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As part of their effort to educate parents and caregivers and help keep our children safe, Sevierville Police Department officers were checking vehicles for proper child safety seats on Thursday at the Sevierville Primary School. As parents and caregivers were dropping-off children in the morning and picking them up in the afternoon, officers were standing by. A total of sixty-one ...

The U.S. Census Bureau announced this week the launch of address canvassing, the first major field operation of the 2020 Census. Address canvassing improves and refines the Census Bureau’s address list of households nationwide, which is necessary to deliver invitations to respond to the census. The address list plays a vital role in ensuring a complete and accurate count of ...

Biennially, Church of God Home for Children alumni converge on the campus of Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (formerly named Church of God Home for Children) for their reunion. This year was no exception. Alumni who grew up at the children’s home came from California, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee and many other states to celebrate homecoming with their brothers and sisters. ...

A man was shot and killed in a confrontation with deputies in Seymour after allegedly pulling a gun when they attempted to take him into custody on outstanding warrants. At the request of 4th District Attorney General James Dunn, agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation continue to investigate the circumstances leading to an officer-involved shooting in Sevier County. Thursday ...

Crews are still working to clear the Spur (U.S. 441) between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge after heavy rains caused rockslides, fallen trees and a fatal single-vehicle accident. At about 3 p.m. on Thursday, August 1, 2019, the northern area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Gatlinburg experienced extremely heavy rainfall causing multiple small rockslides, downed trees, and flash flooding ...

After spending four nights lost in the backcountry of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Kevin Mark Lynch was found alive by searchers on Wednesday. About 60 agencies participated in the massive search operation, including many from Sevier County. At approximately 4:25 p.m. on July 31, 2019 searchers discovered Lynch, alert and responsive, in the southeast area of the park near ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers continue to search for 58-year-old Kevin Mark Lynch who went missing in Smoky Mountains on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Lynch was reportedly last seen walking along the boundary of the park at The Swag resort in Haywood County, N.C. near the Cataloochee Divide Trail. Kevin Mark Lynch This photo was taken of Kevin Mark ...

Searchers are looking for a man with dementia who went missing from a resort along the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Saturday. Park officials say 58 year-old Kevin Mark Lynch was last seen along the boundary of the park at The Swag resort in Waynesville, N.C. at 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Lynch has ...

Police released the names of victims involved in a fatal crash between a cement truck and passenger car on Veterans Boulevard Thursday afternoon. Officers with the Sevierville Police Department responded to the intersection of Veterans Boulevard and Blanton Drive after a crash was reported about 1 p.m. on July 18, 2019. According to SPD Officer Shawn Crawford, it appears that ...

The National Park Service Investigative Services Branch investigators are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of 64-year-old David Junior Carver, whose remains were found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park earlier this month. Carver was last seen at his Rockford, Tenn. home on April 29. His family reported him missing to the Blount County Sheriff’s Office on June ...