A hearing is scheduled tomorrow in Indianapolis on a request that the country music duo Sugarland give depositions in lawsuits over last year’s deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse.Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush say they want to wait until May to testify because they’re preparing to tour. But attorneys for the company that built the stage rigging involved in the August 13 collapse want them to be deposed next week.A Sugarland spokesman says Nettles and Bush aren’t refusing to give depositions but “are simply refusing to be bullied into doing so on short notice.” Seven people died and dozens more were injured when the stage rigging collapsed in a gust of wind as Sugarland was preparing to take the stage.(Information for this story came from the Associated Press)
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.