Sevier County Food Ministries will receive a portion of every admission ticket sold during Ripley’s Local Appreciation for residents and workers of Sevier and surrounding counties. Everyone who lives or works Sevier, Cocke, Jefferson, Knox or Blount County may take advantage of this offer and enjoy any of the Ripley’s Tennessee attractions for just $5 plus tax per person/per visit ...

Sevier County residents and workers may visit Dollywood for only a $5 donation during Dollywood Sevier County Days. Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas begins this week, featuring more than four million lights, Christmas shows and music, and the Parade of Many Colors. Dolly invites everyone who lives and works in Sevier County to visit the park for this Christmas celebration Nov. ...

Park officials say one person was killed and another injured after a trike motorcycle struck a vehicle on Newfound Gap Road on Friday, requiring a complex rescue from a steep ravine by emergency personnel. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers responded to to an accident on Newfound Gap Road, just north of Newfound Gap near Morton Overlook, involving a trike ...

The City of Sevierville Police Department and Pigeon Forge Police Department will collect potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription pills and patches as part of the 14th National DEA Drug Take Back Initiative on Saturday. Citizens may bring pills or patches for disposal to either of two locations in Sevier County on Oct. 28, 2017. The Drug Enforcement Administration ...

A man suspected of committing a Knoxville bank robbery Monday afternoon has been arrested in Sevier County. The Knoxville office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation says a white male entered the Regions Bank located at 7320 Chapman Highway in Knoxville about 12:20 p.m. on Oct. 23, 2017 and forcibly grabbed an undisclosed amount of cash from the bank teller. ...

A 15-year-old boy is in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound to the neck after a friend accidentally shot him with an AR-15 style rifle inside a Sevierville home on Wednesday. Officers from the Sevierville Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting an accidental shooting at a residence on Nichols Street near downtown Sevierville just after 3 p.m. ...

A masked man with a handgun robbed B&R Jewelers in Pigeon Forge on Wednesday just as the store was closing for the night. An owner of B&R Jewelers, located at 3526 Parkway, let a man he believed to be a customer into the store at 6 p.m. on Oct. 11, 2017. The man then displayed a black semi-automatic handgun and ...

In a wooded area just off bustling Teaster Lane in Pigeon Forge, the remains of a man not seen in over a year laid in a tent until they were discovered last month and while investigators have identified the man, how he died is a mystery. The Pigeon Forge Police Department said Wednesday that human remains found near Teaster Lane ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials say a New York man was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday morning. Park rangers and Gatlinburg Fire Department responded to a report of a single motorcycle accident in the park on Little River Road about 2.2 miles west of the intersection with Elkmont Road at 10:20 a.m. on October 7, 2017. A park ...

The driver and passenger of a vehicle allegedly involved in a hit and run accident on Newport Highway were both located and arrested Thursday. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to investigate a hit and run accident on Newport Highway near the intersection of Walnut Grove Road at about 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 28, 2017 and were ...