Lucy Allen's Web site on the Parton Theater: I am proud to have helped sponsor legislation to make this project viable. Tourism is our state's second largest industry. Citizens and businesses throughout District 49 and the region will benefit from this project. (Meanwhile, Hwy. 401 hasn't been widened yet.)
Tale of the e-mail: City tries to ditch Parton without paying
Leaders in this city on the Virginia border "don't want to pay a dime" to be rid of Randy Parton.
Parton got lion's share
The musician's artist fee exceeded the income from ticket sales at the theater that bears his name.
Factoid: Lucy Allen sponsored legislation to spend $2 million to boost Parton Theater.
At odds with Randy Parton, city must cover debt
Dolly Speaks Out to Support Brother
A Country Crime
N.C. Official Owned Part of Theater
ROANOKE RAPIDS — A state-funded economic developer who recruited Randy Parton to headline a theater in northeast North Carolina owned a one-third interest in the company that managed the theater, documents show.
