The public has been asked to be on the lookout for an elderly woman who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease that is missing from Gatlinburg, Tenn. The Gatlinburg Police Department issued a Missing Adult Alert for 73-year-old Sylvia Ringstrom on June 23, 2016. Ringstrom is a white woman with a wig of blond hair, blue eyes and no eyebrows. She is ...

Five spirits produced by Old Forge Distillery, including a chocolate moonshine, won awards recently at the world’s largest consumer tasting competition. Old Forge Distillery’s 1830 Original Chocolate Moonshine, a 60-proof chocolate-flavored moonshine inspired by homemade desserts made at the Old Mill Candy Kitchen and Pottery House Café, and its Old Forge Reserve Bourbon, an eight-year-old whiskey aged in charred white ...

What started as a domestic dispute call turned into a standoff between an armed man and SWAT teams in Sevierville on Sunday. According to the Sevierville Police Department, officers responded to a residence at 121 Crescent Drive at 8:57 p.m. on June 19, 2016 after receiving a report of a domestic dispute. Officers interviewed a woman outside the home who ...

Tickets for Dolly Parton’s Pure & Simple concert at LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge went on sale today for Dollywood season passholders, but a website glitch left frustrated ticket buyers flooding the attraction’s phone lines. Excitement about Dolly’s concert here in her home county has been building since she first announced that her Pure & Simple concert tour included a ...

Three women at a Sevierville massage business have been arrested in connection with a human trafficking sting conducted by a team of local and federal law enforcement. On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, officers from the Sevier County Street Crimes Unit, Knox County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit and U.S. Department of Homeland Security conducted an undercover operation at Chinese Pressure Massage, ...

East Tennessee State University is holding free information meetings at its new ETSU at Sevierville campus. The public is invited to attend any of three drop-in sessions to meet staff, learn about scholarship opportunities and inquire about programs ETSU will offer when the 45,000 square foot facility opens fall 2016. The sessions will be held 5–6:30 p.m. on June 9, ...

Quick action by gas station employees and a fast response by the local fire department prevented what could have been an explosive situation with a car engine fire in Gatlinburg on Monday afternoon. According to employees at the Fastop Market, 1339 East Parkway in Gatlinburg, an incident occurred on Monday, June 6, 2016 when a woman parked her red Dodge ...

Tennessee’s annual Free Fishing Day is a great way for families to get out and enjoy fishing together on one of the many public waters across the state. Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 11, 2016 in Tennessee and anyone, residents and non-residents, may fish without a fishing license in the state’s public waters. Kids 15 years old and younger ...

Amateur radio enthusiasts will meet monthly in Sevierville at the free Hams Helping Hams Workshop for learning opportunities and to exchange tips and tricks. The first Hams Helping Hams Workshop will be held 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, 2016 and feature a presentation of on hands soldering of PL259s and how to cut and strip the ...

Blue Buffalo Company announced today that it is voluntarily recalling a limited number of bags of its Life Protection Formula dry dog food because potential mold could sicken pets. 30-pound bags of Blue Buffalo brand Life Protection Formula Fish and Sweet Potato Recipe for dogs are being recalled due to a moisture issue. According to the company, only 2,000 bags ...