Archive for: September, 2008

Lady Eagles win first home game

A week of mixed results was in the cards for the Seymour High School volleyball team last week as the Lady Eagles sparkled in a home win over Clinton (23-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-14) but fell short a couple nights earlier in a match with a strong...

 

Lauricella Center for Letterwinner’s dedication set for Sept. 12

The University of Tennessee Athletics Department will dedicate the “Lauricella Center for Letter Winners” in Neyland Stadium Friday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m.  The room is named in honor of former All-American tailback Hank...

 

Gatlinburg Offers Up 11th Annual Taste of Autumn

Gatlinburg Offers Up 11th Annual Taste of Autumn

GATLINBURG – Featuring the fare of approximately 20 of the area’s finest restaurants and businesses, the return performance of jazz performer Karen Johns and a live auction, the Taste of Autumn returns to the Gatlinburg Convention...

 

TENNESSEE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS LAUNCH STATEWIDE TEEN PREGNANCY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

TENNESSEE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS LAUNCH STATEWIDE TEEN PREGNANCY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

District Attorney General James Dunn and the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference today launched the What’s the Rush? campaign, a statewide effort to educate Tennessee’s youth about the legal, financial and social consequences...

 

Drowing In Pittman Center

According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals A Gatlinburg man died as a result of drowning at the Flintrock swimming hole in Pittman Center. Sheriffs Dept. Officers responded to the scene on Monday evening 9/8/2008 and found that Melvin Garcia...

 

Home Invasion In Seymour Nets 2 Arrests

Home Invasion In Seymour Nets 2 Arrests

According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals two Blount Co. men have been arrested for the home invasion of a Seymour residence. Investigators say that on Saturday Sept. 6th 2008 at app. 9:08AM officers responded to a home on Maryville Hwy....

 

Tennessee “friendlier” than most other states

Tennessee is home to some of the friendliest people in the United States, new research from the University of Cambridge (UK) suggests.The findings appear in a new study which reveals how the personalities of people living in the USA often differ...

 

DIXIE STAMPEDE, FOOD CITY PRESENT FUN-FILLED CHILDREN’S “WHOADEO” SEPT. 27

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.— Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede has partnered once again with Food City stores for their second annual “Whoadeo” on Sept. 27, featuring stick horse competitions, a parade of horses, a small carnival...

 

PARK STAFF AND NEIGHBORS CELEBRATE FALL HARVEST AT THE MOUNTAIN FARM MUSEUM

PARK STAFF AND NEIGHBORS CELEBRATE FALL HARVEST AT THE MOUNTAIN FARM MUSEUM

The annual Mountain Life Festival at the Mountain Farm Museum in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is scheduled for Saturday, September 20.  The event hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and all activities are free and open to the...

 

Met Lab Bust In Kodak

According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, Sheriff Deputy officers discovered a Methamphetamine lab at 926 Navaho Lane in the Kodak area on Sunday. Officers from Sevier and Grainger Co. Sheriffs Office went to the residence to find a runaway...

 

Sevier County Public Library System Preschool Story Time:

Get Carded @ the LibraryGet Carded @ the Library with preschool children as the Sevier County Library System celebrates September as Library Card Sign-Up Month. Children can enjoy songs, create crafts, interact and hear great books and stories...

 

Free Prostate Cancer Screening and Blood Drive September 18

One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. The American Cancer Society estimates that this year 28,660 men will die of prostate cancer in the United States alone. The good news is that if prostate cancer is caught...

 

LEVEL 1, 2, AND 3 SWIM LESSONS OFFERED

The City of Sevierville Department of Parks and Recreation will be offering level 1, 2, and 3 swim lessonsbeginning in September 2008.  Registration will begin on Monday, September 15th at 8:00am. Registration is limited.  No registration...

 

Seymour Heights Christian Church Teams Up with Habitat for Humanity

Seymour Heights Christian Church Teams Up with Habitat for Humanity

Seymour Heights Christian Church continues to serve the community with its latest efforts to build two houses for Habitat for Humanity. On September 7, the congregation hosted an event they called Tailgate Sunday.  The day began with a...

 

Food City Prepares for Opening of 100th Store

ABINGDON, VA (Tuesday, August 19, 2008) – K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. (Food City’s parent company) will soon be celebrating a milestone event, as they prepare for the opening of their 100th store.  The 46,000+ square foot unit,...

 

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UNA holds off C-N Eagles, 20-13

In a match-up of top five teams in NCAA Division II football, A.J. Milwee was the difference. North Alabama's veteran quarterback completed 31-of-45 passes for 401 yards and two touchdowns to lead the third-ranked Lions (2-0) to a 20-13...

 

Vols back to work on ‘unacceptable’ miscues

Tennessee returned to the practice field Wednesday afternoon, working to correct crucial mistakes that cost the Vols a 27-24 overtime decision Monday night at UCLA. UT scored just seven points in the first half after intercepting four Bruins...

 

New Center for Women to Open

A new weight loss center for women is slated to open this January in Seymour. The Ultimate Weight Loss Program "Inches-A-Way" will be the first franchise of the weight loss center in our area. "I have the franchise for here and...

 

Fairest of the Fair Crowned

Fairest of the Fair Crowned

The Fairest of the Fair was held once again this year at the Sevier County Fairgrounds and several Queens were crowned in different age divisions. The theme of this year's pageant was "Back to the 50's." Girls introduced...