Rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have announced plans to expand vehicle checkpoints and traffic patrols in an effort to provide a safer visit for the approximately 20 million people who drive through the...
June 19, 2010 5:06 pm / no comments
On the heels of last year’s record-breaking $75,000 winning bid for her Backwoods Barbie-Q, entertainment legend Dolly Parton is offering a Backwoods Barbie-Q II for the Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation’s...
June 19, 2010 4:57 pm / no comments
Artists around Blount County have put their creative touch on a selection of chairs to be auctioned off in support of adult literacy and the arts in the community. The event is free and...
June 16, 2010 1:52 pm / no comments
To enhance this year’s water-themed Summer Reading Programs, the Blount County Public Library is partnering with Blount County Parks and Recreation to sponsor a Cardboard Boat Race. The...
June 16, 2010 1:21 pm / no comments
Attendance to the Great Smoky National Park was up last month compared to the year before, but attendance numbers for the year are still down. In May park visitors edged up slightly by 0.5 percent...
June 16, 2010 1:08 pm / no comments
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts has a new addition to its organization. Thaddeus “T.J.” Erdahl has recently joined the Arrowmont staff as Program Manager. In this...
June 16, 2010 12:54 pm / no comments
Clarinetist John Celestin pianist and Peggy Smith will give a concert at 7 p.m. June 25 at Gatlinburg First United Methodist Church. The concert is free and open to the public. While there will...
June 16, 2010 12:44 pm / no comments
The Sevier County School System has assigned three new principals for the 2010-2011 school year. Kim Grosser, Scott Hensley, and Tony Ogle will assume the leadership of Boyd’s Creek Elementary...
June 16, 2010 6:20 am / no comments
Ike Peel, who was a multi-sport player and coach at Tennessee during the middle of the previous century and was the last living member of Gen. Robert R. Neyland's final football coaching staff of 1952, died Sunday...
June 15, 2010 2:34 pm / no comments
Sources at Waffle House headquarters in Georgia have said that the new structure being built on Chapman Hwy. is indeed going to be one of their restaurants. A company spokesperson could not release...
June 15, 2010 2:27 pm / no comments
June 17: Roaring Fork Baptist Church Vacation Bible School from 6 to 9 p.m. for more information call Sherri Webb at (865) 654-2671 and for ride information call David Ogle at (865) 659-7235.Medic Mobile will hold a blood drive from 2 p.m. to...
June 15, 2010 1:40 pm / no comments
There are several pets available for adoption at the Young-Williams Animal Center. One of those pets is Belita, a scruffy, funny one-and-a-half-year-old terrier mix. She is active and sweet and...
June 15, 2010 1:30 pm / no comments
By Brooke Stevensonbrooke@seymourherald.com There have been several road and lane closures in the area due to an ongoing Knoxville Utility Board project. KUB is currently upgrading existing transmission...
June 15, 2010 1:11 pm / no comments
By Brooke Stevensonbrooke@seymourherald.com On Monday the Sevier County Board of Education voted to renew Director of Schools Jack Parton’s contract for an additional year. His contract was...
June 15, 2010 11:48 am / no comments
The Arts & Culture Alliance will present a new exhibition entitled “Forms and Figures”, featuring work by seven artists: Alan Finch, a visual artist and independent curator whose...
June 15, 2010 9:20 am / no comments
Christ Covenant Church Pastor Gary Crisp would like to invite residents to come and worship with him and the members of the church. The church is located at 5759 Sevierville Rd. Sunday school...
June 15, 2010 9:04 am / no comments
Lori Branham, branch manager of ORNL Federal Credit Union, earned the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce Friendship Award for May at the recent Coffee Talk event. "The networking has really...
June 15, 2010 8:55 am / no comments
By Zach Stipe, Media Relations Graduate Assistant MASON, Ohio – Former Lady Vol golfer Nicole Smith collected her second consecutive top-five finish on the Duramed FUTURES Tour on Sunday, as she tied for fifth at...
June 15, 2010 7:38 am / no comments
The following are the results for June 12 at 411 Motor Speedway. Mod Mini:1- #01 Rocky McNabb, 2- #92 Cory Cate, 3- #41 Brian Berkley, 4- #44 Tommy Metler, 5- #4 Josh Ellis, 6- #15 Dave Lewis,...
June 15, 2010 7:26 am / no comments
The Gatlinburg Police Department is investigating an alleged home invasion robbery on Autumn Lane that occurred around 9 a.m. Saturday. One victim was shot in the leg and was transported to UT Medical...
June 15, 2010 6:44 am / no comments