Archive for: November, 2008

Ultimate Entertainment

When was the last time that you went to a show?  Was it a comedy show in Pigeon Forge?  Was it a rock or country music concert at the Civic Colosseum?  Was it a movie at a local or regional multiplex?  How long were you entertained? ...

 

Woman Beat and Shot In Home Invasion

Woman Beat and Shot In Home Invasion

According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals on Saturday night 11/22/2008 at app.11:50PM Officers were dispatched to 145 Murphy Denton Rd to a home invasion/ robbery with shots fired. Arriving officers found the home owner, Vonda Williams, age...

 

Tennessee’s Berry running through history

Zero and one. Those were the return yards by Tennessee’s Eric Berry on his first two interceptions this season. Since then, however, the sensational sophomore continues making up ground like no one before him and, in the process, snapped...

 

Seymour Man Accidently Shoots Self

According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals a local Seymour man is in guarded condition in UT Hospital after suffering from an accidental self inflicted gunshot wound on Tuesday Nov. 19th. According to investigators, Clint Oppie, age 36 was...

 

October UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.0 PERCENT

Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for October was 7.0 percent, down 0.2 percentage point from the September rate of 7.2. The October rate a year ago was...

 

Sheriff’s Deputies Discover Met Lab

Sheriff’s Deputies Discover Met Lab

According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, Sevier Co. Sheriffs Office Street Crimes Unit discovered a meth lab at 2644 McCarter Lane on Wednesday Nov 19th, 2008. Seals states that detectives accompanied State Parole and Probation officers...

 

Comparing the South’s football conferences

It's common knowledge that the SEC is annually the premier conference in all of college football, though the Big XII may be clinging to a current “king of the hill” claim this fall. It's also pretty evident that the ACC...

 

Vols cruise past UT-Martin

Tennessee sophomore Brian Williams turned in a career-game and the 14th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers handled Tennessee-Martin 91-64 at Thompson-Boling Arena Tuesday night. Tennessee (2-0) has now won a school-record 34 consecutive home games...

 

UT-Kentucky set for evening kickoff

The Southeastern Conference announced Monday that Tennessee's Nov. 29 season finale against Kentucky is being televised by ESPN2 and kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time. UT has made two previous appearances this year on ESPN and one on...

 

Tennessee student-athletes work together to build home

The Habitat for Humanity house built this semester by University of Tennessee student-athletes in conjunction with UT’s MBA program will be dedicated on Saturday, Nov. 15th at 9:30 am.  The house is located on 1414 Exeter Ave....

 

Christ Covenant Full Gospel Church

Churchgoers are like coals of fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out. ~ Billy GrahamSo  let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will...

 

Celebrate The Holidays 18th Century-Style

Celebrate The Holidays 18th Century-Style

Marble Springs State Historic Site will be hosting the annual Candle Light Tours, Saturday, Dec. 6 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. The event provides an opportunity for the Knoxville community to celebrate the holidays while stepping back in time to...

 

Featured Choir To Sing At Gatlinburg Festival of Trees.

Featured Choir To Sing At Gatlinburg Festival of Trees.

The Sevier County Choral Society will be featured at the Gatlinburg Festival of Trees at the Mills Auditorium on Tuesday, November 25, at 7 p.m. The Choral Society will also present two holiday concerts in December: Friday, December 12, at...

 

Eagles will face new and old foes in ‘09

It’ll be kind of surreal next August when the Seymour Eagles begin the 2009 football season. Not only will a different head coach be roaming the SHS sideline for the first time in 34 years, but the Eagles will be forming some new rivals...

 

Hobby Lobby Gift Basket for a Lucky Blood Donor

Hobby Lobby Gift Basket for a Lucky Blood Donor

Medic Regional Blood Center is forever grateful for all the terrific donors who support us throughout the year.  However, the holiday season is extremely difficult for us and we ask for your support this Thanksgiving week.  ·        ...

 

Annual State Education Report Card:

Annual State Education Report Card:

On Monday November 10, 2008, the Tennessee Department of Education released its annual report card detailing statewide educational compliance. The report card, separated into seven separate categories, contains data gathered from each school...

 

Seymour Boys & Girls Club Has the Right Recipe

Seymour Boys & Girls Club Has the Right Recipe

Responding to a call to help raise operating funds for the Seymour Branch, Dr. Lakatosh and his staff came up with what they hope is the right recipe.  Their newly created cookbook is full of recipes they gathered from UT coaches Pat Summitt,...

 

OCTOBER REVENUES

State revenue collections for October were $709.1 million, or less than 1% above October 2007 collections."October is the third consecutive month this fiscal year in which sales taxes and corporate income taxes have experienced negative...

 

Carson-Newman season ends at Valdosta State

Carson-Newman head coach Ken Sparks called it one of the "most difficult seasons" he's ever been apart of.  Now it's over. Defending national champion Valdosta State took advantage of four Carson-Newman fumbles to...

 

Vols resume Vanderbilt preparations

Tennessee ended a quiet weekend by returning to the practice field Sunday night for a 90-minute workout inside the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center. The Vols were off Saturday for the first time since Sept. 6. Focus now shifts to the 2008...