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NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today the awarding of $12.8 million in traffic safety grants to 94 Tennessee organizations. The federally funded grants provide cities and counties the ability to implement traffic safety programs...
The faculty, staff and students of Seymour Primary School are hosting a community-wide fall festival from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14. Admission is free. Hamburgers, fries and other food items will be sold to raise money for school projects. Children...
The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved $127,584 for the state of Tennessee to offer mental health counseling to help Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Tennessee cope with stress and other...
Pigeon Forge drug bust A Pigeon Forge drug bust seized $100,000 in drugs and 40 firearms at an area business owner’s home. Authorities also seized an automatic machine gun and scores of ammunition in the home. David Allen English, of Pigeon...
International Entertainment Buyers Association (IEBA) honors Oaks at 35th Annual Awards Banquet Spring Hill Music recording artists The Oak Ridge Boys were honored Tuesday night at the International Entertainment Buyers Association (IEBA) Convention...
darrin@theheraldnewspapers.com A 19-year-old Knoxville man apologized Tuesday in Sevier Court Circuit Court to family members of a former Sevier County sheriff’s deputy he killed last year in a high-speed crash on Chapman Highway, according...
On Burglary and Multiple Motor Vehicle Theft Charges On Oct. 4th, the Sevierville Police Department (SPD) received a call from a citizen reporting that a residence on Cedar Drive was being burglarized. According to SPD Sgt. Todd Naillon, the...
casey@theheraldnewspapers.com The Sevier County Planning Commission was presented a vision statement on behalf of the Friends of Wears Valley association, calling for more strict guidelines for the development of high ridges and steep slopes...
SEVIERVILLE – A lawsuit was filed Monday in the Circuit Court for Sevier County against Armando Martinez Gonzalez and Dixie Stampede LLC. by B. Doe, individually and on behalf of C. Doe. The mother of one of three children allegedly sexually...
Kindergarten students Blair Benton (left), Blaine Williams and Jeremiah Mynatt eat a nutritious school lunch Tuesday morning at a local Sevier County primary school. Gov. Phil Bredesen has proclaimed Oct. 10-14 as National School Lunch Week...
news@theheraldnewspapers.com The undefeated Seymour Middle School football team scored five first-quarter touchdowns on its way to a 72-0 trouncing of Cocke County Middle School last week. The Eagles host a tough Robertsville team in the home...
A combined 1,100 yards of offense produced in Maryville College loss The Maryville College Fighting Scots fell to the Panthers of Ferrum College 56-34 in front of 2,193 fans on MC’s Honaker Field on Saturday afternoon. Both teams combined...
The Tennessee RV/Herald Newspaper Sevier County Player of the Week for last week is Seymour High School’s Matt Litton. Litton came up big for the Eagles’ defense Friday night in a key region battle against Pigeon Forge on a rainy night...
Award is presented to athletes that excel on and off the field news@theheraldnewspapers.com Seymour High School’s William Joseph Heaton and Brittany Rhea Mikels have been honored with a nomination for the coveted Wendy’s High School Heisman...
Target Corporation will continue to ban the Salvation Army from their 1,351 stores this Christmas season. The Army will not be allowed to place their red kettles in front of Target stores. Despite increased need caused by the hurricanes Katrina...
A little boy went out to the backyard to play with a baseball bat and ball. He said to himself, “I am the best hitter in the world.” Then he threw the ball up in the air and took a swing at it, but he missed. Without a moment’s hesitation,...
Betty L. Cox, 77, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2005. She was a member of Providence Baptist Church, Seymour. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Davis and Helen Davis Mitchell, and sister Shirley Wright. Survivors: Husband: Herman...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House passed legislation introduced by Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr., (R-Tenn.) promoting safety on college campuses across the country. House Resolution 15, which received unanimous backing, expresses the House of Representatives’...
Mr. Chris M. Ketron and Ms. Michelle R. Ketron of Seymour would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Erin Ketron, to George Dustin Comer, son of Ms. Brenda Marple, of LaFollette. Rachel is a 2003 graduate of Seymour High...
More than $155 Million for Tennessee Military, Reserves Priorities WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Bill Frist (R-TN) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) announced Senate passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Defense Appropriations Bill. This...
