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Tennessee looking to sell former workshop for the blind
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state of Tennessee has taken back control of a building after determining that it was no longer being used as a workshop for the blind.
Department of General Services spokesman David Roberson tells The Tennessean that the agency will seek approval to sell the western Nashville building that has been owned by the state since 1929.
The state operated its own blind services workshop at the site until turning it over to Ed Lindsey Industries for the Blind in 2004. The deed said the property would revert to the state if the facility stopped being used as a "rehabilitation facility for the benefit of blind persons."
The facility over the years produced brooms, brushes and mops. The state found it ceased operations in 2015 and utilities are turned off.

Tool, J. Cole, Stevie Nicks to headline Bonnaroo music fest
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — J. Cole, Tool and Stevie Nicks will headline this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which is set to return after a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic and weather. 

The lineup for the June 16-19 festival in Manchester, Tennessee, was released Tuesday and also includes The Chicks, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, 21 Savage, Machine Gun Kelly, Roddy Ricch, Flume and Illenium. 

Last year's festival was set to go on with extra COVID-19 precautions in place for fans, but heavy rains from Hurricane Ida left the grounds unsafe for driving or camping. The festival takes place on a former farm in rural Tennessee about an hour southeast of Nashville. Tickets go on sale Thursday. 

The 2020 festival was postponed to 2021 because of the pandemic.

Other artists on the lineup include Bleachers, Lord Huron, Disclosure, The War on Drugs, Billy Strings, Porter Robinson, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Herbie Hancock. 

Online: https://www.bonnaroo.com/