News

Local law enforcement officers launched a round up early yesterday morning after a six-month undercover sting dubbed Operation Spring Fever resulted in 73 indictments by a Sevier County Grand Jury. The Sevier County Street Crimes Unit, a special task force made up of officers from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, and the police departments of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, ...

A Sevierville man has been charged with second-degree murder for allegedly supplying the drug Fentanyl to a man that died of an overdose. On February 12, 2016, officers from the Sevierville Police Department responded to a call of an unconscious man, later identified as 22-year-old Mohammed Hafeez, at 421 Club Drive in Sevierville. Sevier County Ambulance Service transported Hafeez to ...

A former Sevier County man faces murder charges in the death of his girlfriend, who was found dead her Seymour home in 2014. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says Nicholas D. Taylor, 68, has been arrested in Butler County, Ohio for the murder of 72-year-old Susan K. Kokenge. Taylor and Kokenge were in a relationship and lived together at a ...

An agent from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will conduct a presentation in Pigeon Forge on the growing problem of human trafficking in Tennessee and how to spot the warning signs. Please join the Smoky Mountain Human Resources Association on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 8 a.m. to hear a presentation by Special Agent Richard Stout of the Tennessee Bureau ...

After more than a week in the hands of her abductor, 9-year-old Carlie Trent has been rescued by two search volunteers in a remote area on Clinch Mountain in Hawkins County. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation cancelled the AMBER Alert for Carlie after she was found safe and her uncle Gary Simpson was captured on Thursday, May 12, 2016 in ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials closed the Spence Field Backcountry Shelter after 49-year-old Bradley Veeder of Las Vegas was bitten by a bear while sleeping in his tent near the shelter. On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at approximately 11:16 p.m., the park was notified through Graham County 911 services that Veeder, an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, was bitten by a ...

Sevierville police located and arrested a man and a woman at a local hotel who were wanted by New York authorities yesterday. Detective Ray Brown and Detective Kevin Bush of the Sevierville Police Department learned on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 that Anthony Strangis, 35, of Fairhaven, Mass. and 43-year old Sarma Melngailas of New York were wanted on fugitive from ...

Park officials say a collision between a motorcycle and a pickup truck resulted in a fatality this afternoon. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers and Rural Metro Ambulance Service responded to a report of an accident on Little River Gorge Road about 1.5 miles west of the Sinks at 1:04 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. The collision involved a ...

A desk clerk at a local hotel may have saved lives early this morning by calling 911 and rousing residents to alert them to fire that destroyed a garage structure and may have severely injured one person. Pigeon Forge and Sevierville fire departments responded to a structure fire just off the Parkway of a detached garage at 1922 S. Center ...

An event to honor Sevierville’s dedication to management of public trees and Tree City USA designation will feature historical presentations, speeches by local officials, music and free seedlings. The City of Sevierville Trees/Trails and Beautification Board will celebrate its 32nd year as a Tree City USA with a celebration beginning at 12 p.m. on Friday, May 13, 2016 at the ...