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Sevier County 4-H announces the 9th Annual Erica Manning 4-H Camp Memorial Scholarship Fund. Erica was tragically killed in an automobile accident on December 30, 2005 at the age of 21. Each year the Sevierville Sunrise Rotary Club, local businesses and several local individuals provide donations for scholarships for individual 4-H members to assist them in attending 4-H Camp. These ...

City of Sevierville Police Department detectives are requesting assistance from the public in locating Patrick Feather, a person of interest in a recent storage facility burglary. Officers responded to a reported burglary on Monday, April 13, 2015 at Shaconage Mini-Storage, 1719 Pittman Center Rd. in Sevierville. According to the owner, someone had apparently cut the locks off of eight mini-storage ...

Officers with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office tased a man who resisted arrest after trying to break into a home early Tuesday morning. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call from residents of 1080 Dishers Mountain Rd. in Sevierville at 2:31 a.m. on April 14, 2015 stating that a neighbor was trying to break into their home. ...

Sevier County will soon be home to popular Southeastern supermarket chain, Publix Super Markets, as the company plans to open a 45,600 square foot store in early 2016 in Pigeon Forge. The store will serve as the anchor tenant of Valley Forge Shopping Center, located at the intersection of Wears Valley Road and the Parkway in Pigeon Forge. “Publix Super ...

Authorities have released the name of a man found dead last month in the Smokemont Baptist Church in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In a statement Monday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified the man found dead in a historic church in the Smokies as 25-year-old Tyler Britton Gaddis, of Whittier, N.C. Gaddis’ body was discovered in the church ...

Join the Sevierville Police Department on Saturday in an effort to keep your children as safe as possible while riding in a car by having child car seats inspected. The City of Sevierville Police Department has scheduled a Child Car Safety Seat Inspection from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Cash One, 741 Dolly Parton ...

While shoppers will enjoy the private sale discounts and Belk gift card giveaways, local nonprofit organizations will be the real winners during Belk’s Spring Charity Sale next month. The Belk Charity Sale will take place Saturday, May 2, 2015 from 6 a.m. – 10 a.m. in all Belk stores across 16 states. This event is a private, four-hour sale dedicated to ...

Sevier County was well represented at the 68th annual Tennessee 4-H Congress held March 22-25, 2015. 4-H Congress gives 4-H’ers the opportunity to learn about the day-to-day functioning of state government by assuming the roles of state representatives and senators. Since it’s beginning in 1948, 4-H Congress has given some 37,000 4-H’ers and volunteer leaders firsthand experience in state government. ...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who robbed an employee as she arrived to open the Cash Express in Seymour on Tuesday. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, the robbery occurred 8:58 a.m. on April 7, 2015 at the Cash Express, 10718 Chapman Hwy. in Seymour, Tenn. The suspect, described as a white male of ...

The Sevierville Police Department is asking for help from the public in locating two suspects with multiple active warrants for their arrest. According to SPD Detective Kevin Bush, 28-year old Amanda Lynn Wells of Sevier County and 53-year old Lawrence H. Bond of Morristown both have active warrants charging them with aggravated robbery and especially aggravated kidnapping. Bond also has ...