Archive for: February, 2005

Alumus returns to alma mater

Alumus returns to alma mater

Maryville College alumnus and acclaimed tenor John Wesley Wright will return to his alma mater later this month as the College’s Distinguished Alumni Artist-in-Residence. Wright, who graduated from the College in 1987 with a degree in music,...

 

County applies for grant money

Sevier County is applying for a $500,000 state grant to extend a water line to more than a 100 homes located in the southern part of the county between Pigeon Forge and Sevierville on Jayell Road. If the county is awarded the grant, it would...

 

Motions heard in Bacon case

Motions heard in Bacon case

Questionnaire for perspective jurors introduced Sevierville, TN — Lawyers in the Shane Bacon murder case discussed motions in the case of the State of Tennessee vs- Christopher Willingham Friday, February 18, at the Sevier County Circuit...

 

A special evening… with special friends,

A special evening… with special friends,

t was indeed a night to remember. The Music Road Convention Center was the site Saturday evening of the Fourth Annual 2005 Valentines Dinner and Dance: ‘A Special Evening …With Special Friends, For a Special Cause….’ The cause was to...

 

Law enforcement agents make major drug bust

Sevier County Sheriff’s Department working in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized more than $15,000 worth of illegal narcotics and arrested a Sevierville man Thursday morning. Jerry Lynn Seaton, 51, of 1140 Middle Creek...

 

Impact Analysis of Proposed Road Meetings set

Great Smoky Mountains National Park managers have announced a series of meetings at which they will provide detailed information regarding the five alternatives being studied to resolve the future of a proposed new Park road on the north shore...

 

President’s come to life

President’s come to life

President Dwight Eisenhower was an avid painter. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy was crying days after her husband Jack was assassinated in Dallas. First Lady Bess Truman was very cost conscious with taxpayer money. These are just a few of the...

 

Sevierville Police investigate attempted ATM burglary

Sevierville Police (SPD) was notified Thursday, February 17, of an attempted burglary of an ATM in the Governor’s Crossing mall. SPD Officer Steve Ford responded to Governor’s Crossing.According to SPD Detective Robbie Ball, it appears that...

 

Madison, Abbott chosen Lady Vol Co-athletes

Track, Softball standouts tie for honor after being named National Athletes of the Week          Track & field long jumper Tianna Madison and softball pitching ace Monica Abbott have been chosen Lady Vol Co-Athletes of the Week,...

 

Lady Eagles’ defense shines

The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles held the Tusculum Pioneers to only 12 points in the second half as they took a 59-36 win Wednesday night in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) action. The Lady Eagles remain in second place in the conference standings...

 

Pioneers dominate second half

The Tusculum Pioneers shot an amazing 81% (25-31) from the field in the second half and posted 62 points as they rolled to an impressive 101-78 win over Carson-Newman Wednesday night at Holt Field House. With the victory, Tusculum improves to...

 

Hockey season falls face first

NHL cancels season after agreement cannot be made There will be no hockey games this season for the National Hockey League (NHL) fans to watch. The players union and the NHL could not come to terms on a new contract and the deadline has now...

 

Ryan’s Hopes: I always feel like somebody’s watching me

Right now someone is watching you. If you use the internet someone knows every site you have gone to and every person you chat with. All your phone calls are being monitored and your cell phone can be tracked. If you have OnStar in your vehicle...

 

Making Sense: Time for a few asterisks?

Everybody is all juiced up over Jose Conseco. Baseball is all upset because Conseco has gone public about his own use of steroids. Why that came as a surprise is hard to understand, but organized baseball is acting as if they are aghast at the...

 

Patricia’s Porch Talk: A funky February

If you’ll look up the word, you’ll find funk n. “music that combines traditional forms of music (as blues, gospel, or soul) and is characterized by a strong backbeat, 2 : the quality or state of being funky, or 3: a depressed state of...

 

NATIONAL NEWS

“Chemical Ali” faces the consequences of his actions A New York human rights group aptly named “Human Rights Watch,” has accused General Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as “Chemical Ali,” for the massacre of at least 34 Shiite men in...

 

Unraveling the mystery of the high velocity clouds

Mark Giroux, assistant professor of astronomy and physics at East Tennessee State University will present a lecture entitled “Unraveling the Mystery of the High Velocity Clouds” at Walters State Community College. The lecture begins at 7...

 

WUOT’s Daniel Berry to perform free concert

Daniel Berry, WUOT 91.9 FM program director and host of the station’s popular Morning Concert, will perform with Pianist Ellen Raines on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Admission...

 

TENNESSEE NEWS

Tennessee receives grant to develop study The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has received a $31,500 federal grant to develop and communicate the Cumberland Plateau Feasibility Study. The study is a first step toward making...

 

Sevier County rates an “F”

Knoxville was chosen by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America for a second year in a row as the worse city for people with asthma to live in. The American Lung Association rated Sevier County at an “F,”the worse possible score. Dr....