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Dollywood’s Splash Country is partnering with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Knoxville to raise money for families with critically-ill children being treated in area hospitals. The first 600 guests who mention Ronald McDonald House at Dollywood’s Splash Country before noon on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 will receive 50% off a regular or child admission ticket. 100% of the monies raised ...

Police say a tourist visiting Sevierville was soliciting for sex and now faces prostitution charges. Officers from the Sevier County Street Crimes Unit arrested 38-year-old Jamie L. Boyle, of Orange Park, Fla., and charged her with Prostitution and Promoting Prostitution as a result of an undercover sting on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, Boyle ...

These are the unofficial election results for the State of Tennessee Democratic & Republican Primaries & Sevier County General Election held August 4, 2016. Results are unofficial until certified by the Election Commission. A total of 4,429 ballots were cast in Sevier County, including 4,019 (90.74%) Republican ballots, 230 (5.19%) Democrat ballots and 180 (4.06%) nonpartisan ballots. State of Tennessee ...

Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre in Gatlinburg was honored Friday night as State Senator Doug Overbey helped present the official Senate Proclamation recognizing the theatre’s 40th season of performing shows. Don and Pat MacPherson founded Sweet Fanny Adams in May of 1977, making it the longest running entertainment theater in the Smokies. Since then, it has become a staple family business, ...

Dollywood plans auditions for young male and female performers to join shows during the park’s award-winning Smoky Mountain Christmas festival. Auditions take place Aug. 27, 2016 from 9 a.m.–noon in the Connor-Short Center on the Sevierville campus of Walters State Community College. Performers who are able to play roles between the ages of eight and twelve are encouraged to attend ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Inventory and Monitoring Branch has partnered with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and the School of Arts at the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, to create a new web application called Species Mapper. Everyone from park managers to school groups can use Species Mapper to explore suitable habitats for more than ...

Wow – what a creative question! The answer is yes, if you live in an area where the houses are more valuable just because of location. If your home is in an area that sells for more money per square foot, like many areas in east Tennessee (Wears Valley, Townsend, Farragut, Sequoia Hills area of Knoxville, parts of Maryville, just to name ...

A local resident or visitor to the area who bought a Powerball ticket in Pigeon Forge for Saturday’s drawing has won a million dollars. According to Tennessee lottery officials, there were 59,251 winning tickets in Tennessee for the July 30, 2016 drawing of the multistate Powerball game, including one ticket sold at Zoomerz, 3643 Parkway in Pigeon Forge, that matched ...

The sounds of some of the biggest hits in country, gospel and bluegrass music will resonate through the streets of Gatlinburg when Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival comes to town Aug. 24–28, 2016. The festival, now in its fifth season, will feature over 130 acts of songwriters and musicians who have shaped the top Billboard charts for generations as well as ...

Sevier County 4-H Members recently brought home honors at the Eastern Region 4-H Sheep Expo at the Tennessee Valley Fairgrounds in Knoxville. Luke and Anna Pendleton had a good day showing Katadin sheep in the Breeding Ewe Show. Luke had first place entries with his intermediate junior ewe lamb, the early junior ewe lamb and the senior yearling ewe. His ...