Authorities released the names of two people reportedly involved in a murder suicide incident at a rental cabin in Pigeon Forge last week. The Pigeon Forge Police Department says they received a report of shots fired on Conner Drive at about 11:40 p.m. on September 4, 2019 and when officers responded, they found a man dead of a gunshot wound ...

A local veterinary clinic is trying to find a good home for a pit bull found roaming in east Tennessee with money and a note attached pleading for someone to care for the dog. #internationaldogday A brown and white pit bull named “Friend.” Smoky Mountain Animal Clinic in Seymour, Tenn. says a client found the dog named “Friend” wandering on ...

The U.S. Census Bureau announced this week the launch of address canvassing, the first major field operation of the 2020 Census. Address canvassing improves and refines the Census Bureau’s address list of households nationwide, which is necessary to deliver invitations to respond to the census. The address list plays a vital role in ensuring a complete and accurate count of ...

A local blood center that supplies blood to dozens of Tennessee hospitals, including LeConte Medical Center in Sevier County, says the need for blood donations is critical. Due to an increase in demand, MEDIC Regional Blood Center has less than a two-day supply of O+, O- and A+ blood types. MEDIC Regional Blood Center has a critical need for: O ...

A dog was reunited with its owner after an eight year separation because animal control officers were able to find the owner’s information from a pet microchip. According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, the reunion between a malamute named Oreo and its owner Ms. Dove was made possible by some good Samaritans, Animal Control officers and a pet microchip. ...

Searchers are looking for a man with dementia who went missing from a resort along the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Saturday. Park officials say 58 year-old Kevin Mark Lynch was last seen along the boundary of the park at The Swag resort in Waynesville, N.C. at 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Lynch has ...

The annual Tennessee Sales Tax Holiday begins Friday and here is your guide to what is tax-free… and what is not. The 2019 tax-free weekend begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 26 and ends Sunday, July 28 at 11:59 p.m. This is an annual event intended to help families stretch their dollar when doing back to school shopping. However, ...

Police released the names of victims involved in a fatal crash between a cement truck and passenger car on Veterans Boulevard Thursday afternoon. Officers with the Sevierville Police Department responded to the intersection of Veterans Boulevard and Blanton Drive after a crash was reported about 1 p.m. on July 18, 2019. According to SPD Officer Shawn Crawford, it appears that ...

The National Park Service Investigative Services Branch investigators are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of 64-year-old David Junior Carver, whose remains were found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park earlier this month. Carver was last seen at his Rockford, Tenn. home on April 29. His family reported him missing to the Blount County Sheriff’s Office on June ...

Clingmans Dome Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park was closed for five hours Monday following a fatal motor vehicle accident. According to park officials, rangers responded to a report of a single-car, motor vehicle accident on Clingmans Dome Road at about 12:30 p.m. on July 15, 2019. The park’s technical Search and Rescue Team, Cherokee Tribal EMS, and Cherokee ...