News

A Relay For Life fundraising dinner will be held Monday in Sevierville. Come celebrate spring with great food, good fellowship, and a visit with the Easter Bunny. The Smoky Mountain Cancer Support Group invites the public to attend the Spring Alive Dinner on Monday, March 30, 2015 at the Fort Sanders Sevier Senior Center in Sevierville. The event starts at ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced plans to open Clingmans Dome Road this weekend beginning Friday, March 27, 2015 as weather permits. Due to mild temperatures this week, park crews have been able to prepare the road and facilities for the seasonal spring opening ahead of schedule allowing additional opportunities for visitors to reach the popular destination. Accessible by ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park fire management officials plan to conduct a controlled burn of an 80-acre field east of Hyatt Lane in Cades Cove. Weather permitting, burn operations will occur on Wednesday, March 25. The selected field will be burned as part of a cost-effective strategy to prevent the open fields from being reclaimed by forest. These seasonal controlled ...

The Sevier County Democratic Party will hold a Biennial Reorganization Convention where local Democrats will elect new leaders. The Biennial Reorganization Convention of the Sevier County Democrats will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the King Family Library in Sevierville. Doors will open at 12:15 p.m. and the convention will begin promptly at 1 p.m. All Democrat residents ...

Gov. Bill Haslam has appointed Kevin Triplett, vice president of public affairs for Bristol Motor Speedway, as the new commissioner of the Department of Tourist Development. Triplett, 49, of Bristol, Tenn., has been with Bristol Motor Speedway since 2005. He worked in various positions in NASCAR since 1992, ultimately serving as managing director of business operations, guiding the operation and ...

If you love pets and want to save 100 animals, fix just one cat or dog. This is the message of Sevier County Humane Society’s SPOT (Stop Pet Overpopulation Today) program. SPOT is the low cost spay and neuter program that fixed over 1000 animals in 2014. According to Julie Jacobson, program manager for the statewide spay and neuter referral ...

The City of Sevierville Department of Parks and Recreation is now accepting registration for the Spring Adult Softball season. Leagues are available for men’s ($250.00/team) and co-ed ($150.00/team) divisions. Games will be played at Sevierville City Park on Tuesday and Thursday evenings beginning April 14, 2015. Registration materials are available at the Sevierville Community Center front desk or on the ...

Police have arrested an Illinois man who they say traveled to Sevier County to have sex with a 13-year-old girl after communicating with her through a messaging app. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, officers charged 21-year-old Ryan K. Herrmann, of Rock City, Ill., with one count of statutory rape after their investigation found he traveled to Sevier County ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park fire management officials are planning a 550-acre prescribed burn in the Wash Ridge unit adjacent to Cataloochee Valley in North Carolina. Weather permitting, burn operations could begin as early as Wednesday, March 18th, and may continue intermittently through mid-April. The burn is part of the larger multi-year prescribed fire project where fire managers have been ...

An inmate is back in custody at the Sevier County Jail after escaping, fleeing in a stolen car and then ramming patrol cars of officers attempting to recapture him. At approximately 3:34 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2015, inmate Stanley J. Wallace, 24, of Kingston, Tenn., jumped the fence of an outdoor recreation yard at the Sevier County Jail Annex, ...