SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton’s theme park in east Tennessee will unveil new features for fans to honor the life of the “dreamer-in-chief,” Dolly Parton, who died at the age of 80.
Sevierville, in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, will also be placing markers throughout the city for a self-guided walking tour of places that were important to the singer, actor and philanthropist. She grew up in rural Sevier County and transformed the theme park into the county's largest employer and a major tourist destination.
In a press conference held Wednesday, park officials announced plans to add a new character to the park called the Dream Maker, inspired by Parton's Imagination Library, as well as adding a waterfall and stained glass windows to a chapel inside the park to reflect her deep faith.
The park will add kiosks for visitors to share their thoughts about Parton and new additions are also coming to The Dolly Parton Experience, a multibuilding section that includes exhibits about her life and career.
A makeshift memorial honoring Dolly Parton in Sevierville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Camden Hall)
Guests wait in line for a Dolly Parton exhibit at the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Camden Hall)
A memorial wall for Dolly Parton stands outside the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Camden Hall)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thomas Saggese hit a go-ahead, two-strike infield single in the 10th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals outlasted the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-6 on Wednesday night.
Nathan Church singled to center off reliever Brock Stewart (0-2), moving automatic runner José Fermín to third. He scored on Saggese's single to second for a 6-5 lead — St. Louis' first of the game. The Cardinals added two more runs on a double by Joshua Báez, who entered as a pinch-hitter in the eighth.
The NL West-leading Dodgers have lost six of eight. Shohei Ohtani struck out four consecutive times for the first time this season, including in the 10th with an automatic runner at third.
The Dodgers had leads of 3-0, 5-2 and 5-4 before the Cardinals tied it in the eighth. Báez doubled off reliever Tanner Scott and scored on Alec Burleson’s sacrifice fly.
Los Angeles had the potential winning run on third in the ninth. Teoscar Hernández hit a ground-rule double and moved up on a wild pitch by Justin Bruihl (1-1), but pinch-hitter Kiké Hernández struck out and pinch-hitter Will Smith flied out to end threat.
Riley O'Brien pitched the 10th to earn his 35th save.
The Dodgers led 3-0 on Freddie Freeman's three-run drive that snapped his 47-game homerless streak in the first. The 416-foot shot to center — his first since July 3 — scored Ohtani, who walked, and Tommy Edman, who was hit by a pitch.
Besides Ohtani, Cardinals opener Brycen Mautz walked two more batters and gave up a single to Miguel Rojas while the Dodgers batted around in the inning.
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto walked Fermín for his only baserunner through five innings.
Fermín broke up the no-hit bid with a single leading off the sixth. He was forced out on Church's fielder's choice groundout to short before Saggese homered, pulling the Cardinals to 3-2. Saggese had two of the Cardinals' five homers in a 13-8 win on Tuesday.
Yamamoto allowed four runs and five hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts.
Betts' two-run shot off reliever George Soriano extended the Dodgers' lead to 5-2 in the sixth.
The Cardinals got within a run again in the seventh. Leo Bernal hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot, to cut the deficit to 5-4. He had a two-run single in his MLB debut on Tuesday.
Cardinals LHP Quinn Mathews (1-2, 5.03 ERA) was set to start the series finale Thursday against Dodgers LHP Tarik Skubal (8-7, 2.84).
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St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Brycen Mautz delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (17) steals second base during the second inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Jordan Walker (18) and first baseman Alec Burleson (41) are unable to catch a flyout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
