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The National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) is investigating a hit and run accident that occurred at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, 2017 along Little River Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A motorcyclist fled the scene after striking and seriously injuring a 13-year-old, female pedestrian at a pulloff between the Townsend Wye and the Sinks. ...

Gatlinburg Police and agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are investigating a woman found dead at a local resort on Sunday. According to Chief Randall Brackins, the Gatlinburg Police Department received a call at about 4:40 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, 2017, from a man reporting that he could not locate his wife. Officers responded to assist in the ...

UPDATE JULY 31, 2017 North Carolina’s Henderson County Sheriff’s Office announced late Sunday, July 30, 2017 that searchers found the remains of Thomas Bryson in a corn field off Glenn Bridge Road in Arden, N.C. (Buncombe County). The cause of death was not yet determined but Henderson County Sheriff Charlie McDonald said Stroupe will likely face a murder charge in ...

Authorities confirmed that a child died in a drowning accident at Douglas Lake on Saturday. Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals said that a 911 call was received at about 6:15 p.m. on July 29, 2017, reporting that a child was missing at the TVA swimming area near Douglas Dam. The 3-year-old girl from Alabama was visiting the lake with her ...

In response to a fatal accident at the Ohio State Fair involving a ride named Fireball, Tennessee officials today banned such rides from operating in the state. Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips issued an order prohibiting all Fireball amusement devices manufactured by KMG International BV from operating within the state. This is the device involved ...

The parents of a toddler found dead inside a vehicle at a Gatlinburg home earlier this month now face felony murder, child abuse and child neglect charges. A joint investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Gatlinburg Police Department has resulted in the indictment of 26-year-old Anthony D. Phillips and 24-year-old Jade E. Phillips in ...

A nationwide baked beans recall has been issued for three varieties of Bush’s Best Baked Beans because a canning defect could allow harmful bacterial growth. Bush Brothers & Company is voluntarily recalling certain 28 ounce cans of Brown Sugar Hickory Baked Beans, Country Style Baked Beans and Original Baked Beans because cans may have defective side seams. These side seam ...

The driver of a pickup had allegedly been drinking when he crossed the yellow line on Asheville Highway in Sevier County late Wednesday night and triggered a multi-vehicle accident that left a motorcyclist dead. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a Dodge pickup driven by 27-year-old Justin Burdette, of Knoxville, was traveling eastbound on Asheville Highway near the intersection of King ...

Mountain Tough Recovery Team Executive Director Janice Hendrix has stepped down effective immediately from her role with the Gatlinburg-based program. The Board of Directors appointed Jeff Conyers to serve as the Interim Executive Director while the search for a replacement is underway. Conyers currently serves on the Mountain Tough Recovery Team Board of Directors. Mountain Tough focuses on a three-pronged ...

A child fell from the Wave Rider attraction at The Island in Pigeon Forge on Saturday and the company says it will now remove the ride altogether. An 8-year-old girl was transported to University of Tennessee Medical Center just after 5 p.m. on July 15, 2017 after reportedly slipping through a door that opened while the surf-themed Wave Rider was ...