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During an awards ceremony in Washington, DC., on September 14, Pi Beta Phi Elementary School Principal Glenn Bogart was presented the 2006 Take Pride in America National Award at the U.S. Department of the Interior. The school was recognized...
Gov. Phil Bredesen’s pre-kindergarten initiative and the grassroots advocacy efforts that built support for it received a national spotlight yesterday during a satellite conference seen by pre-K supporters around the country. Pre-K Now’s...
Fans already expressing approval over Smokies affiliation with Cubs From staff reports news@theheraldnewspapers.com Management of the Class AA Tennessee Smokies Minor League Baseball franchise made it official Thursday afternoon what most...
Registration is underway for the University of Tennessee Pro2Serve Math Contest scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 26 in Knoxville. Contest participation is open to all high school students across Tennessee. The top 10 contest winners will each receive...
10,000 Patients, survivors, caregivers visit Washington, D.C. for National Cancer Rally Nearly 10,000 cancer patients, survivors and their families from every Congressional district in the country gathered yesterday on the National Mall in...
By Duane Gordon news@theheraldnewspapers.com “Hey, you won me! What are you gonna do with me? Ha-ha!” Dolly laughed last Friday before a crowd at Dollywood and live on the air of Knoxville’s WIVK radio. Moments before, Dollywood Foundation...
• Lawrence Douglas Williams, 39, Newport, was arrested for violation of probation GSC. He is being held on $2,500 bond. • Edwin A.D. Guzman, 25, Sevierville, was charged with DUI. He has been sentenced. • Keith Mahlon Dixson, 36, Dandridge,...
Hazel Flynn Murrell, age 97 of Sevierville, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2006. Born in Sevier County on April 26, 1909, to the late Marshall and Susan Flynn, she was a lifelong member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in...
Taser, Your It Garner, North Carolina- The question about taser use will be eliminated due to a new micro camera. The camera will be mounted on the taser gun and as soon as it is turned on the camera will also. Handguns for resource officers...
The Jodie Manross concert, scheduled for Thursday, September 28, at 7:00 p.m. at the Blount County Public Library, has been cancelled. For information about other library programs or services, call the library at 982-0981 or visit the Web site...
Road Crew Makes Odd Discovery Washington County, Tenn.- Researchers from East Tennessee State University recently uncovered the fossils of a red panda bear at a fossil rich site near Gray. Previous digs were performed on the location and has...
Located at the Fiddlers’ Feast dinner theater in Pigeon Forge, Uncle Bud and the Dixie Darlin’s is the newest breakfast show in town, boasting a Southern-cooked, All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast and Southern family show. It’s everything you like...
The City of Sevierville, Sevier County, and Smokies Stadium are hosting the Great Smoky Mountain Auto Fest at Smokies Stadium (I-40, exit 407) from Thursday, September 28 – Saturday, September 30, 2006. The event has already received over...
The Sevierville Chamber of Commerce announced today that Sevierville’s Bloomin’ Barbeque & Bluegrass event has earned two International Festival & Events Association (IFEA) Pinnacle Awards during the 2006 International Conference...
Set to celebrate working women The American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) will salute 64.4 million workingwomen across the nation on American Business Women’s Day, today, September 22, 2006. ABW Day was established by ABWA in 1983....
Seven members, from the Sevier County 4-H Smoky Mountain Top Guns, recently competed in the 2006 Scholastic Clay Target Program National Championships. The team of Ethan Smelcer, Elias Crawford, Taylor Houser, Asa Crawford and Tyler Lucas...
Sevier County Food Ministries is a voluntary, interfaith ministry organized with the intention of assuring that nobody in Sevier County goes hungry. The program is basically a resource for families experiencing a food shortage. Those in...
By Michele Karl michele@theheraldnewspapers.com “We are losing over 1000 WWII veterans a day,” said Rhonda Melton with the Tennessee Museum of Aviation. “When they pass, their memories and stories go along with them.” The Tennessee Museum...
Lee edges Byrd in double breakout during second semifinal Tim Griffith once again proved he is in a class by himself as he defeated all other racers in the final Sunoco Bracket Series event of the season Sunday to earn the prestigious title...
Former Heritage star has bone bruise on right knee Jenny Moshak, University of Tennessee Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Medicine, received good news from the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) report on the right knee of Lady Vol basketball...
