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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...