's best fishing waters. U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) says he'll file a bill next week to put the brakes on an Army Corps. of Engineers' plans to ban fishing near its dams along the Cumberland River. These waters just below Old Hickory Dam are home to some of the best fishing in Middle Tennessee. "Some of the fish get caught in them turbines and get chopped up and it's a free meal for the fish so the big fish go up there and congregate," said Paul Sibert, who has been fishing the waters near Old Hickory Dam since the 1960's. Here is our entire interview.
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Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert at country fest
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By CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The sounds of country music take over the City of Baton Rouge as the Bayou Country Superfest brings some of the genre's biggest names to LSU's Tiger Stadium for a Memorial Day holiday jamfest.
Headlining Saturday are Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Aaron Lewis, the former frontman for rock band Staind. The two-day festival concludes Sunday with performances by Zac Brown Band, Luke Bryan and The Band Perry.
Festival producer Quint Davis says the talent and free fan fest held before the nightly concerts help to entice attendees. In its fourth year, the festival drew 75,000 people last year.
Visit Baton Rouge executive vice president Renee Areng says Superfest has encouraged people to travel to Baton Rouge on a traditionally sleepy weekend.
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