UPDATE: The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office announced on Sunday, August 2, 2015 that the case has been resolved and Walker was located. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a Sevierville woman who has been missing more than a week. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, 41-year-old Katherine Levon Walker was last seen ...

A Sevierville man visiting Washington, D.C. and looking for the White House now faces felony gun possession charges. 59-year-old Steve Randall Oney, of Sevierville, was arrested near the U.S. Capitol in the yearly morning hours Tuesday after asking police where the White House was located and admitting to having firearms in his vehicle. According to an affidavit by U.S. Capitol ...

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday in Sevierville for the Sevier Air Trampoline Park, a new indoor family adventure park. When completed later this year, the two story 50,000 sq. ft. building will anchor one end of the Governor’s Crossing Shopping Center and house more than 34,000 sq. ft. of state of the art trampolines, three professional grade dodgeball courts ...

Check your spice rack for certain Kroger spices that are being recalled because they may contain Salmonella. The Kroger Co. is recalling Kroger Ground Cinnamon, Kroger Garlic Powder, Kroger Coarse Ground Black Pepper and Kroger Bac’n Buds. Consumers should not consume these Kroger spices. They may return the products to Kroger stores for a full refund or replacement. The U.S. ...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office announced on Monday the appointment of an officer who will focus on the rising number of domestic violence cases in the county. Officer Jennifer Naillon has been named the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office Domestic Violence Officer, whose duty it will be to assist victims of domestic violence. According to Sheriff Ron Seals, the department performed ...

Businesses participating in the annual Pigeon Forge Celebrate Freedom event are honoring the sacrifices made by America’s heroes all month long in August by offering discounts for military personnel, veterans, police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders. Celebrate Freedom runs August 1-31, 2015. The Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism organized the month-long program. Both locals and visitors to the area ...

Less than a year after re-election, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Gary R. Wade announced Friday he will retire later this year. The retirement of Justice Wade in September will leave a seat open on the Supreme Court that places the balance of power in the hands of Gov. Bill Haslam. Following fifteen years in private practice, Wade sat on the ...

One of the most treasured Titanic artifacts, the violin of Bandmaster Wallace Hartley, will be on display for a limited engagement at each of the Titanic Museum Attractions in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. and Branson, Mo. Titanic Museum Attractions has announced that it has secured worldwide rights to exhibit the Wallace Hartley Titanic Violin, which sold at auction for more than ...

Risk of fire has prompted the recall of certain Metalux, Portfolio and Utilitech brand fluorescent light fixtures manufactured by Eaton’s Cooper Lighting. Cooper Lighting LLC of Peachtree City, Ga. has issued a recall of several models of retail fluorescent light fixtures after receiving seven reports of sockets overheating, melting or arcing, which poses a fire hazard. The fixtures are white ...

State and local officials were on hand this week to celebrate the completion of a building that will soon house Sevier County’s new recycling hub. The facility was made possible through a $300,000 Recycling Hub and Spoke Grant from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, which are awarded for the development and expansion of regional facilities to collect, transport ...