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A local teen has been selected to attend a special summer school for future leaders and has very little time to raise $4,500 so she can get there.Angela Karl, a 16-year-old junior at Seymour High School, found out last week that she has been...
This summer Austin Smith, a senior from the Seymour High School Band, will be the first percussionist in Seymour Band’s history to march with the Drum Corps International (DCI). College and high school musicians from across the country...
Citizen’s National Bank’s Relay for Life team will hold a shopping bazaar to raise money in the fight against cancer. The event will be at the Sevierville Civic Center on Gary Wade Blvd. from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30.For more information...
A crowd of over 200 people joined the staff and partners of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on April 15, in dedicating the Park’s new 100 percent partner-funded Oconaluftee Visitor Center. The new 6,300 square-foot state-of-the-art...
The Sevier County Public Library System serves as a drop-off point for used cartridges in an effort to help Sevier County go green. As laser and inkjet cartridges become depleted, residents can drop off the used cartridges at any of the Sevier...
Seymour resident and art teacher Jackie Spaulding-Wright has recently be recognized at the national level.Spaulding-Wright, who is an art teacher at Carter Elementary in Strawberry Plains and teaches afterschool art classes and summer classes...
“The Bone Yard,” Dr. Bill Bass’s latest Body Farm novel, is not an easy book to read. In addition to political corruption, the story chronicles detailed descriptions of torture and abuse of children, children who...
By Ben LawsonA Kodak teacher has been arrested and charged with child abuse after allegedly refusing to allow a student to use the bathroom.Second grade teacher Theresa Ward of Northview Primary is accused of forcing a student to sit in class...
Several members of a local church recently teamed up with local ministry LIVE-IT to help two Sevier County women in need. Pathways Church in Sevierville adopted two of LIVE-IT’s projects that changed the environments of two local widows...
Legislation strengthening efforts to ensure Tennessee has a strong financial literacy curriculum was approved by the full Senate on Monday night. Senate Bill 912, sponsored by Senator Doug Overbey (R-Maryville) and Senator Rusty...
BBQ Boot Camp will be held May 17 through 19 at the state-of-the-art Rel Maples Institute of Culinary Arts at Walters State Community College Sevier County Campus.The boot camp will feature three nights of classes from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m....
The Tennessee Department of Transportation began work Tuesday on a project to stabilize the slope, remove debris and repair damage caused by a recent rockslide on U.S. 441 (State Route 71) in Sevier County. The rockslide occurred on April...
The Maryville College women’s tennis program won their second consecutive Great South Athletic Conference match challenge with a 7-2 victory over Salem College on Monday afternoon on the campus of Maryville College.The complete match results...
By Ben Lawsonben@seymourherald.comThroughout his 37 years with various police agencies, Deputy Ryan Cleaveland has seen many aspects of law enforcement. And he’s loved every second of it.While in college, Cleaveland considered a...
LeConte Sports Medicine is gearing up for our annual pre-participation athletic screenings. All student athletes in Sevier County are required by the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association (TSSAA) to have a pre-participation screening...
Sevier County Food Ministries will hold an Easter Egg Hunt April 22 in Sevierville.The hunt will be held from 2 to 4p.m. at Ripley’s Old MacDonald’s Farm Mini Golf at Light #13 in front of the Tanger Five Oakes Outlet Mall.The participation...
Representatives of the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl announced today that this year’s annual post-season bowl game will be played on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at 5:40 p.m. CST at LP Field in Nashville. “We couldn’t...
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide a joint preliminary damage assessment for 11 counties impacted by severe storms in the state on April 4, 2011.The counties include: Chester, Clay,...
A Sevier County couple has been arrested and charged after allegedly holding a woman against her will overnight in a Seymour home.Angelia Christina Payne, 40, of 1410 Hawk Lane in Seymour, and her boyfriend, William Daugherty, 39, of 225 Kyker...
The Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union and Sevierville Chamber of Commerce are once again giving young cooks a chance to compete for trophies and prizes during this year’s Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass event May 20 and 21. The Knoxville...
