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The Great South Athletic Conference has named its Player of the Week award for the week with Maryville's Mikee Moore taking home the honors. For Moore, the selection is his first of the season though he is the third Scot to collect...
By Linda WilliamsOn March 17, Melka and Jon Harmon visited with the elementary students at Seymour Community Christian School presenting the work of the Appalachian Bear Rescue. The Kindergarten to third grades met first learning about...
By Bob BeckerWe have all certainly been enjoying the taste of spring in our area. Temperatures have been way above normal for this time of the year and the biggest complaint I have heard from people is about their sinus issues. Well, there may...
By Ben LawsonFor Vicki Sise of Seymour, singing is not just a pastime, or a pleasure, it’s a privilege.That’s why, when she competed this Wednesday as a finalist in the New York Mets National Anthem Search, she felt it was an honor...
By Ben LawsonThe after school traffic situation at the intersection of Boyd’s Creek and Pitner Road that has transformed the act of picking up a child into a gas guzzling adventure is not likely to change any time soon.According to the...
A two car accident brought traffic to a stand still on Hwy. 411 Monday as responders attended to the scene.Heavy damage was inflicted upon both vehicles, both pick-up trucks, when they collided at the intersection of 411 and Pebbles Rd. in Seymour...
Volunteer from local ministry LIVE-IT recently traveled to Scottsboro, AL to help an organization need three-and-a-half hours away.The project, which the ministry calls the “Love Your Neighbor Roadtrip” started when LIVE-IT received...
It was a blustery day at Seymour Library Pre-School Story Time on Monday.Library assistant Spence Perry read the children “Flora’s Very Windy Day” by Jeanne Birdsall.In the book is about a girl with a younger brother who irritates...
After a used utility vehicle was donated to a Seymour High School athletic team, a local business owner offered to spruce it up a bit.The vehicle was donated to the SHS Softball Team by a local agency, which would like to remain anonymous, and...
By Ben LawsonAccording to 2010 census data released last week, Sevier County’s population is expanding at a rate greater than the rest of the state.The numbers show a 26.3 percent increase since 2000, 15 percent more than any other county. ...
By Ben LawsonWhen Cheryl and Ron Martin made the decision to uproot from their lives in Chicago, they were not yet thinking of pizza, but of the weather.Ron was not a fan of the cold, while Cheryl had no interest in going somewhere too hot. ...
By Ben LawsonEager students lined the bleachers of the Seymour High School gym, waiting their turn to donate blood on Tuesday.Among those donating were Jennifer Kibler and her mother Michelle Lundy, both giving blood for the very first time....
The Seymour Branch Library has been in search for a new librarian since former manager Tony Krug left for another position near the end of last year.As of this week the branch has received that manager, Cassandra Graesser, who officially started...
By: Lee Ramseylee@seymourherald.comIt’s finally a reality. What every Tennessee basketball fan has feared for months has actually happened.Bruce Pearl is no longer the basketball coach at the University of Tennessee. This is...
The popular local event “Cruisin’ Seymour” will start back up for its second season this spring. After taking some time off to steer clear of the winter weather residents will be able to cruise once again beginning April1.The...
By Ben LawsonTennessee Gov. Bill Haslam named Sevier County as one of eight counties in need of financial assistance after heavy February flooding.The request sent to the U.S. Small Business Association calls for loan assistance for small businesses...
Legislation sponsored by Senator Doug Overbey (R-Maryville) to increase the time that multiple DUI offenders must wait before being allowed to receive a driver’s license is progressing in the Tennessee State Senate. The legislation...
By Ben LawsonA Grand Jury returned an indictment for a Sevier County man who police said shot a teenage girl.Ronnie Stansbury is accused of discharging a shotgun on his property that struck Amanda Dennis on the neighboring property. The...
More than seven years after he appeared before a federal grand jury and more than three years since he was first indicted, the trial against Barry Bonds is finally getting underway with jury selection scheduled for U. S. District Court in San...
After the lane closures from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wednesday at Main Street and Old Knoxville Hwy. in Sevierville on the bridge over the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River, motorists can expect even more changes.The intersection was closed to...
