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“Where should we go?” is an annual family vacation question across America. It also is the title of a TV commercial promoting the Great Smoky Mountains destination of Pigeon Forge, Tenn., that just won an Emmy Award. Pigeon Forge and its agency, BOHAN Advertising in Nashville, received the Emmy Award at the annual celebration of the Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of the ...

The Gibson family is counting their blessings and staying with family tonight after a fire destroyed their home. The Gatlinburg Fire Department received a call at 3:30 p.m. today for a house fire on S. Boogertown Rd. in Sevierville and arrived first on the scene. The Pigeon Forge Fire Department and Catons Chapel Richardson Cove Volunteer Fire Department also responded. ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park fire management crew plans to conduct a prescribed burn on a 1,876-acre forested area northwest of Cades Cove between March 9 and March 31, 2015. The Stony-Arbutus Ridge fire operations will occur over a period of several days. The total area to be burned is divided into three subunits that will be ignited separately ...

A Sevier County man already being held for child sex crimes now faces thirty-four additional counts of child rape. According to a release by the Sevierville Police Department, 30-year old Jonathan Ryan Lewis of Kodak has been charged with thirty-four counts of rape of a child involving a boy under the age of thirteen. The charges are the result of ...

The City of Sevierville Police Department (SPD) will be hosting several public training courses presented by the Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security (TNOHS). The courses are designed for individuals, businesses, schools, organizations and other private entities. The courses will be held at the Sevierville Civic Center on Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. There ...

A Sevier County man facing armed robbery charges was found dead in his Sevier County Jail cell by a corrections officer on Sunday morning. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, a guard found Ronald D. Arrowood, 23, of 934 Indian Gap Rd. in Sevierville, hanging in his cell by a bed sheet at approximately 11:17 a.m. on March 1, ...

MARCH 3, 2015 UPDATE: The LeConte Medical Center Community Health Fair has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 12, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. due to winter weather. A health fair in Pigeon Forge will offer free health screenings and educational information, as well as reduced-price blood screenings. LeConte Medical Center invites the public to “Spring into Good Health” by attending a community ...

The Sevierville Chamber of Commerce’s under 40 networking group, Young Executives of Sevierville (Y.E.S.!), will host a Dodgeball Tournament to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Y.E.S.! Dodgeball Tournament will be on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at Northview Academy, 2719 Northview Academy Way in Kodak, Tenn. Anyone is welcome to form a team ...

Tennessee State Bank is partnering with the King Family Public Library, and UT Extension to sponsor the 2015 Piggy Bank Pageant, a unique handmade “Piggy Bank” contest to teach kids about saving money. How do you teach financial responsibility with empty plastic bottles, paint and feathers? These are just a few of the materials that students across Sevier County may ...

The City of Sevierville Department of Parks and Recreation announces that registration for Smoky Mountain Youth Baseball Association league play is still being accepted. Parents may register their children at the Sevierville Community Center during normal operating hours, or this Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the concession pavilion at Sevierville City Park. The registration ...