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GATLINBURG – Sparkle Days ’07 – this year’s version of the City of Gatlinburg’s annual rite of spring – begins Monday and continues for two weeks. During Sparkle Days, the City Sanitation Department will pick...
Alf Newman poses with a cake made especially for his 86th birthday by his niece Elizabeth Emery of Alabama. On February 14, 2007, Alf Newman, lifetime resident and well-known Sevier County businessman, celebrated his 86th birthday with family...
Thousands of BMX enthusiasts from across the country and the world will converge on Morristown this weekend for the annual National Bicycle League (NBL) Spring Nationals. Morristown has a similar relationship with the world of BMX racing as...
Sevier County Sheriffs Department Criminal Investigation Division has made an arrest in a series of residential burglaries in the Walden’s Creek Area. Detectives have arrested Johnny Ray Hill age 46 of 732 Gnatty Branch Rd. He was charged...
Over the past 20 years education funding in America has increased by almost 80 percent so that today school systems spend an average of more than $9,000 per student. Despite this record of growth, student achievement has remained stagnant. However,...
I must have struck a nerve with my comments in last week’s issue. I can’t tell you how many people have told me that they agree with everything in the article. In case you’re getting like me and don’t remember what last week’s article...
Sevierville, TN, announces a full year of festivals, shopping events & car shows Sevierville (TN) – Sevierville, Tennessee, located in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, announces its 2007 Calendar of Events. The 53 currently...
Sevierville, TN, announces a full year of festivals, shopping events & car shows Sevierville (TN) – Sevierville, Tennessee, located in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, announces its 2007 Calendar of Events. The 53 currently...
A lengthy investigation by the Sevierville Police Department (SPD) and the Rutherford County Sheriff\’s Office (RCSO) led to the arrest of two individuals late last week on felony wire fraud charges. The joint investigation between SPD...
The 2006 City of Sevierville Christmas Parade will have a new route, as presented below. Please note that access to and egress from most side streets in the downtown area will be restricted prior to and during the parade. Restrictions will...
Blount County Sheriff James Berrong announced today that a 28-year-old Knoxville man is in custody in connection with the aggravated robbery of a 76-year-old Seymour woman Tuesday. Casey Michael Lowe, 28, of Knoxville, was taken into custody...
Bad weather caused damage Two tornadoes touched down in south central Missouri damaging more than 100 homes, a school and a plant. A middle school in the St. James area lost part of its roof after students there had been through a tornado drill....
by Joe Karl joe@theheraldnewspapers.com The Seymour Boys Scouts Troop 585 were treated to a special presentation by Senator Raymond Finney last night. Senator Finney spoke to the troop of the greatest government in the world, the United States...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have developed new guidelines for managing weddings and wedding related activities in the national park to avoid conflicts between wedding parties and the general public and to reduce potential...
news@theheraldnewspapers.com This Friday September 15, 2006, students in Sevier County Schools will be released at 2:00 p.m. like last Friday. There is another large rod run in Pigeon Forge and we want to ensure the safety of our students and...
Millions of parents today are appalled at the inferior education public schools give their children, but don’t know what to do about it. Joel Turtel’s new book, “Public Schools, Public Menace,” tells parents about new, quality, low-cost...
Second top-15 pick from national polls to begin 2006 The Lady Vol soccer team garnered its second national preseason ranking of the year, as the squad stands 14th in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas poll released...
news@theheraldnewspapers.com Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously passed the resolution to increase the certified tax rate to 31 cents per $100 of property value at Monday night’s meeting. The tax rate certification is required by the state...
City and County officials attended a ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday for the Mills Auditorium at the Gatlinburg Convention Center. The convention space has been expanded to approximately 300,000 square feet of meeting, banquet and exhibit...
• There was a suspicious vehicle reported at 3958 Ole Smoky Way around 12:10am. • A domestic assault was reported at 708 Pollard Road around 1:40pm. • 918 Post Oak Drive was the location of a prowler reported at 1:51am. • Another suspicious...
