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The City of Sevierville Department of Parks and Recreation announced that work will commence this week on the Phase II of the Sevierville Greenway Project, which connects two existing greenways. Surveying work began Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. The Phase II project will connect the greenway on Eastgate Road that currently ends at the New Salem Baptist Church with the greenway ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park firefighters are fighting a 25-acre wildfire located along the northwest boundary of the park north of the Abrams Creek Campground area. The Happy Valley Ridge Fire was reported at approximately 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Firefighters from the park and the Tennessee Division of Forestry responded to the fire, which is located inside ...

People started lining up before dawn on Wednesday for the grand opening of the new ALDI store. Grocery retailer ALDI opened its first store in Sevierville on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 with a ribbon cutting and golden ticket giveaway. Hundreds of people stood in line for hours — the first 100 receiving a golden ticket containing an ALDI gift certificate ...

A family trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has resulted in tragedy after a woman died as a result of a fall from a rock wall at the Newfound Gap parking lot. According to park spokesperson Dana Soehn, Swain County 911 notified Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers of a medical emergency at the Newfound Gap parking lot ...

In 2001, Challenger, the celebrity educational ambassador Bald Eagle, visited Ground Zero two weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and several times since. This eagle, and the American Eagle Foundation that cares for him, were invited by George Steinbrenner to appear at the first New York Yankees home game after the historic World Trade Center tragedy and every game at ...

An armed robbery suspect is still on the loose after holding up a Walgreens in Pigeon Forge on Saturday afternoon. The Pigeon Forge Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man involved in the armed robbery of the Walgreens located at 3071 Parkway in Pigeon Forge at 1:40 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. The man, ...

Detectives with the Sevierville Police Department charged three students on Friday in connection with a reported rape of another student at Sevier County High School earlier this week. The department said the alleged rape of a male juvenile student by three male classmates occurred Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 on the school campus, but did not disclose where on campus that ...

Authorities say they are investigating a reported rape of a male student by three male classmates at a local high school in Sevier County. Sevier County School System staff were notified Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 of an alleged rape of a male juvenile student that reportedly occurred on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 on the campus of Sevier County High School ...

The Sevierville Police Department has scheduled a 12-hour Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) class for women on October 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2016 from 6–9 p.m. at the Sevierville Civic Center in the City of Sevierville Municipal Complex. Participants must attend each class date; no make-up classes will be available. The class is free of charge and open to all ...

A tree fell upon a vehicle traveling the Spur on Thursday night, killing the driver. According to Dana Soehn, spokesperson for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rangers responded to a report of a single-car motor vehicle collision on the southbound Spur (US-441/US-321) at approximately 11:23 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. A tree along the roadside appeared to have ...