One UT student helped translate to Spanish-speaking students. Others helped pull teeth and make eyeglasses. Others greeted patients, helped with paperwork and directed clinic traffic. Late last month — merely a week into their freshmen...
September 26, 2010 11:14 pm / no comments
A series of Great Smoky Mountains National Park DUI enforcement actions over the past three weeks resulted in 13 arrests – 10 for DUI and three for Public Intoxication. The initiative is part of a national effort funded by the National...
September 26, 2010 11:04 pm / no comments
By Jim CallicottJean Claytor is truly a product of the Deep South. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, and lived in New Orleans for 43 years. For the past seven years however, she has called the Smoky Mountains home.“Part of me will always...
September 26, 2010 10:56 pm / no comments
By Donnie Conley, Media Relations Student AssistantGREENVILLE, S.C. – The University of Tennessee Lady Vol tennis team concluded play at the 2010 Furman Fall Classic by bringing home the doubles championship in the top flight at the Mickel...
September 26, 2010 10:48 pm / no comments
By Zach Stipe, Media Relations AssistantWOLCOTT, Colo. – Junior Nathalie Mansson fired an even-par 72 to lead the 12th-ranked Tennessee Lady Vol golf team on Sunday during first round action at the Golfweek Conference Challenge....
September 26, 2010 10:45 pm / no comments
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, welcomes fans to campus Saturday for the Volunteers' game against the Blazers of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.Kickoff is scheduled for 12:21 p.m. ET. Gates open at 10:15 a.m. The SEC Sports...
September 22, 2010 9:19 am / no comments
Several thefts took place in Seymour over a period of four days.The first theft took place on Chapman Hwy. at about 2 p.m. Sept. 14. Two thefts occurred on Sept. 15, one in the 900 block of Maryville Hwy. at 9:43 p.m. and the other took place...
September 21, 2010 5:17 pm / no comments
Cross4Crowns, a quartette that has performed across the country in 18 states will perform at the Grace Baptist Church, 113 Smothers Road (corner of Boyd’s Creek and Smothers) Sept. 26. Cross4Crowns has performed with such Southern...
September 21, 2010 3:29 pm / no comments
A Knoxville man has been arrested and another suspect is being sought by the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department in connection with rental cabin burglaries in Sevier County. Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals said that Gene F. Riggs, 25, of...
September 21, 2010 3:24 pm / no comments
A two vehicle traffic accident on Chapman Friday afternoon resulted in one of the drivers being sent to hospital. The accident, which occurred at about 3 p.m., involved a Ford pickup truck driven by 32-year-old man and a Pontiac Sunfire driven...
September 21, 2010 3:12 pm / no comments
The Seymour Herald will be holding a weekly photo contest with a cash prize.With the cameras easily accessible to most residents, the Herald would like to encourage residents to submit their pictures of news worthy items to the paper. Every...
September 21, 2010 2:27 pm / no comments
The Sevier County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a trio who have burglarized several businesses. The Sheriff’s Department said the three suspects are believed to be involved in several laundry...
September 21, 2010 12:00 pm / no comments
Knoxville apparently is one of the few bright spots in the lagging U.S. real estate market. According to a Wall Street Journal report which was also reported in the Greater Knoxville Business Journal. They say Knoxville has the fourth best...
September 21, 2010 11:41 am / no comments
Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely officially opened TDOT’s new Henley Bridge Project Community Center. The new community center will provide a central location for community members, business owners...
September 21, 2010 11:40 am / no comments
Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and the current Poet Laureate of Virginia, will read from her work at Writers in the Library at 7 p.m. Sept. 27, in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Hodges Library auditorium.Emerson's...
September 21, 2010 11:36 am / no comments
By Michele KarlIt was a packed house as the 10th ranked Florida Gators took on the UT Vols this past weekend at Neyland Stadium. Vol fans were hoping that the five year winning streak for the Gators would be broken but to their disappointment...
September 21, 2010 11:26 am / no comments
In an effort to raise money to benefit the library, Seymour High School has collected over 400 of the best recipes from teachers, staff members, retirees, and substitute teachers and compiled them into an attractive, hard covered, keepsake cookbook....
September 21, 2010 10:06 am / no comments
The Muscular Dystrophy Association plans to round up Sevier County business and community leaders on Sept. 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and haul them off to “jail” at the Smoky Mountains NASCAR Speed Park.The Sevier County Lock-Up will...
September 21, 2010 9:41 am / no comments
There are several pets available for adoption at the Young-Williams Animal Center. One of those pets is Lollipop, a 12-week-old gray and white, female kitten. She is playful and cute and in good company at the Animal Center. There are many kittens...
September 20, 2010 5:37 pm / no comments
The Sevier County Public Library System is offering free fax and copy services for people seeking employment. Any person who is actively seeking employment is welcome to come to any one of the Sevier County Public Library System locations to...
September 20, 2010 5:30 pm / no comments