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UPDATE 4:50 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2015: The Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office announced that Adriana has been located in Gatlinburg, Tenn. She is safe and in good health. The family and the juvenile are in the process of being reunited. Authorities are looking for 14-year-old Adriana Jordan Elmore, a missing teen with Asperger Syndrome, who left her Georgia home yesterday ...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man after he allegedly assaulted his wife and then fled with two children as deputies arrived. Responding to a domestic dispute call at 457 Rolen Road in Sevierville just after 8 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, an officer had to jump out of the way to avoid being run down by a ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a statewide Tennessee AMBER Alert on behalf of the Knoxville Police Department for 2-year-old Brooklynne Emerie Enix. She is a white female, 3’0 tall, 38 lbs, blue eyes and brown hair. Brooklynne was last seen at her residence in Knoxville yesterday. Brooklynne’s mother was discovered earlier today, deceased in that same residence. Brooklynne may be in ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, and the Knoxville Zoo are coming together to offer a free elementary and middle school teacher workshop on expanding your classroom into the schoolyard. All elementary and middle school teachers are welcome to attend the workshop on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the ...

As high school seniors across the state are submitting their applications for the Tennessee Promise program by the Nov. 2 deadline, there is a need for mentors across the state, including here in Sevier County. Tennessee Promise ensures that the state’s high school graduates have tuition-free access to two years of community or technical college. Mentoring is a vital part ...

A Seymour man is recovering in jail from a beating he received at the hands of Speedway Market employees after he allegedly tried to rob the convenience store with a knife. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says officers responded to a robbery call at Speedway Market, 626 Maryville Hwy. in Seymour, Tenn., just after 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host several events for Bat Week, Oct. 25 – 31, 2015 to highlight the important role bats play in our ecosystem. Park rangers invite the public to visit bat information stations at Oconaluftee Visitor Center in North Carolina and Sugarlands Visitor Center in Tennessee from 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. Bats ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park wildlife biologists remind the public to allow bears to forage undisturbed on natural foods during this critical feeding period before winter hibernation. Bears depend on fall foods such as acorns and grapes to store fat reserves that enable them to survive winter. This year, these foods in the park are extremely rare leading bears to ...

Visitation to Great Smoky Mountains National Park is up 5.5 percent through September 2015. Over 8 million visitors have come to the park so far this year. The increase has led to record months of visitation in both May and September with visitation surpassing 1 million visitors during each month. In September, the park welcomed 1,081,773 visitors, the most ever ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park fire management officials are planning a series of controlled burns within the Cades Cove and Cataloochee areas of the park. Weather permitting, burn operations could begin as early as Monday, Oct. 26, 2015 and may continue intermittently through mid-November. Prescribed Burns in Cades Cove Fire managers have identified multiple fields totaling approximately 300 acres for ...