Sevier County Early Voting has begun for the March 3, 2020 Election. The State of Tennessee Presidential Preference Primaries, Sevier County Democrat & Republican Primaries, and Nonpartisan School Board Election will be held March 3, 2020. Early voting opened Wednesday at the Voting Machine Warehouse in Sevierville and opens Friday at the Seymour Masonic Lodge #334 in Seymour. Registered voters ...
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Sevier County Sheriff: Suspects Fired Multiple Shots into Kodak Residence
The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says two men face felony charges after they allegedly fired multiple shots into a Kodak residence on Monday. Officers responded to a home on Mutton Hollow Road in Kodak about 11:45 a.m. on Monday, February 10, 2020 after receiving reports of someone firing shots into a residence. Officers found multiple bullet holes in the front ...
Read More »Sevier Teacher Killed, City Workers Injured after Falling Tree Hits Van
A falling tree tore the roof off a van traveling Wears Valley Road on Thursday, injuring four City of Sevierville employees and a killing a teacher from the Sevier County Public School System. According to a release, a City of Sevierville van carrying six city employees and one employee’s spouse was involved in an accident on Wears Valley Road near ...
Read More »Wife Faces Murder Charge in Shooting of Off-Duty Officer, GoFundMe Started for Son
An off-duty police officer was allegedly shot and killed by his wife during an argument after leaving a local distillery Saturday night. According to the Sevierville Police Department, officers responded to a shooting just before 7:30 p.m. on February 1, 2020 at 3099 Winfield Dunn Parkway in Kodak, the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center. Officers found a male victim, ...
Read More »TVA and Sheriff’s Office Offer Free Firewood to Elderly and Disabled
The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority, is offering free firewood to citizens of Sevier County who are disabled and/or 65 years of age and older. This program will be offered free of charge to eligible residents on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Tennessee Valley Authority has volunteers who have donated their time to cut, ...
Read More »Census Jobs Available in Sevier, Counties Across Tennessee
The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to fill Census jobs in Sevier County, including Census takers who will visit households that don’t respond to the Census and interview those residents to collect Census data. The agency plans to hire up to 500,000 temporary, part-time census takers for the 2020 Census in communities across the country to reach its goal of ...
Read More »Voter Registration to Participate in Upcoming Sevier County Election Ends Soon
Sevier County residents who wish to vote in the next Sevier County Election must register to vote online, in person or by mail before the deadline. The State of Tennessee Presidential Preference Primaries, Sevier County Democrat & Republican Primaries, and Nonpartisan School Board Election will be held March 3, 2020. Voter registration closes 30 days prior to the scheduled election, ...
Read More »Sevier County Animal Control Investigating Possible Animal Cruelty Case
Sevier County Animal Control is seeking the public’s help for information on a potential animal cruelty case in which a dog was so malnourished it died. According to Sevier Animal Care Center, the intake shelter for Sevier County Sheriff’s Animal Control, the roaming dog was discovered a few weeks ago when it approached people on Alton Drive in Kodak. The ...
Read More »Kodak Days Inn Standoff Suspects were Wanted by Knox County Sheriff
Police records show that two suspects involved in a police standoff at a Kodak Days Inn earlier this week had active arrest warrants out of Knox County and were suspects in several other thefts and burglaries. An incident report from the Sevierville Police Department sheds new light on the circumstances surrounding a standoff on January 14, 2020 at the Days ...
Read More »Deana Carter, Beth Nielsen Chapman to Perform Free Concerts at DreamMore
Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort is holding free concerts this weekend as part of its Lyrics & Lore event. Lyrics & Lore, running January 17-18, 2020 at Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort in Pigeon Forge, brings together some of the country’s most talented storytellers and musicians to celebrate the rich traditions of songwriting and storytelling in the Appalachian region. Audience members have the opportunity ...
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