A Sevierville teenager has been missing since late December and the family is asking for the public’s help in locating her. Missing 16-year-old Annelise Justus was last seen on December 29, 2014 in Sevierville, Tenn. wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and grey moccasin shoes. She is 4′ 11″ tall and weighs 103 pounds. Her eyes are hazel in color. ...

The beautiful weather Monday brought a large turnout for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Sevierville. Joined by local elected officials, about 100 people marched through downtown Sevierville then attended the “I Have a Dream Commemoration” at the First Baptist Church in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.   The program began with video presentation featuring imagery from ...

The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration will be held Monday morning in downtown Sevierville. “I Have a Dream Commemoration” is a tribute to civil rights leader Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. planned for Jan. 19, 2015 at the First Baptist Church in Sevierville. The event will include a march through downtown Sevierville. Civil rights activist, historian and ...

Local police and fire departments will compete against each other in lumberjack sports at the Lumberjack Feud during Climbing for Hope, a fundraiser benefiting Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic. Lumberjack Feud in Pigeon Forge will host the third annual Climbing for Hope on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. In preparation for the competition, police officers and firefighters have been training alongside ...

The Hatfield and McCoy Dinner Show in Pigeon Forge will get a unique, custom-built aquarium during an episode of “Tanked” this Friday. The popular television series “Tanked” will replace an old moonshine still in the lobby of the local Hatfield and McCoy Dinner Show with an aquarium in an episode titled, “When the Moon(shine) Hits Your Eyes” airing Friday, Jan. 16, ...

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced Monday the eleven members of the Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments that will recommend candidates to the governor to fill vacancies for Tennessee trial and appellate courts. The council was established by executive order following the November 4, 2014 passage of a constitutional amendment creating a method for selecting judges of the Supreme ...

January 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, a day for Americans to acknowledge the very real problem of human trafficking in this country and learn how we can all be a part of stopping it. Textbooks teach us that slavery in the United States ended with the Emancipation Proclamation and ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ...

Dollywood’s Rock the Smokies will feature two award winning contemporary Christian music groups. Dollywood in Pigeon Forge announced today that Third Day and For King & Country will perform at the theme park’s newest Christian music festival set for Labor Day weekend. Dollywood and Premier Festivals have teamed up to produce Rock the Smokies, a powerful Christian rock experience on ...

Escape the cold outside this weekend by visiting the Knoxville Smoky Mountain RV Show at the Sevierville Convention Center. The 6th Annual Knoxville Smoky Mountain RV Show, one of the largest RV shows in the Southeast, is going on Friday through Sunday at the Sevierville Convention Center. It will feature more than a mile of travel trailers, motorhomes, fifth wheels ...

If you have ever had to dispute unauthorized charges on your phone or cable bill, been bombarded by email spam or bothered by telemarketing calls and found filing a complaint with regulators was a maze of forms and confusion, a new website promises to make make it much simpler in the future. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Monday that ...