The Pigeon Forge Police Department says a suspect has been charged in the shooting of a man at a local campground last November. Kevin Junior Williams, 41, was arrested at a residence located at 534 Woodvale Lane in Sevierville on Monday, April 25, 2016 and charged with Attempted Second Degree Murder in the shooting of Tony A. Thompson. According to ...

A job fair will be held in Sevierville for people interested in working at Ripley’s Attractions in Tennessee. Ripley’s is looking for energetic people who enjoy working with the public in a fun, fast paced environment to fill positions at their eight attractions in Sevier County: Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium Ripley’s 5D Moving ...

Women are invited to participate in a free Rape Aggression Defense Class instructed by Sevierville police officers. The purpose of the Rape Aggression Defense Class, also known as the R.A.D. Class, is for women to develop and enhance self-defense options, so that they may become viable considerations to a woman if she is attacked. The program is a woman only ...

Fire officials say a home in the Glades area was completely destroyed by a wildfire on Thursday. The Gatlinburg Fire Department was investigating reports of smoke in the Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community at about 1:45 p.m. on April 21, 2016 when personnel discovered a 4-acre wildfire that had spread to a residence at 970 Glades Road. Dark smoke ...

Local residents can dispose of household hazardous waste such as old and leftover automotive, home improvement and garden products for free at an event on Saturday in Sevierville. Household hazardous waste materials are those considered flammable, toxic, reactive and/or corrosive that should not be placed with regular garbage. The Extreme Household Cleanup Event will be held 8 a.m.–1 p.m. on ...

Residents and those who work locally can see any of the Ripley’s attractions in Sevier County for just $5 during Local Discount Days. Everyone who lives or works in Blount, Cocke, Jefferson, Knox or Sevier County may take advantage of this local discount and enjoy any of the Ripley’s Tennessee attractions for just $5 plus tax per person/per visit from ...

Authorities say a Bluff Mountain fire is 100% contained, but certain roads are closed and people remain evacuated from the area. A structure fire started at a home on Memory Way in Sevierville just before 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, 2016 and spread, burning six other homes and 150 acres of Bluff Mountain before firefighters could bring it under ...

A two-vehicle accident Thursday morning in Seymour has left one man dead and another injured. A fatal head on collision occurred between two vehicles on Maryville Highway in Seymour just after 8:30 a.m. on April 14, 2016, closing the two-lane road for hours. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 20-year-old Joseph J. Earnest of Seymour was driving a white four ...

A new specialty foods store called Artisan Cheese and More held its official ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, April 11, 2016 and members of the Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce were on hand to help celebrate. Artisan Cheese and More sells local to international cheeses, seasoned and candied nuts, jams, jellies, fruit butters, pickled relishes, mustards, hot soft Bavarian pretzels and ...

Police say a man committed suicide Monday by jumping from the Space Needle in Gatlinburg. At about 5:40 p.m. on April 11, 2016, police received a call that someone had fallen from the Arcadia Space Needle. Officers responded to the scene at 115 Motor Nature Trail where they found a deceased white male in his late fifties on the sidewalk. ...