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One of the most frustrating experiences a person can go through when selling a house is for the process to drag on because no one has made an offer to buy it. The key to solving the challenge of why a property on the market isn’t attracting buyers willing to make an offer is to first understand the most common ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have closed all park facilities today, Jan. 20, 2016, due to impending inclement weather moving through our area today. Sugarlands Visitor Center, Oconaluftee Visitor Center, and all administrative offices including Park Headquarters are closed. All Facility Management and Emergency Services staff who are responsible for snow removal and visitor safety remain on duty. Several ...

A joint task force set out early this morning to pick up suspects facing drug charges as a result of an undercover sting named Operation Frostbite. A Grand Jury recently returned 46 sealed presentments as a result of an undercover drug operation dubbed “Frostbite” conducted over the course of several months by the Sevier County Street Crimes Unit, which consists ...

Recently installed lighting and new playground equipment is providing Gatlinburg residents and visitors more opportunity for outdoor recreation at Mills Park in Gatlinburg. A Local Parks and Recreation Fund Grant by the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation made the completed projects in Mills Park possible. Designated as a 50/50 split, the grant for $98,000 offset the cost to replace ...

Police tape cordoned off a large section of the Governor’s Crossing Mall parking lot next to Texas Roadhouse in Sevierville on Wednesday night as authorities investigated a shooting involving a Sevier County Sheriff’s deputy and a wanted individual the officer was trying to apprehend. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that a Sevier County deputy was ...

The City of Gatlinburg Recreation Department recently completed construction of a greenway around the Rocky Top Sports World Complex and Mills Park, achieving the long-term goal of tying all the fields together with one unified walking trail. “Since the planning phase of the sports complex, the City and Rocky Top staff have envisioned a walking trail to tie all the ...

Consumers could suffer an electrical shock from defective Rival griddles. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that Walmart is recalling 330,00 Rival griddles because the heating element can crack, allowing water to get inside and posing a shock hazard when the griddle is plugged into an electrical outlet. The only model included in the Walmart Rival Griddle recall ...

The second suspect arrested in connection with a string of jewelry heists in the Southeast, including the Jared Vault in Sevierville, Tenn., was also wanted for committing violent bank robberies in the metro Atlanta area. The Atlanta Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday that agents and officers assisting from the Atlanta Police Department arrested 35-year-old Lewis Jones ...

Authorities say they have arrested the female suspect in a string of jewelry store robberies across the Southeast, including one in Sevierville. The Jacksonville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that Abigail Lee Kemp, 24, was arrested on Jan. 8, 2016 in Smyrna, Ga. in connection with jewelry store robberies in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and North ...

The Sevierville Police Department is warning businesses to be on the lookout for counterfeit money after reports of bogus bills used at several local businesses. According to police, six businesses reported that they received counterfeit $10, $20 and/or $50 bills, and noted that use of counterfeit money checking pens indicated the money was counterfeit. Police recommend that businesses instruct their ...