Safety inspections after a woman was thrown from a coaster car at the Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster have been completed and the attraction may resume operation, say state regulators. The Workplace Regulations and Compliance Division of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development today granted permission for Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster, located at 306 Parkway, to resume operation and by this ...

Two Sevier County residents have been arrested for allegedly selling a large amount of marijuana and authorities say some was sold in a school zone. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, a Sevier County Grand Jury earlier this month returned indictments for 47-year-old Randy Alan McClure, of Pigeon Forge, and 50-year-old Jeannie Sue Howard, of Sevierville, as a result ...

According to state officials, no problems were found during an inspection of the Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster after an incident over the July 4th weekend in which a woman was ejected from a coaster car. A woman riding as the front passenger of a double ride car at the Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster, 306 Parkway in Gatlinburg, was thrown from the car ...

According to autopsy reports, the cause of death for a man and woman who died in a hot tub at a Gatlinburg rental cabin is drowning. The medical examiner has ruled 63-year-old Jon Levin of Oak Ridge, Tenn. and Myra Smith-Findell, 62, of Corbin, Ky., drowned and that alcohol consumption and health conditions were contributing factors to their death. Levin ...

Skin care products from Happy Skin Naturals have been chosen for an award at a tradeshow spotlighting products made in Tennessee. The 2016 Pick Tennessee Products tradeshow was recently held in Nashville during the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association’s Food Expo. Happy Skin Naturals is a participant in the Pick Tennessee Products program, a free statewide program offered by ...

Staff and patients at a physician’s office in Sevierville were startled on Friday when a firearm discharged inside the building. Sevierville police responded to a call from Summit Medical Group, 1124 Fox Meadows Blvd., on July 1, 2016 to investigate a report that a patient’s firearm accidentally discharged, sending a bullet through the wall and into the lobby where several ...

Police are investigating a shooting at a Sevierville residence on Tuesday that left a woman severely injured and her husband dead. Bob Stahlke, spokesperson for the Sevierville Police Department, said a woman called 911 at 4:25 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 to report that her husband had shot her, then he went into another room and she heard another ...

A traffic stop by a Sevier County Sheriff’s Office K9 officer on Sunday resulted in numerous drug charges for one man. Deputy Cowden pulled over a Chevy truck traveling on W. New Era Road in Sevierville just after 9 a.m. on June 26, 2016 and after speaking with the occupants of the vehicle, he deployed his K9 partner Cross. During ...

The popular home furnishings retailer IKEA is recalling a long list of IKEA dressers and chests because they can tip over if not properly anchored to the wall and pose a risk of serious injuries or death to children. The deaths of six young children and reports of other kids injured in furniture tip over accidents have prompted IKEA North ...

An elderly woman with Alzheimer’s who went missing from Gatlinburg on Thursday has been found dead along a rural road in North Carolina. The Gatlinburg Police Department announced that 73-year-old Sylvia Ringstrom, of Gatlinburg, the subject of a Missing Adult Alert, was found deceased in her vehicle on Friday evening about 30 miles away from where she was last seen. ...