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Jameia Mitchell has won $5,000 for her school and a Great Smoky Mountains vacation for her family through the Pigeon Forge Super Students promotion. The Pigeon Forge Super Students promotion asked parents, teachers and friends to nominate students ages 8-14 who stand out by setting good examples and going the extra mile for others. Jameia was nominated for coordinating an ...

Women and girls can learn real world self-defense techniques at a free Rape Aggression Defense RAD Class offered by the Sevierville Police Department. The Sevierville Police Department has scheduled a 12-hour Rape Aggression Defense RAD Class for women and girls age 11 and older that will teach realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women. The purpose of the class is ...

Ole Smoky® Tennessee Moonshine, the most widely distributed moonshine in the country, announced their official partnership with nonprofit Boot Campaign, where together they will help raise awareness and funds for military families. Boot Campaign is a national nonprofit that promotes patriotism by putting civilians in combat boots; educates the community about issues challenging service members during and after serving; and ...

Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park is well known for its delicious food, entertaining shows, and exhilarating roller coasters. It also has a unique partnership with the American Eagle Foundation and a special bald eagle breeding pair that resides in the park. Both Dollywood and the American Eagle Foundation celebrate their 30th anniversaries this year. Coincidentally, these disabled bald eagle parents, ...

Park rangers have found a mother and son who became lost and spent the night in the park Sunday. Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers found two missing hikers, a woman and her son from Fond Du Lac, Wis., who had been reported being lost in the park on Sunday, June 7, 2015. Christy Barns, 40, and her son, Casey, ...

Park officials announced today that a body, believed to be that of a missing hiker, has been found in the park. Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers have discovered a body matching the description of missing hiker Jenny Bennett in the Lester Prong area of Greenbrier, above campsite 31 on Monday, June 8, 2015. According to a post on the ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have closed several trails and backcountry campsites in the Hazel Creek section of the park due to a bear incident occurring at approximately 10:30 p.m. on June 6, 2015. A 16-year old male from Ohio was pulled from his hammock by a bear and injured at backcountry campsite 84, which is 4.5 miles from ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers were presented with 15 high-performance search and rescue jackets by donors to support field rangers in inclement weather. Rangers respond to approximately 100 search and rescue incidents annually, many of which occur during hazardous weather conditions in the backcounty. Local community members in Sevier County led efforts to raise funds for the park’s search ...

Sevierville Police Department detectives are searching for three men suspected of fraudulently cashing numerous company payroll checks over the past week. The three men, whose faces were captured by bank security equipment, have allegedly forged payroll checks at several Sevier County Bank locations in Sevierville and the surrounding area. The payroll checks were reportedly stolen from Ingle Trucking Company. According ...

In January 2015, the American Legion Post 104 in Sevierville announced the beginning of a new program under one of the Four Pillars of the American Legion, Americanism. This is the Youth Air Rifle Shooting Safety Program / Junior Shooting Program. Lester Piniak, Commander Post 104, says the training course is the first for the American Legion, not only in ...