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Preschool story time resumes
The Sevier County Public Library System preschool story time program will resume during the week of Sept. 13 at each location. The story time programs are designed with a ready-to-read format...
Archive for: August, 2010
Thousands of books read through program
The Sevier County Public Library System state-sponsored “Make A Splash: Read” summer reading program ended earlier this month after months of activities. The program offered several...
Kobritz Corner
The Yankees are known for having the highest priced tickets in Major League Baseball, $2,500 each for the top seats. But if the New York Public Integrity Commission (PIC) gets its way, that record is about to be shattered.The Commission...
Jr. League Basketball adds grade
Seymour Jr. League Basketball is adding third grade teams this year. Jr. League teams are made up of Seymour Intermediate School and Middle School students only. The teams...
Overbey honored for helping others
State Senator Doug Overbey (R- Maryville) has been named “Legislator of the Year” in Tennessee for his efforts on behalf of citizens with intellectual disabilities. The award...
Lady Eagles volleyball hopes to rebound
The Lady Eagles volleyball team opened their 2010 season in the KIL tournament at Knox Catholic on Monday evening. After the disappointing senior-less 2009 season the team hopes to rebound with a ...
RV accident injures several passengers
Around noon on Monday a one vehicle accident, involving a large motor home with seven occupants, occurred in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in the North Carolina side of the Park, about three miles south of Newfound...
This week with Daniel Pursglove
We The People In Seymour, as in the rest of the country, we are looking for government money. Many don’t stop to realize that this is all borrowed money and when we do get some of it we can’t keep it for long. It has to be passed around...
High School Students Experience ‘King for a Day’
High school juniors and seniors who want to experience King College campus life are invited to receive the royal treatment on Sept. 6 the College’s King for a Day event. The event offers...
PBS accepting nominations for awards
Feel passionate about a local nonprofit? Want to recognize a volunteer who goes the extra mile? Submit a nomination for the East Tennessee PBS Be More Awards, an annual awards program designed...
Arrowmont to Remain in Gatlinburg
In a historic decision, the Board of Governors of the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts has voted to keep the nationally renowned center for contemporary craft education at its current location in Gatlinburg. ...
Road construction resumes
Park managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have announced that re-construction activity has resumed on the Cherokee Orchard Road and the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail just outside Gatlinburg. ...
Monthly unemployment rate dips
Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced Tennessee’s unemployment rate for July was 9.8 percent, down two-tenths of a percentage point from the revised June rate of 10.0...
Citizen Scientist Opportunities to conduct research
Researchers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park are inviting people to volunteer as Citizen Scientists and join park biologists in collecting scientific data and mapping locations of ash trees at selected sites. ...
UT volleyball voted favorite to win title
The University of Tennessee volleyball team has been selected to win the 2010 Southeastern Conference volleyball title in a preseason vote by the league's 11 coaches. This marks the first...
Free arts and cultural experiences offered to students
The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville announced the funding of its Student Ticket Subsidy Program again this year. Student Ticket Subsidy, made possible by a generous grant...
Pets for adoption
There are several pets available for adoption at the Young-Williams Animal Center. One of those pets is Andy, a six-month-old, male, black helicopter lop. He is a helicopter lop because he cannot decide if his ears should go up or down. He is...
Old time Smokies music to be released
Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Great Smoky Mountains Association, the Park’s nonprofit educational organization, are planning to issue a CD containing 34 1930s-era recordings of music performed by Smoky...
Seymour Hangs Tough with Daniel Boone
By: Lee Ramseylee@seymourherald.comAs was expected, the Daniel Boone Trailblazers prevailed over the Seymour Eagles for the second year in a row.What wasn’t expected was how close the game turned out. The Eagles fought the Trailblazers...
Trim policy meetings scheduled
The next two working sessions of the KUB Tree Trim Policy Review Panel are scheduled for Aug. 30 and Sept. 2, each from 4 to 8 p.m. The meetings will be held at KUB’s Corporate Headquarters, 445 S. Gay Street, in the first floor meeting...
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