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By Kimberly Hood Seymour High School golf standout Andrew Ramsey signed a letter of intent to play golf at Walter State Thursday morning. Ramsey was the Sevier County Prep Champion and District III AA Champion in 2007 & 2008. Additionally,...
By Mark Danby II For the second time this year, the Eagles beat the Tornados of Alcoa Monday night, winning 55-47 at home on senior night. Starting all seniors the Eagles pulled ahead, leading 10-9 at the end of the first quarter. ...
By Mark Danby II The Eagles were not out worked, just outscored, losing to Alcoa 57-71 on senior night. Alcoa came out strong to start the game taking Seymour by surprise and getting an early lead. Seymour trailed 15-10 at the end...
President Ombama signed the big bailout bill yesterday in Denver committing our generation and arguable at least the next two generations to servitude to the likes we have never seen. It’s like the government has taken residence in...
The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville announces a call for entries for its "Smoky Mountain Visions" Juried Exhibition. Smoky Mountain Visions was developed to allow national artists to compete and display work...
By Michele Karl The Seymour Community Park was affected by the wind storm this past week The flood light pole on the soccer field came down and hit the playground equipment causing severe damage to the equipment. “The pole has been...
The home of missing Gatlinburg futures trader Dennis Bolze, 60, will be auctioned in Sevierville later this month. The auction of the 16,000 square foot cabin is scheduled for Thursday, February 26 at noon on the steps...
A Jefferson County man, Gustavo Reyes, 42, is in jail without bond after a woman says he tried to kidnap her three-year-old granddaughter and she helped interfere with the attempt. Reyes is accused of trying to kidnap a...
Sevier County’s Dolly Parton will be honored in May by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with will an honorary doctorate of humane and musical letters, pending approval by the UT Board of Trustees later this month. This...
By Kimberly Hood Duke defeated the Lady Vols at home 62-54 Monday night, making them only the third team in history to win three consecutive games in Thompson-Boling Arena against Pat Summitt. While it wasn't as slow of a start as the...
With organizational tasks out of the way, state lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill last week to begin the work of the first regular week of the 106th General Assembly. The first order of business was a joint session of the House and Senate...
Promoting her home – the Great Smoky Mountains – brought Dolly Parton to the nation's capital region last week, and one appearance left those gathered at the Gaylord National Resort outside of Washington ready to head down...
Seymour’s First Baptist Church is gearing up for its spring auction and rummage sale for missions set for Saturday, March 28. Proceeds from the sale help the church fund its many local, state, national, and international mission projects. Local...
By Kimberly Hood Valentines Day or not, the Vols had no mercy for in-state rival Vanderbilt, winning 69-50 at Thompson-Boling Saturday. The win swept the series for UT and snapped the Commodores' four game SEC win streak. The teams...
Almost 80 percent of the blood collected at Medic Regional Blood Center comes from community blood drives. The following blood drives with the bloodmobile have been scheduled for Sevierville: * Feb. 23 – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Home...
By Kimberly Hood The Lady Vols had no problem handling Alabama, winning 80-61. UT started the game without Glory Johnson in the lineup – a first for Johnson, who had been the only Lady Vol to start every game this season. ' In her...
LouAnna Smith, daughter of Jim and Jennifer Smith and the granddaughter of Betty Smith and Don Watson, both of Sevierville, qualified for the fall 2008 Dean’s List at Belmont University in Nashville. Smith is majoring in music business...
The City of Sevierville Police Department has scheduled child car safety seat checkpoints from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on several upcoming dates. Through past checkpoints, the SPD has learned that many child car safety seats are no longer safe due...
NASHVILLE – For the first time, the nation has a blueprint of what research shows constitutes an effective and high-quality alternative education program. Alternative programs provide options to suspension, expulsion, and dropping...
Sevierville – Brett Taylor of BB&T earned the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce Friendship Award for December 2008 at the recent Coffee Talk event. Taylor has been with BB&T for nine years and served as the Financial Center Leader...
