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Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office to enhance DUI enforcement from Dec. 18 to Jan. 3, 2015 surrounding the holiday season. The statewide Booze It and Lose It campaign is part of a national mobilization to prevent drunk driving. During the first nine months of this year, Tennessee experienced 4,740 known alcohol-related crashes. ...

Despite the rainy weather today, a large group of adults and kids turned out for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Boys and Girls Club facility in Pigeon Forge. The Boys and Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains broke ground Dec. 17, 2015 on a new 15,000 square foot building behind the Pigeon Forge Community Center. Double the size of ...

The Sevierville Police Department SWAT unit has scheduled their annual Shop With SWAT event for Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015. In past years, SWAT team members, with assistance from local school administrators, have selected a group of children to take shopping for Christmas presents, have lunch and spend time with police officers. This year, the team will take seven children whose ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today that it is stepping up a search for two members of what it called the “most prolific domestic terrorism cell of the time.” The FBI is offering up to a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Josephine Sunshine Overaker and Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, members of an eco-terrorism cell ...

Dolly Parton wants to provide one lucky winner, and three guests a once-in-a-lifetime getaway to the Great Smoky Mountains, which includes a tour of her own Tennessee Mountain Home, by providing chances to win the Coat of Many Colors Sweepstakes. In celebration of NBC’s TV-movie, “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors,” the superstar is inviting everyone to enter the Coat ...

Friends of the Smokies raised $27,000 for Great Smoky Mountains National Park on #GivingTuesday, a globally-recognized day inspiring people to celebrate giving back by donating to nonprofit organizations in their communities. $17,000 in donations received by Friends of the Smokies on December 1, 2015 were met with $10,000 in matching funds provided by Patagonia and Home Federal Bank. “We are ...

Deputies arrested the suspect in an armed robbery of the Fastop Market in Seymour after tips from the public helped identify him. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 22-year-old Martel D. Harris, of 618 Keener Road in Seymour, in connection with the armed robbery of the Fastop Market, 10623 Chapman Hwy., on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. Harris ...

If you need a winter coat, jacket, scarf, hat or gloves for yourself or someone in your family this season, you may receive one for free at an event this month in Sevierville. Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries will hold its annual free Winter Coat Day from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at Treasures From the ...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly robbed the Fastop Market in Seymour at gunpoint today. According to Sheriff Ron Seals, his office received a 911 call at about 11:45 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015 reporting an armed robbery at the Fastop Market, 10623 Chapman Hwy. in Seymour, Tenn. A ...

Area Veterans and those who attend the VA Outpatient Clinic in Sevierville are invited to a Veterans Town Hall at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at the Sevier County Courthouse. The Executive Leadership Team from Mountain Home VA Medical Center will be there to answer Veteran’s questions and hear their concerns. Veterans and their families are invited to ...