Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Nov. 10, 1973, Tex Ritter stood on the Ryman Auditorium stage and brought David "Stringbean" Akeman to the "Grand Ole Opry." ...

The burglar sentenced to life for murdering “Hee Haw” banjo player David (Stringbean) Akeman and his wife, Estelle, in 1973 has been granted parole. A Wednesday morning vote by the seven-member ...

A 1973 brawl between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees - the archrivals Major League Baseball announced Tuesday will meet next June in London in the first regular-season games ever played in ...

Editor's note: Peter Cooper's reporting on the 1973 killing of David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife, Estelle, is being republished on the fiftieth anniversary of their deaths. On Nov. 10, 1973, Tex ...