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The family of the young woman murdered by a coworker outside the Sunliner Diner in Pigeon Forge has set up a fundraiser to help pay funeral expenses. According to the Sevierville Police Department, 19-year-old Savannah Elizabeth Burford, of Newport, worked at the Sunliner Diner and was stabbed by a coworker in the parking lot as she left work about 8:40 ...

It was 50 years ago that Sister Cathy Cesnik disappeared. While her body was discovered a couple of months later in January, her murder remains a mystery to this day, and has since become the basis for the Netflix series “The Keepers.” Shane Waters, crime journalist and investigator who has a podcast that focuses on her case, will hold a ...

A school field trip to Alcatraz East Crime Museum is a great way for kids to learn about crime, crime prevention and consequences. Students today live during a time when crime in their communities reaches into their schools through bullying and violence and follows them online. Yet there can be teachable moments, to take advantage of interests in science or ...

A 19-year-old Pigeon Forge woman is fighting for her life after her boyfriend allegedly stabbed her multiple times and pushed her from the car onto a rural roadway. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says a 911 call at 10:07 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019 reported that a woman had been pushed from a car and was laying on the ...

A traffic stop escalated Monday when a driver rammed a deputy’s cruiser, fled and then crashed on Veterans Boulevard in Sevierville. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy attempted a traffic stop of a suspicious black Ford truck that was displaying improper registration on Veteran’s Boulevard near the intersection of Middle Creek Road on Monday afternoon around 2 ...

Sevierville police say two people have been arrested for allegedly committing several residential burglaries and attempted burglaries over the past week. According to the Sevierville Police Department, several burglaries and attempted burglaries were reported during the last week and a vehicle description was developed from home video captured near one of the burglary locations. While officers were at one burglary ...

Authorities released the names of two people reportedly involved in a murder suicide incident at a rental cabin in Pigeon Forge last week. The Pigeon Forge Police Department says they received a report of shots fired on Conner Drive at about 11:40 p.m. on September 4, 2019 and when officers responded, they found a man dead of a gunshot wound ...

A man was shot and killed in a confrontation with deputies in Seymour after allegedly pulling a gun when they attempted to take him into custody on outstanding warrants. At the request of 4th District Attorney General James Dunn, agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation continue to investigate the circumstances leading to an officer-involved shooting in Sevier County. Thursday ...

The National Park Service Investigative Services Branch investigators are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of 64-year-old David Junior Carver, whose remains were found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park earlier this month. Carver was last seen at his Rockford, Tenn. home on April 29. His family reported him missing to the Blount County Sheriff’s Office on June ...

Officials say the human remains found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park earlier this week have been identified. The Knox Country Regional Forensic Center positively identified the remains as 64-year-old David J. Carver, of Blount County, Tenn., through comparison of medical records. David J. Carver, 64 On Monday, July 8, 2019, an off-trail hiker found Carver’s body in an area ...