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You probably noticed that our last week’s printed issue was not in color and it was printed late. The storms that have hit the area stuck our office hard. We received a lightning strike last week on Monday the 21st and have been in an...
Part One of a Two Part Series During the past several months Republican Senator Raymond Finney, retired physician residing in Maryville, and Republican Representative Doug Overbey, lawyer also residing in Maryville, the two prominent candidates,...
Area race fans have more reasons to attend Saturday’s dirt-track racing at Seymour’s 411 Motor Speedway than just an evening of exiting action on the track. Track spokesperson Leslie Corum, who along with her husband Chris have been...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is making plans to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) this year. The Park will host a special day of commemorative activities on Saturday, September 27, 2008. The...
Over the years I have developed a strong interest in voting candidate quality rather than party affiliation. The problem lies not so much with party but with “stinking thinking” which leads to the belief that serving some undefined...
Boy Scout Troop 255, based out of South Knoxville, was chosen by Food City administrators to do the honors of raising the American flag Wednesday morning to signify the store’s grand opening on Chapman Highway in the new shopping center...
Seymour's first car show will benefit a local heart transplant patient. Benefit hosts are hoping for 100+ cars. Residents of Boone's Landing subdivision, in conjunction with Grace Baptist Church, are holding a fund-raising benefit on...
The Tennessee Smokies (47-61, 20-18) got blasted by the Mobile Baybears (46-59, 17-18) who swatted four homeruns, 9-5 at Hank Aaron Stadium Monday night in front of 2,984. The loss drops Tennessee two games behind Carolina for first place in...
Tiffany Sheehan, the 15-year old racing phenom from Blount County, will be going for her fifth consecutive win Saturday night in the Trucks Feature at Seymour’s legendary 411 Motor Speedway. Sheehan, who began her racing career on the...
The attending media at the 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Media Days named four Vols to the SEC preseason first team and selected Tennessee to finish third in the Eastern Division on the third and final day of the annual preseason media...
Thomas Rick Davis, age 24, of Sevierville, Tennessee, was arrested this afternoon without incident by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The arrest occurred, without incident, outside the Food City located at...
A tough day opening day on the links for the Seymour High School golf team was cut short by Mother Nature Monday afternoon. In a four-way match with Carter, Harriman and Knox-Central, the Eagles were struggling to what looked to be a third-place...
Tennessee matched the national record-breaking on-time performance scores for the delivery of First-Class Mail, setting another new record for highest level of service during the third quarter of fiscal year 2008. While national overnight delivery...
Ronald Ray Reagan, 59, of Seymour,Tennessee was sentenced today in United States District Court in Knoxville, to 46 months in prison by United States District Judge Thomas Phillips. The sentence was the result of Reagan’s guilty plea...
In a Seymour-first, early voting for the November elections began on Thursday and runs through Saturday. Residents can go to the Seymour Public Library to cast their votes in what stands to be one of the most memorable elections—both...
Adult Fiction · Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark (Seymour) (Kodak) · Black Widow by Randy Wayne White (Main) · ...
Another round of vandalism occurred early Wednesday morning at the Seymour Community Park. Park Vice President and caretaker John Green said the culprits arrived at the park sometime around 2 a.m. and attempted to break into the building that...
A highly-competitive round of tryouts are anticipated for July 28-through-July 31 at the Seymour High School softball field as the second installment of the Seymour Eagles middle school-aged softball squad seeks to complete its 2008 roster in...
Storms brought heavy rains and high winds, bringing down trees around the area Monday and Tuesday evenings causing power outages in many areas effecting thousands. One particular tree fell across the roof of a house on Hwy 411, just one half...
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, a former Cincinnati Reds catcher, was the featured speaker last week as the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame inducted its newest group of members. Bench told stories from his storied baseball...
