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The FDA announced on Monday that a dog food recall has been issued for several major brands of dry dog food after receiving complaints that dogs eating the food experienced vitamin D toxicity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned dog owners and veterinarians about the dog food recall on Dec. 3, 2018, stating that the the agency found excessive, ...

Officials say skeletal remains found in Cherokee National Forest one year ago have been identified as Veronica Casiato, who was last seen leaving her dorm room near Lincoln Memorial University in April of 2017. 48-year-old Veronica Casiato, of Cosby, Tenn., disappeared on April 6, 2017 after leaving her Harrogate dorm room at about 12:30 p.m. to run errands. The last ...

Law enforcement officers swept up 38 of 58 suspected drug dealers Tuesday after an undercover operation dubbed “Just Say No-vember” that focused on heroin and other opioid related drugs. Just Say No-vember was an 8-month long undercover operation by the Sevier County Street Crimes Unit and resulted in the indictment of 58 people for the sale and delivery of various ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials were joined by Senator Lamar Alexander, Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr, Congressman Phil Roe, Governor Bill Haslam, and NPS Southeast Regional Director Bob Vogel to dedicate the long-awaited section of the Foothills Parkway between Walland and Wears Valley, TN before the public opening. The public may now experience this new section of roadway for ...

The Sevier County Election Commission has released the following unofficial results for the State of Tennessee General and Federal Election held November 6, 2018. The results are unofficial until certified by the Sevier County Election Commission. Click to view PDF of Sevier County Election Results – November 6, 2018 For Tennessee statewide results, click here.

The Southern Connected Communities Project is holding a public meeting to discuss building a community-owned rural broadband internet network in Sevier County. The Southern Connected Communities Project, a project of the Sustainable and Equitable Agricultural Development Task Force, is working to bring locally-owned internet access to rural Sevier County communities. “Rural Sevier County is being left behind by internet providers,” the organizer ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials plan to open the long-awaited section of the Foothills Parkway between Walland and Wears Valley, Tenn. on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. The public will be able to experience the entire 16-mile roadway for the first time since construction began in 1966, including the 1.65-mile section known as the ‘Missing Link’ which is now connected ...

On Saturday, the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office and police departments of Sevierville and Pigeon Forge will join forces with the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration to give the public its 16th opportunity in eight years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. The public may dispose of pills ...

A Georgia woman is facing two felony charges after allegedly brandishing a weapon, which turned out to be a pellet gun, outside a Sevier County school Wednesday morning. According to the Sevierville Police Department, at about 9:27 a.m. on October 17, 2018, school staff notified the department’s school resource officer Shain Burgess that a suspicious person was screaming and acting ...

Sevier County early voting locations open soon for the upcoming November general election and the sample ballot is now available. The Election Commission announced Sevier County Early Voting for the November 6, 2018 General Election will be held at the following locations: Sevier County Election Commission 1145 Dolly Parton Parkway Sevierville, TN 37862 October 17, 2018 – November 1, 2018 ...