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UPDATED THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 Carlie Trent has been found and Gary Simpson is in custody. Read about Carlie’s rescue here. UPDATED WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016 More than 1,200 tips have poured in to law enforcement since Gary Simpson removed Carlie Trent from school on May 4, 2016 and fled with her. TBI Agents and Intelligence Analysts have worked to ...

The need for more affordable housing in Sevier County will be the focus of a public discussion this week at the King Family Library. Dick Wellons, director of Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries, will be the guest speaker on the topic of affordable housing at a meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 5, 2016 in the Birchfield Room of ...

Volunteers are needed to clean up a distressed property in Sevier County that has been selected for Project Restore. Keep Sevier Beautiful is looking for volunteers for a Project Restore event 8 a.m.–4 p.m. on Friday, May 13, 2015. They will be helping a Sevier County resident clean up a property that has become an illegal dumpsite. All volunteers will ...

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 10,712,673 visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2015 spent $873,886,500 in communities near the park. That spending supported 13,709 jobs in the local area. National park tourism is a significant driver in the national economy, returning $10 for every $1 invested in the National Park Service. “In 2015, over ...

A search is underway for the body of a man who drowned at Abrams Falls in Great Smoky Mountains National Park this afternoon. According to park spokesperson Dana Soehn, personnel were notified just after 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2016 that 58-year-old Jitendra Patel, of Roswell, Ga., was hiking with a group of friends when he slipped into the ...

Home Federal Bank named Sevier County teen Sterling Isaac Fisher and Blount County resident Tom Buchanan 2016 Hometown Heroes and presented $2,500 nonprofit donations in each of their names at a ceremony at the bank’s Seymour office, 11320 Chapman Highway, on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Tom Buchanan, age 87, is a vibrant and faithful volunteer with the Senior Nutrition Program ...

The Pigeon Forge Police Department says a suspect has been charged in the shooting of a man at a local campground last November. Kevin Junior Williams, 41, was arrested at a residence located at 534 Woodvale Lane in Sevierville on Monday, April 25, 2016 and charged with Attempted Second Degree Murder in the shooting of Tony A. Thompson. According to ...

The City of Sevierville has announced a new permitting process and website. The website will allow users to submit and track permits online rather than traveling to a designated permit office. Frequent customers are encouraged to setup their accounts now by visiting www.mygovernmentonline.org and selecting “Permits and Licensing.” Contractors and residents will have the ability to: Apply and pay online ...

Women are invited to participate in a free Rape Aggression Defense Class instructed by Sevierville police officers. The purpose of the Rape Aggression Defense Class, also known as the R.A.D. Class, is for women to develop and enhance self-defense options, so that they may become viable considerations to a woman if she is attacked. The program is a woman only ...

In honor of the National Park Service Centennial, the baggage claim area at the McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville has been transformed into an immersive visit to nine National Park Service units including Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Obed Wild and Scenic River, Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Stones River National ...