Archive for: October, 2006

Tennessee Business Matchmaking to Stimulate Economy in East Tennessee

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) will host its Tennessee Business Matchmaking program in Knoxville, Nov. 3 at the Knoxville Convention Center. This event will be held in conjunction with the Greater Knoxville...

 

Let’s Dare Call it Treason

Making Sense by Michael Reagan Benedict Arnold was a war hero whose courageous actions at the Battle of Saratoga helped turn the tide for the colonists in the American Revolution, so it is not fair to him to compare him to the sniveling nest...

 

18th Annual Steak Dinner

To benefit over 1300 area youth On Tuesday, October 17, Music Road Hotel and Convention Center will host the 18th Annual Steak and Steak Dinner to benefit the 1300 young people of the Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains (BGCSM). The...

 

Chamber and Walters State College Team Up

The second in a series of southern hospitality educational training sessions was hosted by the Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce and Walters State Community College. Mr. Joe Combs conducted his first in the series “Spirit of Hospitality” for...

 

Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra Presents OrchestrAnimals for Elementary Students

The Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra will perform for thousands of elementary school students at this Fall’s annual Young People’s Concerts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 31 and November 1 and 2, at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium....

 

National News

Warrantless Surveillance Will Continue A federal court has ruled that the Bush administration can continue its warrantless surveillance program while its constitutionality is appealed in court. Opponents of the program, which tracks phone calls...

 

Local News

Firefighter Suspected in Child Murder Case Sheriff’s officials in Chattanooga say they have arrested a firefighter who was suspected of kidnapping and killing a teenage boy. According to Hamilton County Sheriff’s spokesman Ron Rice, Chattanooga...

 

Clean, Restore, Beautify And Protect Your Deck

It’s time to move out the patio furniture and get ready to enjoy the great outdoors. But before you do, make sure you clean, restore, beautify and protect your deck so you can get the most out of it during the spring and summer months ahead....

 

Eleven and a half years handed down in sexual assault case

Charles Christopher White, the man that assaulted a young female tourist in a Pigeon Forge motel parking lot last summer, was sentenced to eleven and a half years in prison last afternoon in the Sevierville Courthouse. White was originally...

 

Ford’s Expert Debating Skills Needed to Explain Hundreds of Missed Vote

Ford’s Expert Debating Skills Needed to Explain Hundreds of Missed Votes One of Washington’s Most Skilled Orators to be Put to Test at Saturday Debate Washington Congressman Harold Ford Jr, known as one of the most skilled orators in the...

 

Fire Damages Mobile Home

Fire Damages Mobile Home At approximately 12:17 p.m. Wednesday, the Sevierville Fire Department (SFD) responded to a report of a fire at 970 Candy Tuft in Sevierville. Firefighters arrived at the mobile home moments later and were able to extinguish...

 

Armed robbery suspect in custody

Armed robbery suspect in custody Blount County Sheriff James Berrong and Alcoa Police Department Chief Ken Burge announced that the Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Alcoa Police Department, arrested a man late Tuesday in connection...

 

Daycare facility shut down remains a mystery

Daycare facility shut down remains a mystery By Vinay Bhagat vinay@theheraldnewspapers.com On November 1, 2006, twenty-six staff workers employed at the Just For Kids day care center near downtown Sevierville will lose their jobs. Seventy-two...

 

Golf Tourney nets big bucks

Golf Tourney nets big bucks

Chamber receives $1,000.00 grant from Sam’s Club Community Grant Program The 7th Annual Chamber Mini Golf Tournament took place Thursday, September 7, 2006 at Ripley’s Davy Crockett Mini Golf Course. 27 teams competed during this exciting...

 

Vehicle causes accident then leaves the scene

Vehicle causes accident then leaves the scene

By Michele Karl michele@theheraldnewspapers.com A blue Chevy Blazer is to blame for the two vehicle accident on Chapman Hwy. at approximately 3:15 p.m. yesterday, according to witnesses at the scene. The accident occurred just south of Wye...

 

Best of Seymour contest winners to be announced

The response was great and the decisions were difficult, but winners have been chosen in the Herald’s “Best of Seymour” contest . The top recipients will be announced in next week’s edition of the Herald, which will also include pictures...

 

Tieke Shop adds sparkle to Seymour

Let’s talk about Tieke. It’s the place for you if you like wearing unique jewelry or pretty clothes (or for gentlemen whose wives, mothers, daughters and sisters do), if you like art or sculpture, or if you like creating your own jewelry...

 

BIG NEWS!

Just like the communities we serve, the Herald Newspapers are on the move and growing. We have some big plans for new features and ways to get you involved. What’s on Your Mind – Reader’s Anonymous Forum First out starting next Wednesday...

 

Seymour Band Is Host

The Seymour High School Band will be hosting the annual ALUMNI Band on October 13 for the Union County Game. For information please contact Michael Carter at 573-6191 or michaelcarter@sevier.org … read the rest of the story by Subscribing...

 

Sevier County High School Class of 1951 Reunion

The 55th reunion ceremony for the Sevier County High School class of 1951 was held September 30th at the campus of Walter State Community College. Present for the occasion were 28 of the original 90 graduates, some accompanied by their spouses....