Archive for: January, 2010

Sevier County Bank’s Latest Staff Addition Features Local Flavor

Sevierville native, Claude N. Huff Jr. recently joined the Sevier County Bank staff, a bank where members of his family have been stockholders and customers since 1909.  A graduate of Sevier County High School, Huff brings more than 33...

 

Three arrested in burglary case

Three arrested in burglary case

According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals three Sevier County residents have been arrested and charged with burglary. Seals states that on Monday January 25th at around 9:50 AM Sevier County Sheriffs Office received a call of a suspicious...

 

DeceMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Climbs to 10.9 PERCENT

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for December was 10.9 percent, up 0.7 percentage point from the November rate of 10.2 percent.“This...

 

Blount County Church Holds Haiti Benefits

By Brooke Stevensonbrooke@seymourherald.com    A church attended by a Seymour High School Teacher is doing its part to support the Haiti earthquake relief effort.     Our Lady of Fatima Church in Alcoa will be accepting...

 

Fines Waived for Overdue Library Materials

    The Sevier County Public Library System Board is offering a special incentive to return overdue materials.     Until the end of February, all overdue materials can be returned to any branch of the SCPLS and...

 

Workforce Wednesday at the Library

    The program “Workforce Wednesday” is held twice a month at the Seymour Branch of the Sevier County Public Library System.    The service is held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. the first and third Wednesday...

 

Rockslide Causes Injury, Lane Closures

Rockslide Causes Injury, Lane Closures

By Brooke Stevensonbrooke@seymourherald.com     A Pigeon Forge transportation worker was injured while clearing a stretch of road that was closed by a rockslide in the Smokies on Jan. 25.      According...

 

January Prosperous for Most Seymour Businesses

By Brooke Stevensonbrooke@seymourherald.com    Since the beginning of the New Year several Seymour businesses have been thriving.    Many owners and managers attribute this to an upswing in the economy, and are...

 

Seymour Wrestlers Win Fifth Straight County Championship

Seymour Wrestlers Win Fifth Straight County Championship

For the fifth straight year, the Seymour Wrestling team is the Sevier County Champions.The Championship was hosted by the Eagles at Seymour High School.The final score was Seymour 41, Pigeon Forge 31.  The Eagles were led by Luke Hall (125...

 

This Week with Dolly

By Duane Gordon     Efforts to promote the “Dolly: Live from London” release in Europe on Monday ramped up a bit in the days leading up to the shelf date. Reviews appeared in several major newspapers over the...

 

Local Economy Expected to Turn Around

Local Economy Expected to Turn Around

By Brooke Stevensonbrooke@seymourherald.com    The economy in Sevier County is making a slow but steady recovery, according to officials.     Allen Newton, Executive Director of the Sevier County Economic Development...

 

Biggest Loser Contestant at Healthy Living Expo

Biggest Loser Contestant at Healthy Living Expo

NBC's “Biggest Loser” contestant, Tara Costa is the featured guest for the sixth-annual Healthy Living Expo Friday, Jan. 29, and Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 at the Knoxville Convention Center. Costa is here with trainer, 5X Triathlon...

 

Response to Editorial

Hi Joe, I want to tell you that the piece you wrote in this weeks edition re' the situation in Sevier County (Anyone Can Be Beat) was excellant. I think you stated the facts.Good Work, Gerra Davis-MaryCandidate for 9th. District...

 

Quotes From Our Email

A few great and currently applicable quotes that people have sent the Herald;      Margaret Thatcher: "The trouble with Socialism is, sooner or later you run out of other people's money."      ...

 

LOVE IS IN THE AIR AT KNOXVILLE CENTER

On February 13, Knoxville Center Mall welcomes the community to Fall in Love with Knoxville; the mall will be hosting a fun-filled volunteer fair for the whole family to meet with local charities and non-profit organizations. Participants include...

 

It’s So Quiet And Serene Here

Compared to the rest of the world all is quiet and serene here in Seymour. Here we have had our share of unusual weather but compared to the rest of the country we got off quite well. And world wide the earth quake in Haiti was quite an event....

 

Real Estate This WeekReal Estate This WeekReal Estate This Week

There has been a lot going on in the real estate market lately. Who says the real estate market is dead?  In the last ten days on the Great Smoky Mountain Association of Realtors website which monitors listings there were 197 new listings,...

 

Seymour Bowling Team Wins First Region Matchup

Seymour Bowling Team Wins First Region Matchup

Last Friday at the Pigeon Forge Community Center Bowling Alley, the Seymour Eagles Bowling team defeated the West Rebels 24 to 3 with the pin count at 3162 to 2449. A match consists of three games. The leading bowler for the Eagles as usual...

 

25 Vehicles Burglarized – 2 Apprehended

25 Vehicles Burglarized – 2 Apprehended

According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals a Sevier County pair have been arrested in connection with several car burglaries that occurred in the Pullen Road area on Jan. 23 in the early morning hours. Seals states that approximately 25 cars...

 

Fellowship of Christian Believers Attempting to Follow Biblical Guidelines

Coming to Blount County is Restoration International Outreach (RIO) Maranatha Fellowship.This fellowship joins a network of ten RIO churches in Blount and Loudon counties, as well as dozens of foreign mission churches built by RIO throughout...