A backhoe operator in middle Tennessee was saved on Tuesday after a pit of rocks and dirt he was digging collapsed and buried him alive for almost half a day, officials said. Firefighters responded ...

MAURY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — David Golden remembers the day in great detail. It was around 11 a.m. in mid-March when the 54-year-old father of six and grandfather of two was working in a pit in ...

Mastering the backhoe-loader is a big job because it is really two machines in one. A good operator can improve productivity by employing many of the same principles that make excavators and wheel ...

Most families groan when orange cones and blinking lights indicate construction detours. Not Lori Alexander’s family. Alexander, the 42-year-old mother of two, wrote the new picture book “Backhoe Joe” ...

MAURY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — David Golden remembers the day in great detail. It was around 11 a.m. in mid-March when the 54-year-old father of six and grandfather of two was working in a pit in ...