Authorities say they captured three suspects in a Sevier County home burglary on Saturday, also finding a cache of stolen items from other area burglaries. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says it received a 911 call on Feb. 25, 2017 reporting a burglary in progress at a residence on Wye Drive. A relative of the homeowner saw an unknown Ford ...

Popular Little Tikes toddler swings are being recalled after reports of children injured due to the product breaking. Ohio-based Little Tikes is recalling about 540,000 of its pink 2-in-1 Snug ‘n Secure Swings. The manufacturer has received 140 consumer complaints of the units breaking. In 39 of those reports, the product failure resulted in injuries to a child. While most ...

A new feature on Facebook aims to help connect businesses with job seekers in their area by allowing them to post jobs right on their social media account. Social media giant Facebook launched a jobs feature on Wednesday that allows admins of Facebook business pages in the United States and Canada to post jobs, and for Facebook users to search ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Zone fire management staff plan to burn approximately 800 acres of fields near Hyatt Lane and the western end of Cades Cove. Weather permitting, burn operations will occur Thursday, February 16 through Sunday, February 19, 2017. Over the last 20 years, park managers have conducted these burns during the spring and fall ...

Pet owners should check a list of pet foods recalled due to contamination with metal pieces that could pose a choking hazard to their pet if eaten. Certain varieties of Wellness, Blue Buffalo and Grreat Choice pet foods are being recalled as a precautionary measure because they may contain pieces of metal. PetSmart first announced a voluntary recall of 13.2 ...

UPDATED WITH EXPANDED RECALL INFORMATION. Routine testing of cheese by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture found Listeria in a sample of Amish Classic Colby deli cheese and the finding has prompted a cheese recall of other brands produced by the same manufacturer, including Sargento brand, Mejier’s and a number of others. Many of the cheeses were supplied to deli counters ...

Authorities say a woman fled from a traffic stop late Sunday night, leading police on a chase from Gatlinburg to Cosby that ended when an officer shot her. According to a release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, a woman was shot after allegedly hitting an officer with her vehicle following a chase involving a National Park Service Ranger, officers ...

Remote Area Medical is hosting a free RAM clinic in Knoxville to provide dental, vision and medical care to people who do not have access or cannot afford those health services. The free RAM clinic will be held Feb. 4-5, 2017 at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park located at 3301 East Magnolia Avenue in Knoxville. The parking lot at ...

The Pigeon Forge Police Department will begin its 17th session of the Citizen Police Academy at the end of January and the registration deadline is fast approaching. The first class will be held 7-9 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2017 and continue each Tuesday night into April. Some of the topics to be covered are patrol operations, accident investigation, Tactical Rescue ...

The American Red Cross of East Tennessee received a large donation from Kroger and its customers to assist with local wildfire disaster relief efforts. Kroger Fountain City in Knoxville hosted a check presentation to the American Red Cross of East Tennessee on Jan. 4, 2017. Kroger ran an in-store campaign for wildfire disaster relief from Nov. 29–Dec. 17, 2016, collecting ...