BRISTOL, Tenn. -– Diane Dempsey didn’t hesitate when asked to single out her biggest challenge in succeeding the late Merle Dickert as executive director of the Paramount Center for the ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Diane Dempsey has resigned as the executive director of the historic Paramount Center for the Arts. Paramount Board of Directors President Eric Blevins confirmed late Wednesday ...

This Christmas card might have been the only card in the Diane Dempsey collection that was inspired more by Frank Sinatra and his 1961 “Ring-a-Ding-Ding” album of all swing songs, no ballads.

Arlene Engler Dempsey’s family and friends remember her as a kind, nice and considerate person. Her daughter, Diane Dempsey, recalled her mother as a selfless woman who found the most joy within ...