A derby-themed event on Friday will raise money for the United Way of Sevier County. A Night at the Derby, presented by the Comedy Barn Theater, will be held 6 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2015 at the Conner-Short Center (CAPE) on the Walters State Community College campus in Sevierville. Proceeds from the event will benefit the United Way of ...

Women wanting to learn outdoor skills useful in hunting, fishing, boating and nature exploration can enroll in the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Workshop offered by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. TWRA will hold the 2015 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop June 5-7, 2015 at the Clyde M. York 4-H Center in Crossville, Tenn. The BOW workshop is primarily aimed at women ...

While shoppers will enjoy the private sale discounts and Belk gift card giveaways, local nonprofit organizations will be the real winners during Belk’s Spring Charity Sale next month. The Belk Charity Sale will take place Saturday, May 2, 2015 from 6 a.m. – 10 a.m. in all Belk stores across 16 states. This event is a private, four-hour sale dedicated to ...

The Sevier County Election Commission will open and hold the City of Sevierville Municipal Election in the Sevierville Civic Center precinct, 200 Gary R Wade Blvd. in Sevierville, on Thursday, May 7, 2015 from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. for the following offices: MAYOR – Vote for One (1) ALDERMAN – Vote for Three (3) Early Voting will be open ...

Fears of Listeria contamination have prompted a nationwide Sabra hummus recall. Sabra Dipping Co., the largest seller of hummus in the United States, announced on April 8, 2015 that the company is recalling about 30,000 cases of Sabra Classic Hummus sold nationwide because the product may pose a health risk. According to the company, a routine, random sample collected from ...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who robbed an employee as she arrived to open the Cash Express in Seymour on Tuesday. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, the robbery occurred 8:58 a.m. on April 7, 2015 at the Cash Express, 10718 Chapman Hwy. in Seymour, Tenn. The suspect, described as a white male of ...

The casual dining franchise Quaker Steak & Lube® is opening its first restaurant in Tennessee right here in Sevierville. If you have driven through the intersection of the Parkway and Collier Dr. in Sevierville, you may have noticed Mr. Gatti’s Pizza closed and the building under renovation. Quaker Steak & Lube announced on Monday that it signed a franchise development ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park joins parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched Monday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in ...

Meredith Adkins, daughter of Suzi Phillips and husband Mitchell, and the late Nick Adkins, of Maggie Valley, North Carolina, will marry Brandon Janusheske, son of Susan Janusheske and the late David Janusheske of Sevierville, Tennessee, on April 25, 2015. Meredith, 30, lives in Newport, Tennessee and works as a head bank teller in Sevierville. Also residing in Newport, Brandon, 26, ...

A man was found dead inside the historic Smokemont Baptist Church in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Sunday. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Park Service are investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered in the Smokemont Baptist Church on March 29, 2015 as a homicide. Smokemont Baptist Church, also known ...