After 38 years of teaching at New Center School, first grade teacher Annette Payne will retire at the end of the school year.
A public hearing today will help shine a light on the diverging diamond plan, which is meant to improve traffic flow at the county’s sole interstate interchange.
At its meeting Monday evening, the Pigeon Forge City Commission approved a change order for additional finances related to still incomplete construction of Wear Farm City Park.
The City Commission will have one fresh face starting at the end of the month.
Some local residents told Tennessee Department of Transportation officials Thursday that they believe the redesign of the Exit 407 interchange will create a “deathtrap” at West Dumplin Valley Road.
A team of archaeologists from University of Tennessee and other agencies set up under the Old Mill General Store next to the Little Pigeon River Thursday to excavate remains of Iron Forge, the original forge for which the city was named.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is displaying work for its annual Instructor Exhibition, featuring diverse works from over a hundred Arrowmont workshop instructors.
A Knox County man has been arrested in connection with several rental cabin burglaries in Sevier County.
A former Gatlinburg pastor is now facing felony theft charges based on allegations he misused money from his church’s day care center, forcing it to close.
April was National Volunteer Month, but one local business actively focuses on volunteerism all year long.
A new law requiring all Tennessee school systems to allow home school students participation in local public school sports teams topped the agenda at Monday’s school board meeting.
Molly Howard’s children and family are trying to move forward after the man responsible for her death was sentenced to 25 years in prison last month following his conviction for second-degree murder in Cosby.
Signs have been erected for several tenants of a nearly complete development in Pigeon Forge, and safety testing for the development's centerpiece attraction is complete.
Sevier County Teacher of the Year Megan Huskey, who teaches music at Catlettsburg Elementary, has a second passion. Two years ago, it led her to open a dance studio, Move Dance Factory.
There will be a new member of the Pigeon Forge City Commission.
The winners of the Pigeon Forge Municipal Election will be known today after the polls close at 8 p.m.
The Gists Creek Baptist Church youth held their annual car wash on Saturday at the Pit Stop in Pigeon Forge. Funds support the youth in their yearly mission trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C.
A group of military men, and one woman, gathered at the Walters State Community College soccer field on Saturday for a head shave. Meanwhile, youth soccer teams competed on the field.
Smoky Mountain Smokers, a barbecue cook team from Sevierville, has been competing on the Kansas City barbecue circuit since 2005. Before that, Joe Amore’ — one half of the cook team — owned a plumbing business in Pensacola, Fla.
Michaela Rowe, junior at Sevier County High School, has been to the Bloomin’ Barbeque and Bluegrass festival before, but this year she’ll take on a more vocal role.
The Roys, a sibling duo of Lee and Elaine Roy, will help fill out a stacked live entertainment lineup at the upcoming Bloomin’ Barbeque and Bluegrass festival. ICM Bluegrass Artist of the Year, The Roys are quickly gaining recognition and popularity, having recently been featured on national broadcasts, including “CBS This Morning,” “Marie,” “Daytime,” “The Daily Buzz,” “Fox & Friends,” “Dr. Steve Show,” and “The Better Show,” among others.
Since 1949, May has been recognized around the United States as Mental Health Month. President Obama called upon everyone "to raise mental health awareness and continue helping Americans live longer, healthier lives.”
Smoky Mountain Smokers, a barbecue cook team from Sevierville, has been competing on the Kansas City barbecue circuit since 2005. Before that, Joe Amore’ — one half of the cook team — owned a plumbing business in Pensacola, Fla.
A newly rewritten state law that allowed for additional alcohol distilleries to sell their product on site in Gatlinburg could also pave the way for similar operations in other Sevier County locations.
Dollywood's Splash Country opens for the season Saturday, and along with it the debut of Tennessee's first water coaster: RiverRush.
Tennessee Highway Patrol has released the identity of the man who died Tuesday after losing control of his car and crashing into a pond, but the cause of the wreck remains a mystery.
