Sheriff Ron Seals invites Sevier County residents to his Spooktacular Block Party, a free and safe environment for youth to spend their Halloween night. This year’s Spooktacular Block Party will be held 5–9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 at the Sevier County Jail and Courthouse area in Downtown Sevierville. The event is offered at no cost for Sevier County ...

Pigeon Forge residents are encouraged to participate in the city’s Community Halloween Spooktacular Event and Safety Day. The free event is a community program produced by the Pigeon Forge Parks and Recreation Department along with Pigeon Forge first responders. Community Halloween Spooktacular Event and Safety Day will be held 3– 9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 at the Pigeon ...

Ripley’s Tennessee Attractions, including Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and Guinness World Records Adventure, donated $50,000 worth of school supplies to the Greenbrier Teacher Depot. “I am absolutely delighted with the large amount of school supplies that Ripley’s has recently donated to the Greenbrier Teacher Depot. The Depot opens its doors each semester to the public ...

Ahoy mateys! The Pirates Revenge Dinner and Show, produced by Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group, will sail into Pigeon Forge the summer of 2019 in the current Smoky Mountain Opry Theater location. Plans have been submitted to the City of Pigeon Forge’s planning commission for a huge $20 million renovation of the Smoky Mountain Opry Theater to turn the theater into ...

After nearly a decade of rave reviews and financial success on the Carolina coast, Dolly Parton’s newest Pirates Voyage dinner attraction is slated to open in Pigeon Forge next spring. Keep an eye to the spyglass, mateys; Dolly’s pirates will be searching for treasure in the Great Smoky Mountains, next summer! “The show has been so successful in Myrtle Beach ...

Search crews located the body of Mitzie Sue “Susan” Clements in Great Smoky Mountains National Park late Tuesday afternoon. Her body was found off-trail, in a rugged, heavily wooded area of the Huggins Creek drainage, approximately two miles from Clingmans Dome parking area and 3/4 mile south of the Appalachian Trail. Clingmans Dome Road remains closed to allow staff time ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have entered the sixth full day of searching for Mitzie Sue “Susan” Clements, 53, who was last seen in the Clingmans Dome area of the park on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Over the weekend, the search effort intensified with the addition of personnel and specialized equipment from five states. Searchers, canine teams, helicopters, and ...

Alcatraz East Crime Museum will be opening The Second Amendment on Friday. The exhibit will give visitors the opportunity to learn about laws that shaped this amendment and see rare firearms on display. Alcatraz East Crime Museum has partnered with the National Rifle Association Museums, which includes the National Firearms Museum located in Fairfax, Virginia, which have generously loaned the ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announce the implementation of single-lane closures of the southbound Spur (US 441) between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg on Friday, September 28, 2018 due to a rockslide which occurred south of Flat Branch. Crews are currently working to clear the debris from the roadway. Single-lane closures, with periodic full-road closures, are anticipated to continue into ...

Great Smoky Mountains National park rangers are searching for a missing 53-year-old woman from Cleves, Ohio who was last seen in the Clingmans Dome area of the park on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Mitzie Sue “Susan” Clements was hiking with her daughter on the Forney Ridge Trail, near Andrews Bald when the two separated. She was last seen around 5 ...