Archive for: May, 2006

PF allots funding for animal shelter

Radio personality lobbies support casey@theheraldnewspapers.com The Pigeon Forge Board of Commissioners approved a $10,000 donation for the purchase of a new incinerator for the county animal shelter. Pigeon Forge joined Sevierville and Gatlinburg,...

 

Sevier County Mayor officially throws hat in for congress

Sevier County Mayor officially throws hat in for congress

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters (R-Gatlinburg) wants to be the new 1st District congressman. Waters officially kicked off his campaign Tuesday on the Sevier County Courthouse steps to a crowd of more than 200. Waters, 53, has been Sevier County...

 

Dems organize support

Dems organize support

Local Democrats to meet tonight casey@theheraldnewspapers.com Sevier County Democrats are preparing for a heated senatorial campaign, throwing their muster behind sole democratic candidate Harold Ford, Jr. (D-Memphis). The Democratic Party...

 

Congratulations Seniors!

Congratulations Seniors!

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Seymour High School Students Recognized for Top Honors

Seymour High School Students Recognized for Top Honors

Over 30 Seymour High School students were recognized at the County Awards Night on Monday, May 8, 2006. The program, held at Pigeon Forge High School, acknowledged students who had received awards for All-State Chorus, All-State Sports, Boys...

 

Local students receive academic awards

Four Sevier County students received awards at the Maryville College Academic Awards Ceremony held April 22 in Wilson Chapel. Students were recognized from different disciplines and for many different achievements. From Gatlinburg-Pittman High...

 

Alcoa man charged with Smokies murder

Maryville man dead following incident casey@theheraldnewspapers.com A 25-year-old Maryville man was found dead Sunday with an apparent stab wound at the Abrams Creek Campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A press release issued...

 

Healthcare program hopes to add Seymour

casey@theheraldnewspapers.com The Sevier County Economic Development Council (SCEDC) has been working to implement its affordable healthcare program and will be meeting with Cherokee Health Systems in Seymour with the hopes of getting the clinic...

 

Waters to kick-off campaign for congress

Waters to kick-off  campaign for congress

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters (R-Gatlinburg) will officially kick-off his campaign for the 1st Congressional District on Tuesday. Waters, 53, is seeking the Republican nomination on a record of proven conservative leadership and dedication...

 

Sevier County Public Library Story Time

Seymour Branch Library “No Story Time” The Seymour Branch Library story time will be cancelled for Monday, June 5th. The Summer Reading Program will start at 11am on Monday, June 12th. For more information, please call 573-0728.   Sevier...

 

ABWA National President to speak at Sevier ABWA

Shirley Myrick, the presiding National President of the American Business Women’s Association and an ABWA Top Ten Business Women 2005, will speak at the Sevier Chapter of ABWA on Thursday, May 25th, at the Holiday Inn Pigeon Forge (networking...

 

JOY CLUB

The Pigeon Forge Community Center invites everyone to the JOY (Just Older Youth) Club meeting on Friday, June 2, 2006.  Bingo will begin at 10:30 am and lunch will be served at 11:30 am.  For more information about the games, lunch, and special...

 

4-H CONNECTIONS

4-H CONNECTIONS

news@theheraldnewspapers.com Sevier County 4-H Wildlife Judging Team Members recently brought home honors in the Eastern Regional 4-H Wildlife Judging Team competition held at The University of Tennessee Knoxville.      The senior team...

 

LOCAL NEWS

Holiday city services schedule The City of Sevierville announces several changes in building and service schedules for Memorial Day, May 29, 2006, as follows: There will be no bulk/junk collection on Monday, May 29. Bulk/junk collection services...

 

Don’t try to “save’’ young wildlife

news@theheraldnewspapers.com In springtime, people often find young animals that have been “ orphaned.” Though it may be tempting to “rescue” these animals, it’s actually best to leave them alone. Young songbirds and deer appear helpless...

 

From the Shadows: Where did they all go?

news@theheraldnewspapers.com It’s Saturday morning and I’m sitting on the board laid across the barber chair as Conley Sims gives me the usual. No, not a hot lathered shave, but a burr haircut. Bugs Bunny and Road Runner cartoons play...

 

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Meet Ralph McGill Ralph McGill, Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives from Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District, will be meeting and greeting patrons at Bob’s Mountaineer Restaurant on Saturday, May 27, 2006 from 8:00...

 

NATIONAL NEWS

Former Wilson County jailer sentenced for civil rights charge Officials announced this month that former Wilson County, Tenn. corrections officer Tommy Shane Conatser was sentenced on charges relating to violations of the civil rights of inmates...

 

PIGEON FORGE INCIDENT REPORTS

• A concerned citizen reported a prowler on West Mill Creek Rd. but they were gone on police arrival. • Valley Dr. was the location of an accident that had reported damages and a report was filed. • Damages were reported from an accident...

 

SEVIER COUNTY INCIDENT REPORTS

• Units were sent to Ingle Hollow Rd. to investigate a report of a brush fire at 5:39 a.m. on 5/19. • Police recovered a stolen vehicle on Douglas Dam Rd. around 6:44 a.m. • Theft was the reason for officers to arrive at 10623 Chapman...