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By Brooke Stevenson The new terminal building at the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville has only been open two months but it is already exceeding expectations.The state-of-the-art terminal, which opened in September, had been 20...
By Brooke Stevenson New local hair salon Jack the Clipper’s will hold a Cut-A-Thon this Saturday to benefit local resident Tammy Firanek who has terminal bone cancer.Firanek was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, had a mastectomy...
The holidays are one of the best times for getting in the decorating mood. There’s no need to go shopping for all of these items though; just check out your own back yard.Jason Reeves, a horticulturist at the West Tennessee Research and...
Walters State Community College will celebrate Pride Night on Dec. 11 when the Lady Senators and Senators host conference rival Volunteer State. A highlight of the evening will be the crowning of Ms. WSCC during half-time...
The video of a Tennessee mountainside crashing down onto U.S. 64 in Polk County on November 10th was indeed spectacular and made national news. A rockslide that closed I-40 in North Carolina has also garnered its share of headlines and...
NASHVILLE — A new law that went into effect Nov. 6 extends the first-time homebuyer credit five months and expands the eligibility requirements for purchasers.The Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 extends the deadline...
By: Lee RamseyThe Seymour Lady Eagles defeated Catholic Lady Irish 42-33 at Catholic this past Friday night. The Lady Eagles were led by senior point guard Casie Cowan with 14 points as well as good court leadership. Shae Brown followed...
By Lee RamseyThe Tennessee Vols clinched a bowl bid with a 31-16 victory over the Vanderbilt commodores on Saturday night. The game was much closer however than the score indicated. The crowd of 100,124 was a little uneasy at one point in the...
After six weeks of hard practicing the hard work paid off. The 11 yr olds competed at the Battle in Rocky Top Saturday Nov 21. They competed against four other squads in their category. This was the first competition for the Eagles Cheerleaders....
This year Lisa Hood Skinner was selected as one of 10 national judges for the 17th annual National Gingerbread House Contest held at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C. last week. The Grove Park folks are about 92% sure Skinner was the first...
Fifteen year local resident, Tammy Firanek has terminal bone cancer and needs the publics help.She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, had a mastectomy in 2007 and the cancer has now moved into her back.Firanek has been on TnCare for the...
The Seymour Herald offices will be closed Thanksgiving Day and Friday so that employees can share the holiday with family and friends. That is also the reason for a only having an A Section printed issue this week. We wanted to get the paper...
By Jim Callicott Jiang Ya Ru and Hou Xuan, members of the Jung Jo Drum Girls at Cirque de Chine in Sevierville, are both avid readers but for now they have to read the books they brought from China as neither read English and the library...
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for October was 10.5 percent, unchanged from the September rate of 10.5 percent.“While the national...
As far as the Federal Government is concerned, it is all too obvious that the "power" of the vote is not working. With no term limits, the culture of corruption and abuse has changed it to a National Government Oligarchy, no longer...
Friday is the first day petitions can be picked up for the Sevier County Democratic and Republican Primaries and the Sevier County Nonpartisan School Board Election. The Sevier County Election Commission will open and hold...
Many Seymour residents are celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday locally with family. Resident Debbie Henry said she was celebrating locally with her family at her parents’ house. “There...
By Brooke Stevenson Four lots in a residential neighborhood of Seymour will remain zoned as General Commercial. Though some residents claim that it was a mistake to zone four lots in the 100 block of Sky Drive as a General...
Two clubs at Seymour High School are collecting items for the Mission of Hope. Mission of Hope is an organization that collects food items and new toys to distribute to families in Appalachia. The DECA (Marketing) club and the International...
The Tennessee-Kentucky football series is moving to prime time for the first time in its 105-year history.Kickoff on Nov. 28 is 7 p.m., with ESPNU carrying the telecast from Lexington?s Commonwealth Stadium. UT now will have played every SEC...
