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The state of Tennessee will submit its application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to receive grant funding to pay an additional weekly unemployment benefit to claimants who meet the eligibility requirements of the Lost Wages Supplemental Payment Assistance program (LWA). If approved, the grant will fund a $300 weekly payment. This new LWA payment is in addition to the ...

Authorities arrested a man Friday morning after he allegedly kidnapped a woman in Pigeon Forge. Officers from the Sevierville Police Department responded to a 911 call about 10:30 a.m. on August 7, 2020 from a woman who stated that a man got into got into her car uninvited in Pigeon Forge, threatened her with a knife and told her to ...

Two people are in custody in connection with a woman’s body found near a rural Sevier County church on Thursday morning. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, the body found August 6, 2020 has been identified as 32-year-old Marissa R. Sutton of 1010 Indian Gap Circle in Sevierville. Investigators believe Sutton died of a drug overdose, but they are ...

The body of an unidentified female was found near a rural Sevier County church early Thursday morning. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to reports of a body near the corner of Boogertown Road and Oldhams Creek Road in Sevierville about 6:45 a.m. on August 6, 2020. Officers and emergency medical services arrived and found the body ...

The Sevier County Election Commission released the following unofficial election results for the August 6, 2020 State of Tennessee Republican and Democratic Primaries and Sevier County General Election. For statewide election results, click here.   SEVIER COUNTY AUGUST 6, 2020 TN PRIMARY & COUNTY GENERAL STATISTICS TOTAL VOTES % EARLY VOTE ELECTION DAY ABSENTEE PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 25) 25 100 ...

One person was killed and three people injured in a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 near exit 407 Saturday that closed the highway down for hours. Officers from the Sevierville Police Department responded to a multi-vehicle crash on I-40 East near exit 407 at about 6:40 p.m. on August 1, 2020. According to SPD Crash Reconstruction Officer Phillip West, the ...

Sevier County residents, employees and visitors are required for a while longer to wear a face covering in public after Mayor Larry Waters extended the mask mandate on Monday. Waters signed Executive Order 29, with support from city leaders, requiring that face coverings be worn in public through August 29 to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19. It is an extension ...

An elderly woman died Sunday morning after being shot at her Sevier County home. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says officers responded to a 911 call at a residence on River Divide Road about 7:58 a.m. on August 3, 2020 and found a 73-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound. Emergency medical services responded and transported the victim to LeConte ...

The Sevier County Board of Education will hold a specially called workshop and meeting to finalize plans for reopening schools for the 2020-2021 school year. The workshop will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, July 27, 2020, and the meeting will follow at 4:30 p.m. In order to maintain compliance with currently active Executive Orders issued by state and local ...

Due to ongoing Covid-19-related concerns for public safety, the city of Pigeon Forge cancelled its annual Veterans Homecoming Parade. The parade was set to take place August 8. “We look forward to honoring our veterans each year during Pigeon Forge’s Veterans Homecoming Parade, but given this year’s circumstances, we feel it is in everyone’s best interest to cancel this event,” ...