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In a match-up of division leaders, the four-game series between the Smokies (20-9) and the Barons (15-13) came up long and short. Tennessee took one of the two extra inning games in the series and turned Saturday’s pitcher’s duel into a...
The sixth annual Louise Mandrell Smoky Mountain Run for Boy Scouts is set for Saturday, July 26 at 8:00 a.m. Ms. Mandrell will be on hand to start the USATF sanctioned 5K Race and hand out the $10,000 in prize winnings. Overall Male, Female...
Coming this August, area youth will gather at Veterans Memorial Museum in Pigeon Forge for the annual Young Patriots Parade, with a chance to show their true red, white, and blue colors and have some family fun. Participants in the parade will...
The new Boyds Creek Animal Hospital has a unique saying, “We have warm hearts for cold noses.” The new clinic recently opened at 11612 Chapman Hwy. in Seymour complete with separate dog and cat waiting rooms, a dental lab and boarding facilities....
Friends of the Seymour Library are campaigning to raise the necessary funds to finish their goal of $100,000 towards the new facility at Macon Crossing. Funding from Sevier County has allowed for the construction of around 1800 feet of usable...
The Herald Newspaper’s classified advertising is free. While we do charge a minimal fee for auto, business and real estate ads, all personal classified ads are free. Have a waterbed to sell? It’s free. Have 200 golf balls you’re trying...
Monday’s auction of the 411 Raceway and equipment ended the long red flag period on the property and has put racing in Sevier County up to a yellow caution. Doug Sopha took the property on a high bid of $341,000 including auction fees in...
Knoxville – Seymour played five games in five nights but for the first time in five years, the Eagles weren’t playing in the championship game Monday night. “The quarterbacks (in the league) were very sound and there was a whole lot...
Where does one begin when talking about the latest fiasco at the University of Tennessee? The Shumaker debacle is another in a string of embarrassing moments for UT, coming on the heels of the episode involving Pamela Reed and Wade “Silly”...
The surges of former Gov. Howard Dean in New Hampshire and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger in California are taking place 3,000 miles apart, but reflect the same phenomenon: Voter disgust with the state of American politics. The signs are everywhere...
Beads and bangles can now be found at a new shop in Governor’s Crossing. “Just Bead It” was opened last month by a 23-year old entrepreneur from Seymour. Anna Hammond has been beading for several years and decided to take her talent and...
Hello to my new readers and a warm welcome to my front porch where there’s always an extra chair for company and a cool glass of homemade lemonade; not the kind with extra sugar mind you, but with plenty of extra lemons. All that sugar isn’t...
Without even knowing if there were any around, I got my wife a hummingbird feeder a couple of Mother’s Days ago to hang off our second-story covered deck. It took a while for the little birds to find it and we didn’t even see any for a...
If you run a small business, you might find it hard to take the time to choose a suitable retirement plan. And yet, it’s worth the effort. Fortunately, there’s never been a better time for small-business owners to choose a good, cost-efficient...
Previously, we heard of the Knoxville Sevierville and Eastern Railroad, which passed through Boyd’s Creek. William J. Oliver, a Knoxville businessman, began construction of the road in 1908, and completed it to Sevierville in January 1910....
In the twenty-three years since starting their organic U-pick blueberry farm, Robert and Maxine Falls have really seen their efforts bear fruit. The Falls, who originally planted blueberry bushes as an alternative to mowing two empty acres,...
Blackberry season is here, and one local picker, speaking on the condition that she remains anonymous, agreed to take me on a berry-picking excursion. Greeting me at the door at daylight, wearing “snake boots” and a pith helmet, she asked...
Dear Phil, Sorry we haven’t talked in so long, but I understand that life is busy when you are Governor of a state. I make the best of it by enjoying my chats with the folks on your staff and in the cabinet. I needed to write to you about...
We are now in the second year of the 21st century and our country is still at the mercy of the big oil companies. These companies continue to make obscene profits at the expense of American consumers. Their CEO’s and large shareholders are,...
Dr. Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor now rallying liberals in the nation’s Democratic primaries, is forcing the party into a potentially lethal march to the left. Animating the Dean surge are groups favoring gay marriage and those...
