Tag Archives: Sevier County

The public can enjoy a day at Wilderness at the Smokies indoor waterpark during the Funds for Food Drive special admission event to benefit the local food ministry. On select upcoming dates in 2016, Wilderness at the Smokies will host the 2nd annual Funds for Food Drive in partnership with Sevier County Food Ministries. The general public is invited to ...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency along with multiple partners have developed a new task force to focus on bear management in Sevier County and surrounding communities. This new educational initiative is being referred to as the BearWise Task Force and is sponsored by the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. The program focuses on informing the public how to live ...

Keep Sevier Beautiful will be holding their annual Fall Roads & Rivers Day on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. “Roads & Rivers Day is a great opportunity for our community to come together to keep Sevier County clean and beautiful,” noted Executive Director Lisa Bryant. “Not only for our residents, but also for the many ...

Local law enforcement began making arrests on Thursday after a Sevier County Grand Jury returned presentments on more than sixty alleged drug dealers resulting from an undercover narcotics investigation. The Sevier County Street Crimes Narcotics Unit, a task force made up of officers from each of the local departments, conducted the 8-month undercover operation dubbed “Déjà Vu.” Officers from Sevier ...

The Sevier County Economic Development Council is coordinating a Manufacturing Job Fair to assist various Sevier County industries in fulfilling their staffing needs. “The manufacturing segment of the Sevier County economy is doing very well,” said Janice Bettis, special projects manager at Sevier County Economic Development Council. “OTICS USA will begin operation at their Kodak plant soon and need twenty-five ...

Detectives with the Sevierville Police Department charged three students on Friday in connection with a reported rape of another student at Sevier County High School earlier this week. The department said the alleged rape of a male juvenile student by three male classmates occurred Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 on the school campus, but did not disclose where on campus that ...

An inmate from the Sevier County Jail who fled a work detail Tuesday morning spent an hour on the loose before officers recaptured him. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, 43-year-old Ronnie L. Helton was mowing on a work detail Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 along Dolly Parton Parkway in Sevierville when at 9:06 a.m. he jumped off a mower ...

Keep Sevier Beautiful is partnering with Douglas Lake the Beautiful to host a cleanup event at Douglas Lake this weekend after a letter to a local newspaper citing the trash within the Lake engaged citizens throughout the area to create the inaugural Island Invasion. “The islands on Douglas Lake are public land and known as a great destination for recreational ...

An early morning home invasion in Sevier County on Tuesday has resulted in the arrest of one man after the homeowner confronted and detained the armed suspect. 23-year-old Darrick C. Whaley, of Dandridge, is facing numerous charges after he allegedly broke into an occupied residence and threatened the homeowner with a handgun. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 ...

The Sevier County Courthouse was evacuated today after someone called in a bomb threat. A 911 call transferred to Sevier County Sheriff’s Dispatch on Monday morning, Aug. 22, 2016, sent officers, including the Bomb Squad, along with Sevier County EMA, and the Office of Homeland Security into action. According to Perrin Anderson, communications coordinator for Sevier County, “The caller stated ...