Bill Landry pens new history book on Tennessee
Heartland Series star and all around good guy Bill Landry has a new book, When The West was Tennessee. He's one of 10 authors who will appear at the Mountain Makins Folk Life Festival which takes place Oct. 27 & 28 at The Rose Center in Morristown.
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Counter protesters clash with Boston Police outside of the Boston Commons and the Boston Free Speech Rally in Boston.
People gather at an impromptu memorial where a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain.
Burning forest is seen during Operation Green Wave conducted by agents of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, to combat illegal logging in Apui, in the southern region of the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
A man walks across London Bridge behind a barrier to prevent traffic mounting the pavement in London.
A child reacts to the camera while sitting on his father back as they make their way in a flooded area in Bogra, Bangladesh.
President Trump returns a salute as he steps from Marine One to board Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, on his way back to Washington.
Children play along a street in a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, Syria.
A makeshift memorial appears for late comedian, actor and legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis around his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
A competitor grabs a flag as he slips off the gostra, a pole covered in lard, during the celebrations for the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian's, Malta. In the traditional gostra, a game stretching back to the 1800s, young men, women and children have to make their way to the top of a slippery pole and try to uproot one of the flags to win prizes.
Railway workers repair the tracks next to derailed coaches of a passenger train at the site of an accident in Khatauli, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces who broke his leg during the fighting with Islamic State's fighters reacts while being bandaged by his comrade in the old city of Raqqa, Syria.
A man performs a split as he practices Kung Fu at Beihai Park in Beijing, China.
Great Britain's Holly Bradshaw clears 4.61 m in the Pole Vault at the Diamond League in Birmingham. Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
An indigenous Mayan woman looks on from a hammock while receiving treatment at the rural hospital of the Mexican Social Security Institute. The hospital changed its regular beds to hammocks as part of the Intercultural Action in Health programme to integrate and respect the customs and practices of indigenous Mayan patients in Hecelchakan, Campeche, Mexico.
People fly paragliders at the Faku International Aerobatic Show in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) fire against Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Tal Afar, Iraq.
A large crowd of people march towards the Boston Commons to protest the Boston Free Speech Rally in Boston.
The mother of suspects Said Aalla, Youssef Aalla and Mohamed Aalla embraces Hafida Oukabir, sister of suspect Moussa Oukabir, during a rally of the local Muslim community to denounce terrorism in front of Ripoll's townhall, north of Barcelona, Spain.
Teams approach the finish line of a seaweed race pushing a two tonne seaweed bundles known as Climin from the sea to the harbour finish line during Cruinniu na mBad (gathering of the boats) regatta in Kinvara, Ireland.
Paula Creamer of the USA reacts to a putt on the 15th green in the final round of The Solheim Cup international golf tournament at Des Moines.
Great Britain's Mohamed Farah celebrates winning the men's 3000m at the Diamond League in Birmingham.
A child looks at messages in support of student leaders Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow who were imprisoned for their participation of the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, also known as Occupy Central protests on a wall, during a protest in Hong Kong.
Two men react at an impromptu memorial where a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain.
A statue of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, stands in Memphis Park, formerly named Confederate Park, in Memphis, Tennessee.