Two people are in custody in connection with a woman’s body found near a rural Sevier County church on Thursday morning. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, the body found August 6, 2020 has been identified as 32-year-old Marissa R. Sutton of 1010 Indian Gap Circle in Sevierville. Investigators believe Sutton died of a drug overdose, but they are ...

The body of an unidentified female was found near a rural Sevier County church early Thursday morning. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to reports of a body near the corner of Boogertown Road and Oldhams Creek Road in Sevierville about 6:45 a.m. on August 6, 2020. Officers and emergency medical services arrived and found the body ...

The Sevier County Election Commission released the following unofficial election results for the August 6, 2020 State of Tennessee Republican and Democratic Primaries and Sevier County General Election. For statewide election results, click here.   SEVIER COUNTY AUGUST 6, 2020 TN PRIMARY & COUNTY GENERAL STATISTICS TOTAL VOTES % EARLY VOTE ELECTION DAY ABSENTEE PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 25) 25 100 ...

One person was killed and three people injured in a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 near exit 407 Saturday that closed the highway down for hours. Officers from the Sevierville Police Department responded to a multi-vehicle crash on I-40 East near exit 407 at about 6:40 p.m. on August 1, 2020. According to SPD Crash Reconstruction Officer Phillip West, the ...

Sevier County residents, employees and visitors are required for a while longer to wear a face covering in public after Mayor Larry Waters extended the mask mandate on Monday. Waters signed Executive Order 29, with support from city leaders, requiring that face coverings be worn in public through August 29 to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19. It is an extension ...

Sevier County Early Voting for the August 6, 2020 election opened Friday in Sevierville. Early voting for the August 6, 2020 State of Tennessee Republican and Democratic Primaries and Sevier County General Election will be held at the Voting Machine Warehouse in Sevierville and the Seymour Masonic Lodge in Seymour.   Sevier County Early Voting Schedule Voting Machine Warehouse1145 Dolly ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is pleased to announce that Steve Spanyer was chosen as the 2019 Employee of the Year. Recognition of the Employee of the Year has been a tradition in the Smokies since 1984. Although the format of this recognition has changed over time, the park is pleased to continue to acknowledge one employee each year who’s ...

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters signed an executive order Tuesday mandating that residents, employees and visitors wear a face covering in public. At a press conference in downtown Sevierville, next to the famous Dolly Parton statue adorned with her own mask, local officials joined Mayor Waters as he announced he was issuing a countywide order requiring the use of face ...

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters is considering whether to require the wearing of a mask or face covering due to a significant rise in COVID-19 cases. On Friday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order 54 to grant county mayors in 89 counties the authority to issue local mask requirements in the event of a significant rise in COVID-19 cases. ...

Park officials say a man drowned in the Oconaluftee River in Great Smoky Mountains National Park while trying to rescue a younger family member. Park Rangers responded to a drowning in progress call just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2020 behind the Mountain Farm Museum in Cherokee, N.C. Witnesses said that 32-year-old Bulmaro Morales, of Dudley, N.C., heroically ...