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City Celebrates National Night Out
The Sevierville Police Department (SPD), as part of the National Night Out (NNO) program, will be offering services to several area communities from 7 to 10 p.m. August 3. NNO 2009 involved over...
Archive for: July, 2010
Early Voting Nears End
There are two days left of early voting in Sevier County for the Aug. 5 election, and the numbers are already better than for the primaries held in May. Sevier County has two early voting locations,...
Eagles Prepare for Opener
By: Lee Ramsey The Seymour Eagles football team has been very busy lately preparing for their opening game on August 20 at Daniel Boone High School in upper East Tennessee. Practices have been...
Pets for Adoption
There are several pets available for adoption at the Young-Williams Animal Center. One of those pets Archie, a friendly neutered four-year-old male basset hound mix. He has a lovely figure and...
Money and Sports
By: Lee Ramsey It’s a sad fact, but money has become the major factor in the world of college sports over the past several years. At UT and all major college sports programs around...
Letter to the Editor
The following letter was written by a housewife in New Brunswick, Canada and came to the Herald via email. The Publisher at the Herald felt the letter seemed so appropriate that it should be published....
Community Calendar
July 30: The Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains Park commission will hold a joint meeting with the North Carolina National Park, Parkway and Forest Development Council at noon at the Twin Creeks Science and Education Center, 1314 Cherokee Road,...
Early Morning Fire Contained
The Seymour Volunteer Fire Department extinguished an apartment fire earlier this week. The fire broke out at about 3:30 a.m. Monday morning at the Renaissance Square Apartment on West Macon. ...
State Unemployment Rate Down
Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 10.1 percent, down three-tenth of a percentage point from the May rate of 10.4 percent. The national unemployment rate...
Mountain’s Eagle Passes Away
Wilma, Grandfather Mountain’s Bald Eagle, was humanely put to sleep this weekend after a battle with arthritis and declining health. Wilma had recently been showing signs of getting...
McCulley announces candidacy
Joe McCulley of Maryville, a Blount County Commissioner, has announced himself as a candidate for the 8th District State House of Representatives seat in the Republican Primary election to be held on Aug. 5. ...
Inmate escapes, captured in minutes
An inmate who was receiving treatment at Blount Memorial Hospital escaped on July 20, but was apprehended within minutes. Blount County Sheriff James L. Berrong said that Michael David Word, 44,...
Body found in landfill machinery
Pigeon Forge Police Officers discovered a body at approximately noon on July 25 in a digester machine at a landfill. The body, which was found roughly 30 feet inside of a 185-foot-long tube, was removed...
Prep piano program now enrolling
The Maryville College Preparatory Piano Program is now enrolling students for the fall semester. Lessons take place in the new Clayton Center for the Arts located on the MC campus. ...
Seymour Road Closures
The Knoxville Utility Board and its contractor, Pike Electric, will implement daily intermittent road and lane closures in Seymour for at least another week. The lane and road closures are along...
Beat the Heat: Summer Food Safety
By Abigail Brown In the summer months when the temperatures are at their peak and you’re spending time enjoying your time and your family, food safety should take a priority in preparing food and serving it for...
411 Speedway Results
The following are the full results from 411 Motor Speedway on July 24.Mod Mini:1.(1) #19-Nick Perry2.(2) #92-Cory Cate3.(3) #44-Tommy Metler4.(4) #19-Brad Pressley5.(5) #15-Dave LewisTopless Modified:1.(5) #57-Marvin Romines2.(3) #D00-Josh Driskill3.(4)...
Home burglary suspects arrested
Two men have been arrested in connection with a home burglary in Sevier County. On July 15 Sevier County Sheriff’s Office Detectives investigated a burglary at a residence on Gnatty Branch...
Crews work to repair sinkhole
Tennessee Department of Transportation maintenance crew began work Monday to repair a sinkhole discovered on State Route 66/Winfield Dunn Parkway south of Huffaker Road. The sinkhole was...
Pierce to Remain as Director of UT’s Baker Center
Carl Pierce, interim director of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, since June 1, 2009, has been named the center’s director. "I'm...
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