Archive for: June, 2007

Burns has another successful weekend at 411 Dragstrip

Townsend native Bill Burns continues to lead the points races at 411 Dragway after a pair of top finishes on Saturday night to go along with a Super Street win on Friday. Burns, the veteran driver of a 1937 Chevy Truck racecar, beat Terry Joe...

 

Girls place 1st in Cheer Competition

Girls place 1st in Cheer Competition

The Seymour Middle School Cheerleaders attended Cheer Camp this past Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the University of Tennessee. The girls had a great time and learned lots of new cheers. Seymour placed first in the ‘Cheer' competition...

 

This is not a good time to be Mike Nifong

A year ago, his star seemed to be on the rise. Having been appointed to complete the term of the former Durham (North Carolina) district attorney, he'd latched onto a high-profile case: the rape of a black exotic dancer by three white members...

 

Dolly Parton’s night in Nashville

Dolly Parton’s night in Nashville

Wednesday was Dolly Parton's night in Nashville as Sevier County's own legend was honored with the Academy of Country Music's highest honor, the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award. The trophy was presented during a non-televised, private...

 

411 Motor Speeway June 23 results

Limited Late Model Feature: 1) Jeff Adkisson, Petros, Car #1 (Protested & Found To Be Legal) 2) Brad Lowe, Knoxville, Car #16 3) AJ Russell, Kingston, Car #27 4) Darrick York, Oakdale, Car #7yellow 5) Freddie Simpson, Lenoir City, Car...

 

Pets for Adoption

Pets for Adoption

Ginger is a 6 yur old spayed female Chihuahua mix Kayla is an 8 wk old female Both are available at our Little Friends Adoption Center at 1117 Oak Cluster Dr in Sevierville Adoption fee is $100. Open Monday thru Saturday 12-5 pm …...

 

Election Commission anxious to move

Election Commission anxious to move

Space in the courthouse is in short supply and the strain is starting to show in the Election Commission office. Already cramped, two more desks were moved into that office last Friday as workers squeezed past one another to serve customers...

 

The Star of Knoxville shines bright on the river

The Star of Knoxville shines bright on the river

From the family oriented luncheon cruise to the late-night party cruises, a trip on the Star of Knoxville is a pleasurable experience. Operated by the Tennessee Riverboat Company, the Star of Knoxville is an authentic Mississippi-style paddle...

 

Huge Sevierville fire

Huge Sevierville fire

Countless people observed one of the areas largest fires Friday night around 8:00 PM. A massive fire burned at the former Maplewood Farms shopping center in Sevier County that could be seen for miles. The building at 2510 Winfield Dunn Parkway,...

 

Senator Finney Awards Essay Winners in Seymour

Senator Finney Awards Essay Winners in Seymour

Senator Raymond Finney made a special trip to Seymour Middle School Thursday, June 21st to help honor students who excelled in an essay contest.. The students were winners of the Club Herald – Seymour Herald Essay Contest sponsored by...

 

NEW JUNIOR RANGER BOOKLETS AND LAUNCHES SUMMER PROGRAM OFFERINGS

NEW JUNIOR RANGER BOOKLETS AND LAUNCHES SUMMER PROGRAM OFFERINGS

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in cooperation with Great Smoky Mountains Association, is unveiling four new Junior Ranger activity booklets for children who want to become Junior Rangers this summer. The booklets are designed to...

 

Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson to host celebration

Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson to host celebration

ALL AMERICAN WEEKEND CELEBRATION TO FEATURE FREE CONCERTS AND MOTORCYCLE STUNT SHOWS   Two exciting days of great food, fun and free entertainment await you on Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1 during Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson...

 

Community Enhancement Grants Available for Non-profit Organizations

Tennessee experienced record revenues during this past fiscal year. Legislators have made some wise decisions to use this excess revenue, including: ** Purchase of a tract of forested land in the northern Cumberland Mountains approximately...

 

Water Task Force Announces Test Results and Instructions

The Sevier County Rotary Water Task Force distributed 200 test kits May 17 to county residents in an effort to assess well water sanitation throughout the county. The following week 185 kits were returned for evaluation by Microbac Laboratories...

 

Things That Go Bang In The Night:

Things That Go Bang In The Night:

Families across the country celebrate many occasions by enjoying fireworks – the bigger the display and the louder the explosions, the better. For the family dog however, the Fourth of July and other firework-laden celebrations can be...

 

Seymour Resident receives Honors

Dawn Noel Fouse of Seymour, Tenn., has been named to the spring semester Dean's list at Radford University. Fouse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gale Fouse of 114 Vista Lane, is a senior biology major. To be named to the Dean's list,...

 

SEVIER COUNTY GENEALOGY & HISTORY CENTER OFFERS BEGINNING GENEALOGY CLASSES

The Sevier County Public Library Genealogy & History Center is offering genealogy classes free of charge for the beginning genealogist during the months of July and August. The classes are designed to teach the basics of tracing a family...

 

Black Bear Jamboree brings Hollywood to County

Black Bear Jamboree brings Hollywood to County

It may be Dollywood Country here in Sevier County but at the Black Bear Jamboree Dinner and Show it's more like Hollywood. The theater showed off its newest theatrical presentation to media and guests this week with a Hollywood theme and...

 

Rollover crash injures one

Rollover crash injures one

At about 6:15 P.M. Monday evening a 1994 Pontiac Sunbird ran off Chapman Highway and rolled over several times seriously injuring a female driver. Rea Brown, 46 of Sevierville, driver of the Sundbird, sustained serious injuries in the one car...

 

Angry Smokies fan gets tossed

Angry Smokies fan gets tossed

An unidentified baseball fan wasn’t arguing balls and strikes when he was ejected from the Tennessee Smokies important Fathers Day game against the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Sunday afternoon. Actually, it wasn’t clear what the man was yelling...