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Over 80 students for New Center Elementary School toured Buddy’s Bar-B-Q Monday and learned all about the process of slow cooking with real hickory wood, to delivering the finished meal with fast service. They took turns at the drive-thru,...
The other day I happened to stop in to a little deli located at 854 Middle Creek Rd. at the Foxwood Center. I needed to pick up lunch and since I hadn’t eaten there before I decided to play it safe and order a couple of cheeseburgers. The...
For millions of kids, summer vacation is almost here. If you have children in school, you’re now one year closer to the time when you send them off to college. And if you haven’t started saving for that day, now is definitely the time to...
Integrity featured at Louise Mandrell’s Theater It’s amazing to see five men who love their work so much they hang around after it’s done to talk to people about it. “When your business is gospel music, it’s the message of the music...
A cautionary tale After constant pondering of how to add to my meager writing cash flow, a light bulb went on. I am proud to announce that opening soon will be “The Original Sex Shop.” It seems like the county is responding well to Sexy...
Presidential candidate and former House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt has dug himself an early grave in his pursuit of the White House. During his campaign, since the first of the year, he has missed 84% of the votes in the House of Representatives,...
Now that it’s been revealed that only a handful of Americans have the vaguest idea of who’s running for the Democrat presidential nomination it’s worth taking a look at another mystery besides that of the nameless nine: exactly what does...
After a tough district competition and a duck in and out of rain regional, the middle school golfers from Sevier County had a good outing at the state tournament held at the Three Ridges course in Knoxville. The Catons Chapel team of Garen...
Creekside Plantation in Seymour hosted the TMSGA state golf tournament this past week. The Farragut team walked off with top honors for the second year in a row. FMS edged Maury by a stroke 83-84 on the nine hole course. Greenville took third...
Friday afternoon downtown Sevierville was filled with the summer smell of burgers on the grill. Citizen’s National Bank was holding its 4th Annual hamburger luncheon to raise money for its team in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for...
Nellie Williams (alias) is accused of forging checks belonging to two different individuals and cashed them at various businesses throughout Sevierville. Two handbags were stolen without the owner’s knowledge or consent from two restaurants...
By Marcus Fitzsimmons The Pigeon Forge City Commission met Monday afternoon and approved several spending projects, some ahead of schedule. Pigeon Forge Police got approval for the purchase of a new cruiser. Originally budgeted as an unmarked...
The First Tennessee Bank located at 9607 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee, was robbed on April 21, 2003, at approximately 5:15 p.m. by a lone male robber utilizing a demand note, according to R. Joe Clark, Special Agent in Charge of the Knoxville...
Reija Raunela is heading home. The sixteen-year-old exchange student from Finland has been living in Seymour and attending Seymour High School. On Monday she headed back to Finland after a Sunday afternoon farewell party at Seymour High School....
4-H Connections The recent warm weather reminds us that summer will be here beforeyou know it. With summer, comes opportunities for young people to participate in 4-H Camp. No matter what the age, Sevier County has a camp planned just for...
Felice Bryant August 07, 1925 – April 22, 2003 Funeral Home: Atchley Funeral Home Cemetery: Woodlawn Cemetery Katie Lee Allen Layman October 30, 1909 – April 23, 2003 Funeral Home: Atchley Funeral Home Cemetery: Murphy’s Chapel...
Being a graduate of the University of Tennessee, and having a daughter enrolled there now, I am very concerned about its future. During this time of lean budgets in the state, I am appalled by the outrageous salary given John Shoemaker, the...
Moscow, April 18…A week in the Russian capital meeting with the staff of former President Boris Yeltsin and the Russian experts on America makes clear how far President Vladimir Putin has strayed from Moscow’s real interests in his misguided...
If anybody wondered why the sainted United Nations, France, Russia and Syria joined forces in trying to block the U.S. from ousting the brutal Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq the answer is now becoming clear; they feared exposure of the corruption...
Last August if you had asked Janet Martin about starting a new career she probably would have laughed. But eight weeks ago that is exactly what Janet and her husband Bill did. After being a pharmacy tech for five years and having an established...
