Tag Archives: Sevierville

Two children were struck by a pickup truck while crossing the street in Sevierville Thursday morning and the driver fled the scene. Sevierville police and fire departments responded to a report of two children being struck by a vehicle near 701 West Main Street just before 7 a.m. on February 20, 2020. Witnesses told police that a pickup truck traveling ...

A falling tree tore the roof off a van traveling Wears Valley Road on Thursday, injuring four City of Sevierville employees and a killing a teacher from the Sevier County Public School System. According to a release, a City of Sevierville van carrying six city employees and one employee’s spouse was involved in an accident on Wears Valley Road near ...

An off-duty police officer was allegedly shot and killed by his wife during an argument after leaving a local distillery Saturday night. According to the Sevierville Police Department, officers responded to a shooting just before 7:30 p.m. on February 1, 2020 at 3099 Winfield Dunn Parkway in Kodak, the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center. Officers found a male victim, ...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority, is offering free firewood to citizens of Sevier County who are disabled and/or 65 years of age and older. This program will be offered free of charge to eligible residents on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Tennessee Valley Authority has volunteers who have donated their time to cut, ...

The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to fill Census jobs in Sevier County, including Census takers who will visit households that don’t respond to the Census and interview those residents to collect Census data. The agency plans to hire up to 500,000 temporary, part-time census takers for the 2020 Census in communities across the country to reach its goal of ...

A number of free, face-to-face enrollment clinics have been scheduled to help people enroll in a health insurance plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Subsidies are available to help pay part, or all, of the premium cost for people who qualify. First frosts and the end of Daylight Savings Time means lots of things to Sevier County folks, but here’s ...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is hosting its fourth Halloween Spooktacular Block Party so kids have a safe place to trick or treat in Sevierville on Halloween. While previously held downtown, this year the Halloween Spooktacular Block Party will be held on Thursday, October 31, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the Sevier County Fairgrounds, located at 754 ...

NASCAR SpeedPark Smoky Mountains, the official family fun park of NASCAR, celebrates its local community during Sevier County Days this month. Any person who resides or works in Sevier, Cocke and Jefferson Counties will receive all-day, unlimited play to NASCAR SpeedPark with a donation of $5 and one canned or packaged food item. NASCAR SpeedPark’s Sevier County Days special offer ...

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 ...