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The National Park Service certified park visitation numbers yesterday, showing that Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced the largest number of visitors in its history last year. Great Smoky Mountains National Park had 10,712,674 recreational visitors in 2015, breaking a visitation record set in 1999 and earning the title of #1 Most Visited National Park. The Top Ten Most Visited ...

Two suspects who robbed and assaulted a man at a Sevier County flea market in December of last year are still at large, and the victim has since died from his injuries. Detectives with the Sevierville Police Department released the following photos and are requesting assistance from the public to identify two persons of interest in the flea market murder ...

Sugarlands Distilling Company has announced the 2016 MoonShare Year of Giving Grant recipients and Appalachian Bear Rescue earned the top spot. Appalachian Bear Rescue and 49 other charitable organizations competed for the most public votes over a month-long period. While the Townsend, Tenn. based bear rescue came in first place, each of the top twelve organizations will receive a $5,000 ...

Two young men have lost privileges to hunt in Tennessee and most of the United States because they pursued unethical poaching methods rather than following the lawful path of ethical hunters. Eddy Albert, 21, and Densibel Calzada, 23, both residents of La Vergne, might not have known that a permanent hunting ban for poaching deer in Tennessee could also mean ...

A fireman with the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department is in the running to become Fireman of the Year. Americanism is one of the Four Pillars of the American Legion. As a part of this program, each Post of the American Legion annually nominates a Policeman, Fireman, EMT, or Eagle Scout of the Year. American Legion Post 104 in Sevierville held ...

In a unified message today, the leaders of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Tennessee Department of Health, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services issued a warning to the public about an increase in the prevalence of counterfeit prescription drugs in Tennessee. “TBI Drug Agents and Forensic ...

The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Amber Alert for 12-year-old Constance Nichole Morris. Constance was last seen on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 around 8:40 p.m. near Lower Rockwood Road in Rockwood, Tenn. Constance was last seen on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 around 8:40 p.m. near Lower Rockwood Road in Rockwood, Tenn. She is 5’1” tall, weighs 155 lbs. ...

People interested in volunteering as a storm spotter for the National Weather Service SKYWARN Program, or those who need to be re-certified, can attend a free storm spotter training session in Sevierville. The National Weather Service encourages anyone with an interest in public service and access to communication, such the Internet or HAM radio, to join the SKYWARN Storm Spotter ...

Sevierville police say they have arrested the man responsible for allegedly robbing a hotel in Kodak on Monday. 35-year-old David Allen Rizzo, of Kodak, Tenn., was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery of the Comfort Inn Suites on W. Dumplin Valley Road in Kodak on Monday, Feb. 2, 2016. According to a police report, the hotel manager and desk clerk ...

Police are searching for a suspect who reportedly used a knife to rob the clerk of a Kodak hotel on Monday. According to the Sevierville Police Department, a man robbed the Comfort Inn and Suites at 161 W. Dumplin Valley Road in Kodak, Tenn. at about 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. A witness told police officers that a ...