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Park rangers have found a mother and son who became lost and spent the night in the park Sunday. Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers found two missing hikers, a woman and her son from Fond Du Lac, Wis., who had been reported being lost in the park on Sunday, June 7, 2015. Christy Barns, 40, and her son, Casey, ...

Park officials announced today that a body, believed to be that of a missing hiker, has been found in the park. Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers have discovered a body matching the description of missing hiker Jenny Bennett in the Lester Prong area of Greenbrier, above campsite 31 on Monday, June 8, 2015. According to a post on the ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have closed several trails and backcountry campsites in the Hazel Creek section of the park due to a bear incident occurring at approximately 10:30 p.m. on June 6, 2015. A 16-year old male from Ohio was pulled from his hammock by a bear and injured at backcountry campsite 84, which is 4.5 miles from ...

A ceremony was held this week to swear in members of the Gatlinburg City Commission. Mike Helton, Mike Werner and Jerry Hays, city commissioners re-elected in the Gatlinburg Municipal Election held in May, were sworn in June 1, 2015 in a ceremony at City Hall. Judge Jerry McCarter performed the ceremony, which was witnessed by fellow Gatlinburg city commissioners and ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers were presented with 15 high-performance search and rescue jackets by donors to support field rangers in inclement weather. Rangers respond to approximately 100 search and rescue incidents annually, many of which occur during hazardous weather conditions in the backcounty. Local community members in Sevier County led efforts to raise funds for the park’s search ...

Sevierville Police Department detectives are searching for three men suspected of fraudulently cashing numerous company payroll checks over the past week. The three men, whose faces were captured by bank security equipment, have allegedly forged payroll checks at several Sevier County Bank locations in Sevierville and the surrounding area. The payroll checks were reportedly stolen from Ingle Trucking Company. According ...

In January 2015, the American Legion Post 104 in Sevierville announced the beginning of a new program under one of the Four Pillars of the American Legion, Americanism. This is the Youth Air Rifle Shooting Safety Program / Junior Shooting Program. Lester Piniak, Commander Post 104, says the training course is the first for the American Legion, not only in ...

Beats Pill XL speakers are being recalled by Apple® because the battery may overheat and pose a fire and burn hazard. Apple Inc. announced today that the company is recalling all Beats Pill XL portable, wireless speakers after receiving eight reports of incidents in which the speakers overheated, including one with a burn to a consumer’s finger and one with ...

The Jerry Huskey Memorial 5K will be held this month to honor Officer Jerry Dean Huskey of the Gatlinburg Police Department, who was killed in the line of duty on June 14, 1975. Gatlinburg Community Police Programs is hosting the race event. Funds raised will benefit the newly established Jerry Dean Huskey Memorial Scholarship Program, which will offer a $500 ...

A group of Vietnam veterans staging its annual reunion in Pigeon Forge is doing more than reminiscing about service overseas – they are remembering all veterans and doing a good deed for Pigeon Forge’s parks in the process. The Tan Son Nhut Association, whose members are mainly Air Force veterans who served at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, will dedicate ...