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Local employers will be looking to fill full-time and part-time positions at two Sevier County job fairs being held in July. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development; Sevier County; cities of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg; and the Sevier County Economic Development Council are hosting two job fairs to help local employers connect with potential employees. The first ...

A missing girl and her alleged abductor who were the subjects of an Amber Alert in Texas were found Wednesday night at a Sevierville restaurant. The U.S. Marshals Service notified the Sevierville Police Department that 20-year-old Andrew Brian Akers and a 15-year-old missing girl, Stormie Clemmer, could be in Sevierville. Clemmer was reported missing from Alpine, TX since June 22, ...

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officials are experiencing an increase in the illegal removal of wildlife and wishes to remind people that not only is taking wildlife from nature unlawful, it can have harmful effects on humans, pets, and wildlife populations. Animals most often taken include fawns, turtles, squirrels and baby raccoons. Sometimes the intent is to care for a seemingly ...

Vandalism is an ongoing problem in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and rangers are currently investigating an incident in which a man was reportedly photographed vandalizing a tree. A hiker along the Gatlinburg Trail snapped photos of a man allegedly using a knife to carve away the bark of a tree. According to Park Ranger Jamie Sanders, the incident ...

A Sevierville man appearing in Sevier County court on an aggravated domestic assault charge was taken into custody after security officers found him carrying knives. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, 24-year-old Joseph Brennan showed up in Sevier County General Sessions Court for a court appearance carrying a backpack. Court security officers escorted him out of the courtroom and ...

A Pigeon Forge man and eleven other people were charged Wednesday for a marriage fraud scheme in which U.S. citizens entered into fake marriages with non-citizens, traveling to Sevier County get married, in order to aid their immigration status. A federal criminal bill of indictment was unsealed Wednesday in Asheville, charging twelve individuals with marriage fraud conspiracy and related charges, ...

Police are searching for a man who committed an early morning armed robbery of a Sevierville convenience store. The Sevierville Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect seen on video surveillance robbing J’s Market, located at 1297 Dolly Parton Parkway in Sevierville, at gunpoint about 6:30 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2017. According to detectives, the ...

A man has died after falling from the top of the Ramsey Cascades Waterfall, the tallest waterfall in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On Sunday, May 28, 2017, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers received a report that a 37-year-old male fell from the top of the 100-foot tall Ramsey Cascades waterfall late that afternoon. The man, who was hiking ...

Two inmates that escaped from the Sevier County Jail on Monday are back in custody and facing additional charges. Guards monitoring surveillance cameras spotted Robers A. Sosa, 27, and Clyde Lee Martin, 34, jumping the perimeter fence just after midnight on Monday. The inmates managed to evade a foot pursuit by corrections officers and a search by members of the ...

Authorities are searching for two inmates that escaped from the Sevier County Jail on Monday. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, jail guards monitoring surveillance cameras saw two inmates jump a perimeter fence outside the jail at 12:30 a.m. on May 22, 2017. Corrections officers pursued the inmates on foot but they eluded the officers. Members of the Sheriff’s ...