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• Old Time Pottery Insert in today's paper!!! Make sure to pick up a press and vi...
• Shoney's has their All American Burger for $.65 all day today!
• FRIDAY HEADLINES: Prosecution rests case: Inmate claims another lying about Stan...
• Back windshield shattered at Gatlinburg Fire Station #1.
• Car damaged by hail in parking lot of Gatlinburg City Hall Thursday afternoon.
• Baseball size hail at Gatlinburg Fire Station No. 1 on Highway 321.
• THURSDAY HEADLINES: Testimony begins in Stanton trial; Deputy: Market incident c...
• WEDNESDAY HEADLINES: Jury set for Stanton trial; Signs must be moved to get C-7...
• WEDNESDAY MEMORIAMS: Marion Eugene (Gene) Harrison; Patricia Ann (Dunn) Graves....
• WEATHER FORECAST: From the National Weather Service in Morristown, a warm front...
• TUESDAY HEADLINES: Potential Stanton jurors quizzed; Liquor proposal moving in S...
• TUESDAY'S IN MEMORIAMS: James Please "J.P." Myers, Fred A. Valentine, Alan Micha...
• TRAFFIC REPORT: 4 vehicle wreck on Chapman Highway near Ingle Hollow Road; injur...
• WEDNESDAY'S PAGE 1 HEADLINES: Judge allows Stanton statements: Jury will hear co...
• FRIDAY'S PAGE 1A NEWS HEADLINES: KaTom chooses Sevier County; Officials: KaTom T...
• WEDNESDAY'S PAGE 1 HEADLINES: Randolph sentenced for embezzling; Big PF land dea...
• TUESDAY PAGE 1 HEADLINES: Unemployment high, but hope looms; Local agency saved...
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• FRIDAY'S PAGE 1A HEADLINES: Last phase of Highway 66 construction set to begin;...
• THURSDAY'S PAGE 1 HEADLINES: Fight on over online travel taxes; State court upho...
• Adoptable Pets Pixie is a 3-year-old Terrier and Aussie mix. Artemus is a 3-mont...
• TUESDAY'S PAGE 1 HEADLINES: Liquor vote bill passes House; PF plans to finally g...
• MONDAY'S PAGE 1 HEADLINES: Forge to consider online agency; Manholes to save PF...
• FRIDAY'S PAGE 1 NEWS DEADLINES: One woman dies in Thursday wreck; Two plead guil...
• TRAFFIC REPORT: Wreck with injuries reported on Newport Highway. LifeStar placed...
• Sunday Worship Services
• Penny Campbell elected to full term as 2nd District constable over challenger Je...
• ELECTION RESULTS: Karen Cotter projected to win the county clerk's race with mos...
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• Pressley is the bear that was rescued after being discovered around The Mountain...
• Here's a video made by photos Wayne Knight took at our Holiday of Hope pageant....
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• PHONES ARE WORKING AGAIN Telephone service at The Mountain Press has been restor...
• Phone service out at The Mountain Press The Mountain Press has temporarily lost...
• DIXIE STAMPEDE MEMORIES The Mountain Press will publish a special section on Feb...
• REMINDER: The deadline for the Feb. 11 Holiday of Hope pageant has been extended...
• The deadline to enter the Holiday of Hope pageant will be extended to Feb. 9, ho...
• 16 days left to enter The Mountain Press Relay For Life Team's Holiday of Hope P...
• Our afternoon distraction at The Mountain Press - a visit from a bear cub. We ha...
• Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at The Mountain Press. Let us know what you're...
• Sevier County High School has received an allotment of 500 tickets for Friday's...
• Santa Hustle Smokies 5-K and Half-Marathon
• The Mountain Press' Relay For Life fundraiser, the Holiday of Hope pageant, will...
• The Mountain National Bank on Highway 66 was robbed this morning. A suspect is i...
• Sevier County and the owners of Floyd’s Market have reached a temporary agreemen...
• An underground fire at the county landfill kept firefighters busy Friday evening...
• A state audit shows the former cheerleading coach at Pigeon Forge High School an...
• Back to School for Sevierville - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
• Beginning tonight, Sports Editor Jason Davis will be posting a live Twitter feed...
• The SCUD board voted unanimously Wednesday morning to suspend its contract with...
• Sevier County Fair 2011
• New Book Holds Memories of Old Sevier County Destinations
• Two board members of the embattled Sevier County Utility District have resigned. David Ogle and George Seaton apparently resigned last week, leaving only Jerry Hays of Gatlinburg on the three-member board. County Mayor Larry Waters has appointed Keith Wh
• Gail Crutchfield took this photo shortly before 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, just past the city limits of Sevierville, looking south toward Pigeon Forge.
• Send us your "American Pride" stories for our annual salute to the military. Stories, photos, even poems about the military and your own family members are encouraged. The deadline is Wednesday, June 15. The section comes out June 23. See our w
• Sevier County High's 4x200 relay team set a school record at the Spring Fling. See the story in Sunday's Mountain Press.
• The Seymour Lady Eagles defeated Munford 3-2 on Wednesday in the first round of the state softball tournament. The team plays again at 8 p.m. (our time) tonight.
• Congratulations to the Seymour Lady Eagles softball team and about a dozen individual athletes from Sevier County who will perform in Murfreesboro this week at the annual Spring Fling. Sports Editor Jason Davis will be there to cover all the action invol
• Incumbents Mike Werner, Jerry Hays and Mike Helton won re-election to the Gatlinburg City Commission Tuesday night. Challenger Robbie Butler finished fourth. The top three vote getters were elected. More in Wednesday's paper and online.
• The Dennis Bolze mansion in Gatlinburg sold at auction to an unnamed buyer for $1.93 million. See more in Sunday's edition of The Mountain Press.
• Saturday is the annual postal carriers food drive in Sevier County. Please leave a sack of nonperishable food by or on the mailbox that morning. Food will go to the Sevier County Food Ministries or CROSS in Seymour.
• Coming Thursday in The Mountain Press: Our annual graduation section featuring photos of seniors in area schools. Don't miss it.
• Pigeon Forge voters overwhelmingly rejected liquor by the drink Tuesday in the municipal election. David Wear was re-elected and Howard Reagan won a seat on the City Commission again. Finishing third in the commission voting, by six votes, was Dwight Map
• Second-grade teacher Teresa Ward, exonerated of child abuse charges, will be return to work at Northview Primary School Monday but will have a three-day suspension on her record. Read more in Sunday's paper.
• Judge Stokes dismissed child abuse charges against a Northview Primary teacher after a hearing Thursday. Teresa Ward had been charged with child abuse (neglect) by the mother of a student. The mother, Angela Ouzts, said her 8-year-old son wasn't all
• Sevierville voters rejected package liquor stores on Thursday. Incumbent Barry Gibbs also was defeated. Winners for the three BOMA seats were Devin Koester, incumbent Travis McCroskey and Wayne Helton. More in Friday's paper and online.
• 2 parents whose soldier-sons were killed say they’re glad the man who masterminded 9/11 is dead, but it doesn’t bring closure. Gayle Thomas and Andy Lieurance lost their sons in combat in Iraq, where U.S. actions were because of extremists li
• Early inspections show that all the national park trails west of Cades Cove took a serious hit from Wednesday's storms. All the trails between the Abrams Falls Trail Head and the Abrams Creek Ranger Station have been closed to horse use. The conditi
• Bennett’s Pit Bar-B-Que in Pigeon Forge will celebrates its 20th anniversary May 3 with free meals all day: breakfast buffet from 8-11 a.m., BBQ plates for lunch and dinner through 9 p.m. Chicken fingers available for children. From 5-7:30 p.m. Gre
• A widening project on Highway 66 from Boyds Creek Highway to Douglas Dam Road is funded for construction. The state announced road projects that got funded on Thursday. This indicates the new bridge on 66 will now be built to finish the widening work on
• David Miner, formerly of Gatlinburg,has been charged by a federal grand jury with one count of impeding or obstructing administration of IRS laws and 2 counts of failing to file federal tax returns. The indictment was returned on March 15 and Miner was a
• A woman allowed a convicted sex offender to move in and have sex with her 14-year-old daughter, officials say. Barbara K. White, 43, and Jonathan E. Myers, 39, both of 767 Old Sevierville Pike, are charged with rape. Myers, a registered sex offender fro
• Police in Gatlinburg have released the names of two men involved in an altercation that left one dead and the other in serious/critical condition at The University of Tennessee Medical Center. Kenneth Marlon Williams, of Knoxville died Tuesday afternoon
• 2 people were airlifted to UT Medical Center Tuesday with knife wounds after an apparent altercation in a room of the Super 8 motel on East Parkway. The incident apparently happened around 11 a.m. One person was found in a room, and another person with s
• Here's just a taste of what to expect from Walters State's Backbeat show choir's performance at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. The shows will be held in the Conner-Short Center on the college�
• A 13-year-old Seymour boy and his mother’s boyfriend drowned Sunday while they were swimming in Douglas Lake. Charles Joseph “C.J.” Smith, 13, of Seymour disappeared under the water after apparently getting caught in the wake of a pas
• A local man and woman are facing charges of especially aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault after they allegedly beat and tortured a woman while holding her prisoner for more than 24 hours.
• Friday's game between the Tennessee Smokies and the Montgomery Biscuits has been postponed due to the threat of inclement weather. The game will be played Saturday as part of a double-header. Two 7-inning games will be played, the first beginning at
• DA JImmy Dunn weighs in on the Sevier County Utility District audit in Tuesday's paper. He says a lot of what auditors reported on was "horrible."
• The Gatlinburg sewage treatment plant is working again, though it isn't fully operational. The plant began functioning again around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Sewage no longer is being sent directly into the river, bypassing the plant. More at our website
• If the federal government shuts down at midnight Friday night, how will it affect Great Smoky Mountains National Park? In 1995 when the government last shut down, it affected Smokies visitor centers, park HQ and roads. Read more in Thursday's Mounta
• UPDATE: At approximately 5:30 p.m. rescue crews located the bodies of the two missing Veolia Water North America employees at the Gatlinburg wastewater treatment plant. The bodies were discovered under the collapsed wall section. The bodies have been ide
• Update: Jackhammers are breaking up concrete at the plant site in search of missing workers. Raw sewage is now going directly into the river from the city and will do so indefinitely. Search-and-rescue operations under way on and in the river. Welcome ce
• UPDATE: 1.5 million gallons of raw sewage from the broken basin at the sewage treatment plant flowed into the Little Pigeon River, West Prong, and raw sewage is going straight into the river now. The search for the two missing workers goes on.
• The Tennessee Smokies announce that Tuesday night's scheduled exhibition game at Smokies Park between the Smokies and Walters State has been cancelled due to unplayable field conditions. Fans who purchased tickets to the exhibition can use that tic
• 2 workers are believed missing after tanks broke at the Gatlinburg wastewater plant on the Spur. Details are sketchy, but sometime Tuesday morning it is believed a mudslide or rockslide may have breached the holding tanks, causing what sounded like an ex
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• Coming Sunday: A special commemorative section on the 50th birthday of the city of Pigeon Forge. Filled with old photos, stories and recollections from those who were there at the beginning.
• Visit our website, www.themountainpress.com, to read the complete SCUD audit.
• A state audit has documented many instances of Sevier County Utility District employees misusing district funds and resources. An audit released Tuesday says SCUD officials routinely sought reimbursement for expenses not allowable under their policy, let
• Dr. Rodney Carter got his medical license reinstated on Wednesday. The state medical board made the decision. The medical board took the recommendation of an administrative law judge who held a hearing in Sevierville last year following Carter's acq
• Three people were injured in an accident involving a Sevier County Rescue Squad truck Saturday afternoon on Newport Highway. Look for more information in Sunday's edition of The Mountain Press.
• Don't miss the Buy One, Get One FREE coupon from Ruby Tuesday. See their ad in today's The Mountain Press page A12 for the details.
• The Pigeon Forge liquor petition was accepted by the Election Commission on Thursday, so liquor by the drink will be on the May ballot in the cit. It was defeated by voters in 2009. More in Friday's paper.
• Pigeon Forge girls lost to Liberty 60-40 Wednesday in the state tournament. Details in Thursday's paper and online.
• Taste of India is offering a FREE buffet today from 10:30 am-11:30 am, 3220 Parkway, Pigeon Forge. See today's paper A4 for more information.
• The Pigeon Forge Lady TIgers' game against Liberty will be at 6:30 p.m. (our time) Wednesday. It will be telecast live ONLINE at www.tssaanetwork.com. Only the championship games will be broadcast on PBS.
• Don't forget to visit our website and vote on your favorite Sevier Solid waste logo entry. They were drawn by local children, and one will be chosen as the new logo for the department. Visit www.themountainpress.com and scroll down the left side to
• A 14-year-old eighth-grader at Northview Middle School has been charged with bringing a handgun and a loaded ammo magazine to school Monday morning. The school was under lockdown about three hours after someone learned of the weapon and notified the scho
• The Pigeon Forge Lady Tigers will play Liberty High of Jackson at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday (our time) in the first round of the state tournament in Murfreesboro.
• The Pigeon Forge Lady Tigers beat South Greene 68-66 to earn a spot with the state's Final 8 at the TSAA AA State Tournament. Congratulations!
• The Pigeon Forge Lady Tigers beat South Greene 68-66 to earn a spot with the state's Final 8 at the TSAA AA State Tournament. Congratulations!
• The Pigeon Forge Lady Tigers beat South Greene 68-66 to earn a spot with the state's Final 8 at the TSAA AA State Tournament. Congratulations!
• The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday that the Knoxville area meets the 1997 federal ozone standard. The Knoxville area includes Sevier County and the portion of Cocke County that falls within the boundary of Great S
• During May, the Sevier County School System will offer an opportunity for 180 eighth-graders to participate in a special pilot program at Arrowmont: the Smoky Mountain School of Appalachian Culture and Arts. Application packets are available in each scho
• Sevierville Alderman Dale Carr has announced his intention to run for the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2012. It isn’t clear yet if that means he will be running against incumbent Richard Montgomery in the Republican primary. Carr says Mont
• A Seymour man serving a sentence for the sale of Oxycodone died Tuesday while in the custody of the sheriff’s office. Billy Foster, 38, had been in the jail for about 7 days. Tuesday, he began having seizures, Sheriff Ron Seals said, and was moved
• Did you know the city of Sevierville was without a single working fire truck for about three hours recently? That's why the board has decided to buy a new one. More in Tuesday's paper and online.
• Lots to do this weekend in Sevier County: Saddle Up! is going on in Pigeon Forge; Rose Glen Literary Festival is at Walters State; and SafeSpace has its annual fundraising dinner and auction at First Methodist Sevierville.
• Coming Sunday: An inside look at Drug Court, where first-time offenders can avoid jail time if they meet certain criteria and follow instructions. Judge Dane Slone is in charge of it. Don't miss Sunday's paper.
• A parole board member voted Thursday to deny parole for a man who killed a young newlywed couple in 2006 while driving under the influence of painkillers. Larry Bruce Williamson faced the parents of his victims via teleconference as they voiced their opp
• Everything is working again. We'll be updating the website, and e-mails can be sent and received again. Thanks for your patience.
• Notice: The Mountain Press has temporarily lost its website and its e-mail service. We expect to clear this up before too long. In the meantime, if you have a story or letter to send us, fax it to 453-4913. We'll let you know through this Facebook p
• Five Gatlinburg-Pittman seniors have been named National Merit finalists: Courtney Hoskins, daughter of Darsha & Randy Hoskins; Sarah Huddleston, daughter of Beth & Marty Huddleston; Christina Lulich, daughter of John Lulich and the late Janine L
• Local businessman Tony Duckworth, who spearheaded a failed drive last year to get the liquor package store petition on the Sevierville ballot, said Monday he believes he has it right this time. Duckworth said he tried to make sure the signatures were col
• The county may land a fertilizer plant near the I-40 interchange. County officials seeking state grant to pay for road improvements, infrastructure. Plant would employ around 75 with wages of $15 an hour or more. Details in Sunday's paper.
• UPDATE: Seaton entered a best-interest plea to 5 counts of simple assault, reduced from original charge of sexual battery. He got two years in prison, and will serve 90 days, on 2 charges and pleaded no contest to the other 3. His lawyers acknowledged Se
• Pigeon Forge businessman Ken Seaton was sentenced to 90 days in jail and placed on two years probation Tuesday morning after entering a best-interest plea too charges of sexual battery against former employees. He entered his plea to a charge of simple
• Sevierville police are investigating a reported robbery that occurred y Sunday around 2:30 a.m. at the Clarion Inn on Highway 66. A hotel employee said that a man approached her, went behind the service counter and demanded money. The suspect then left t
• Sevier County Bank will host the 17th annual Teacher of the Year and second annual Sevier County Education Hall of Fame Banquet at Park Vista at 6 p.m. April 12. Every Teacher of the Year and new member for the Education Hall of Fame will be recognized.
• Pigeon Forge Tigers wrestling team qualifies 10 for state individual tournament, with multiple regional champions in competition at Farragut on Saturday.
• Fred Brown, co-author of “The Serpent Handlers: Three Families and Their Faith,” will be luncheon speaker during the second annual Rose Glen Literary Festival Feb. 26 at Walters State. The event will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 2 p.m. wit
• The Regional Forensic Center’s preliminary findings from an autopsy of the man who died last week in custody of the Sevier County Jail shows a forensic pathologist found the man suffered heart problems, emphysema and cirrhosis and does not mention
• Walters State presents “A Woman Called Truth,” staged by the WordPlayers, at 6 p.m. Feb. 15 in the Conner-Short Building on the Sevier County Campus. The play is a portrayal of Sojourner Truth. Born into slavery, she became a leader in civil
• Former Vol wide receiver and Pigeon Forge football assistant Josh Briscoe could get charges for texting a teen student tossed out if he stays out of trouble for the next two years. Briscoe was put on unsupervised probation and pretrial diversion for two
• We're looking for the 2011 batch of Unsung Heroes, people who do special and supportive things in the community without seeking recognition. Nominate people by e-mailing to editor@themountainpress.com, mailing to P.O. Box 4810, Sevierville 37864, fa
• Judge Ben Strand tossed a traffic charge against Wesley Teaster on Wednesday after ruling Teaster’s statement was inadmissible because police should have read him his rights. Teaster was cited in August for leaving the scene of an accident. He ackn
• Sevier County schools are dismissing at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday) because of the threat of snow. It won;t count as a lost day.
• The Mountain Press seeks your input in choosing Unsung Heroes — people who do good work for the joy of service. On Feb. 27 we will spotlight up to eight of those nominees. The deadline is Feb. 13. Nominations can be e-mailed to editor@themountainpr
• Two have been charged with adult neglect, abuse or exploitation. Sevierville Sgt. Rebecca Cowan said 36-year-old Christopher Anthony Perry and 37-year-old Darrelyn Melissa Turner, both of Sevierville, were acting as caregivers for a 67-year-old woman. Th
• The former director of Eagle's Landing, Faye Randolph, was arrested Friday. She was indicted on one count of theft of more than $60,000, two counts of using a computer to alter records, three counts of official misconduct and one count of destructio
• Former County Clerk Joe Keener was arrested Wednesday after a Sevier County Grand Jury returned a sealed presentment charging him with theft over $60,000 and official misconduct. He resigned in August and later told state auditors he took more than $92,0
• uthorities said Tuesday a second person has been arrested in connection with the child abuse of a Sevier County toddler. Sheriff Ron Seals said that Jeremy R. Haroldson, 25, of 1907 Blackberry Way Sevierville, the stepfather of 3-year-old Ethan Kaiser, h
• GATLINBURG — Authorities say two Sevier County men have been arrested in connection with several rental cabin burglaries in the Sky Harbor community. Daniel Mart Watson age 19 of 1025 Boogertown Road and Rodney James Ruffin, age 19 of 955 Lindse
• Many Sevier County residents are in Nashville this weekend celebrating the inauguration of former Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam as Tennessee's 49th governor. See more in Sunday's edition of The Mountain Press and in the Haslam Inauguration 2011 p
• A gathering to honor the late Zack Salmon, who died in Afghanistan this week, will be held at 6 p.m. today (Friday) at patriot Park in Pigeon Forge. Salmon attended Pigeon Forge High and has family in Sevier County. All are welcome and encouraged to atte
• Matthew Bowen acted in self-defense when he fatally shot a man in his Seymour home on Dec. 7, authorities have concluded. DA Jimmy Dunn said Friday he and sheriff's detectives reviewed the evidence and facts and concluded Bowen was acting to protect
• A soldier with Pigeon Forge ties died Wednesday in Afghanistan during an attack on his vehicle, The Mountain Press has learned. Zachary Salmon attended Pigeon Forge Middle School and Pigeon Forge High before moving to Kentucky, friends and family said. H
• SEVIERVILLE GARBAGE SCHEDULE: Due to weather conditions, Sevierville will be collecting residential garbage for customers on the following temporary schedule this week: Residential garbage scheduled to be collected on Tuesday and Wednesday will be collec
• Sarah M. Haroldson, 24, of Sevierville has been charged with child abuse and neglect after her 3-year-old son was brought to the hospital suffering from burns on his buttocks and feet and bruising to the head, back and arms. The child is in a burn center
• No school Wednesday for Sevier County school system children. This will mean 10 of 13 snow days have been used. School officials say they may need to use days set aside for other things to make up for the lost classes. See story in Wednesday paper or onl
• A Sevierville woman, 76-year-old Jennie Warhurst, was killed Sunday when her vehicle collided with one driven by 21-year-old Spencer Mills of Coral Springs, Fla. Mills was driving on a suspended license and was unhurt. It happened around 12:18 p.m. at Pa
• Due to the threat of snow Friday evening, the opening reception for Arrowmont's 15th Sevier County Biennial has been postponed. The food for the reception, which could not be saved, will be donated to the Sevier County Food Ministries. The reception
• Pigeon Forge city workers may get raises after all. City Manager Earlene Teaster told the employees at their Christmas party that a hike in revenue may allow salary increases. It's up to the City Commission. Each 1 percent in raises costs the city $
• It wasn't too many years ago that the Sevier County United Way campaign raised $1 million for the agencies it funds. The 2010 drive ended with around $250,000. That's half of the $500,000 goal for the campaign. More in Wednesday's paper.
• Officials have almost finished their probe into a shooting at a Seymour home, but aren’t telling their findings yet. Michael S. Hutton, 36, of 915 Allensville Road, Sevierville, died at the home of Matthew Bowen on East Union Valley Road in Seymou
• PIGEON FORGE — There will be more memories for Elvis fans who thought a popular, long-running show would be going out of business for good on Saturday night. Instead, Memories: Elvis and Friends, which has been at the same location on the Parkway f
• Mark and Maggie Bacon are the proud parents of the first baby born at LeConte Medical Center in 2011. Jonah Bacon was born at 7:06 a.m. He was a healthy 8 pounds six ounces and 21 inches long.
• While the snow of Christmas Eve and day has finally disappeared from all but the most socked-in areas, Wednesday night and Thursday morning brought freezing drizzle and rain that made travel treacherous across Sevier County. The slick conditions caught
• Emergency workers are warning those who don't have to be out to stay off the roads this morning. Icy conditions have caused multiple wrecks throughout the area, especially in Jones Cove and Wears Valley. Several roads in the county and in Gatlinburg
• Sevier County needs $8,003 from every man, woman and child to finance much-needed infrastructure projects and repair or replace aging and even unsafe facilities, according to a report from the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
• Rangers and staffers are keeping an eye on the hundreds of hillsides beside roads in national park, with the land sliding troubles of late last year and early this year still fresh in their minds. The conditions in the next few days will offer one of the
• SEYMOUR —A local man apparently shot and killed an acquaintance in his home Monday after the second man attacked his mother and a female guest inside the man’s home. As of Monday night, no charges had been filed and the investigation was ongo
• SEVIERVILLE —The city and PBA appear to be headed to court to resolve a dispute with a Missouri business that provided sod for the city’s new golf course.
• The Mountain Press would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Have a safe and happy holiday.
• The gingerbread house constructed by Kodak cake decorator Angel Adkins is expected to be featured on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Christmas Eve between 8:30 and 9 a.m. The rocking chair and doll gingerbread structure was inspired by
• A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against Jeffrey Whaley, 46, of Sevierville. The indictment, which was unsealed this morning, charges Whaley with conspiring to defraud SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. through a mortgage fraud scheme. The indictment
• Don't miss Sunday's collection of Christmas memories. They include stories by Mountain Press staff members as well as our readers. You can read them all in the Sunday edition.
• Sevier County Medic blood drives: --Dec. 17, Citizens National Bank, 200 Forks of the River Parkway, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. -- Dec. 21, KT’s Bar and Grill, Tanger Five Oaks, 1641 Parkway, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., bloodmobile. Replacement blood dri
• Winter storm watch in effect for higher elevationsin Sevier County late tonight and through Monday evening. Possible snow accum. up to 2-6" mainly at elevations above 2,500', up to 1" possible in lower elevations.
• Proud of your holiday decoration? Send us photos of your decorations and will publish the best of the best in the Mountain Life section of The Mountain Press. Send them by email to editor@themountainpress.com and mark them as Holiday Decorations in the s
• The Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce food drive for Sevier County Food Ministries has been extended for the entire month of December. Drop your nonperishable items off at the Chamber office at 811 East Parkway weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. The most
• Tuesday is the deadline to submit letters to Santa. School classes, daycare centers and church classes are encouaged to participate. The letters will be published in a special section of the paper later this month. Drop them by our office 8-5 weekdays or
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced Friday the awarding of a $33.8 million contract to continue construction on the “Missing Link” of the Foothills Parkway. The contract was awarded to Lane Construction Company of Charlott
• Two people from Knoxville have been charged with the Nov. 6 break-in, burglary and vandalism of PIgeon Forge High School. Andrew Christopher Gearig, 20, of 2329 Highland Avenue, and Morgan Alexis Combs, 19, 1626 Queen Ann Way, were arrested Thursday by o
• Newfound Gap Road through the mountains has been closed due to ice. Othe roads in the Smokies also are closed, many because of downed trees from the high winds.
• Two more sign-ups planned by Toys for Tots: 2-7 p.m. Thursday and 9-5 on Saturday, in Suite 43, Red Roof Mall, Pigeon Forge. Requirements: parent present, photo ID, proof of residency, Social Security card or birth certificate for each child. Call 429-90
• Flood warning issued in Sevier County for Little Pigeon River as expected heavy rainfall heads our way.
• The holiday season will be even brighter for a lucky player who purchased a "Tennessee Cash" ticket in Pigeon Forge that is now worth $687,479. The ticket matched all five numbers and the Cash Ball drawn Monday night, making it the largest jack
• Bill May has been named interim executive director of Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in Gatlinburg. The announcement was made by Geoff Wolpert, president of the board. May, who owns a stained glass studio in the city, is a board member and headed
• The Festival of Trees will continue through Saturday at Gatlinburg Convention Center, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. Admission is free and proceeds from the event benefit Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries.
• The board of Sevier County Utility District voted Tuesday morning to end the homebuilders incentive program that saw utility executives accompany homebuilders to exotic locations as a reward for those homebuilders using natural gas appliances in their de
• Have you flown recently and experienced the new intrusive scanning or patdown techniques? Share your experiences with our Facebook friends.
• Congratulations to Gatlinburg-Pittman for such a great run in the football playoffs. Highlanders lost to Elizabethton 32-28 Friday night to end their season. Coach Benny Hammonds says he'll be back for his 40th season in 2011. See full story on the
• We have learned Titanic developer Jon Joslyn is in talks to buy several parcels on the Parkway in Pigeon Forge right across from the ship-shaped museum attraction. The move likely means final curtain for a trio of theaters on the lots. More in tomorrow&#
• A Kodak man is in jail under $400,000 bond for allegedly having consensual sex with a 15-year-old Alabama teenager. Robert Aaron Hernandez (pictured), who turns 22 on Wednesday, was charged with statutory rape in connection with the case. His father, Alb
• Investigators have sent some evidence to a crime lab to be analyzed as they continue efforts to determine who killed Jacquelyn Basner at her Waldens Creek home over the weekend. There isn’t much word coming out yet about what the research has revea
• PIGEON FORGE — Authorities were continuing to investigate the murder of a Pigeon Forge woman on Sunday, but weren’t ready to divulge further details. Jacquelyn Basner, 50, was found dead at 10:44 a.m. Saturday in the driveway of her home on B
• The Tennessee Country Music Assn. has named Shaun Fulco Female Vocalist of the Year and Female Entertainer of the Year in the adult/new country category. Fulco, a Sevierville resident, works at Moxley Carmichael, a Knoxville PR firm. Fulco won the Female
• The Sevierville Chamber of Commerce is seeking entries for the 48th annual Christmas Parade. The parade will be held Dec. 4 beginning at 11 a.m. in downtown Sevierville. Those interested in obtaining a parade application may call the Sevierville Chamber
• All photos made Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010
• Kathy Dingus was driving by Clint's BBQ and Country Cookin' restaurant on Newport Highway Tuesday morning and took several photos of the fire that appears to have destroyed the popular restaurant. More on our website and in Wednesday's pap
• A birds of prey program will be conducted this week by naturalist Doris Mager at the Mountain Farm Museum from 11 a.m.-noon Wednesday and at the Sugarlands Visitor Center from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday. Mager, also known as the “Eagle Lady,”
• Chris Kent of Sevierville and his world record watermelon made an appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman” Thursday night, as part of Letterman’s “People and Their Vegetables” series. Kent grew the melon in his Ric
• See the General Lee car parade around 3 p.m. Saturday in downtown Gatlinburg. Dozens of cars made to look like the one from the show "The Dukes of Hazzard" will be in the city after a drive from Nashville, and after the parade they'll park
• Allyson Virden, who with her husband is lodgekeeper atop Mount LeConte, took this photo of the snowfall that hit the peak in the Smokies overnight. She shot it with a point-and-shoot camera and e-mailed it to The Mountain Press.
• The investigation into the disappearance of a Sevier County woman once thought to have died in a house fire continues.Officials have determined Theresa Mercurio McMillin was not in the remains of the Sunday fire at 582 Shady Gap Road. McMullin, 62, is st
• 45-year old Wayne D. Bass of Charlotte, N.C., has been charged with forgery for trying to make an ATV purchase using a forged cashier’s check of over $13,000. During the arrest, officers discovered cocaine and drug paraphernalia allegedly in Bass&r
• The Mountain Press' 2nd Holiday of Hope pageant to benefit Relay For Life of Sevier County will be held Nov. 20 at Country Tonite Theater (NEW LOCATION). Registration will be held now through Nov. 5 (No late or day-of registration). Call or e-m
• Don MacPherson, who founded Sweet Fanny Adams in Gatlinburg and starred in the stage shows as well, died Monday morning after battling cancer.
• A Knoxville man has been arrested and another suspect is being sought in connection with rental cabin burglaries in Sevier County, authorities said. Gene F. Riggs, 25, was arrested Monday evening after being found in possession of flat screen televisions
• A second man has been indicted in connection with a Seymour bank robbery that occurred June 22. William Frank Miller (pictured), 42, of 1903 Tipton Station Road, Knoxville, was indicted by the current grand jury and charged with the robbery of BankEast.
• Sevierville police have arrested 21-year-old Ivor J. Parsons of Kodak on charges of aggravated rape of a child under 3 years old. According to Detective Kevin Bush, police recently received a tip, leading to an investigation and subsequent arrest in Kno
• Allyson Virden, who with her husband is lodgekeeper atop Mount LeConte, took this photo of the snowfall that hit the peak in the Smokies overnight. She shot it with a point-and-shoot camera and e-mailed it to The Mountain Press.
• The fifth and final Library Luau to benefit Anna Porter Library in Gatlinburg will be Thursday at Ripley’s Aquarium This year’s theme is “A Black And White Affair,” in recognition of the new penguins. Dress in casual. $75 tax-dedu
• The investigation into the disappearance of a Sevier County woman once thought to have died in a house fire continues.Officials have determined Theresa Mercurio McMillin was not in the remains of the Sunday fire at 582 Shady Gap Road. McMullin, 62, is st
• 45-year old Wayne D. Bass of Charlotte, N.C., has been charged with forgery for trying to make an ATV purchase using a forged cashier’s check of over $13,000. During the arrest, officers discovered cocaine and drug paraphernalia allegedly in Bass&r
• The Mountain Press' 2nd Holiday of Hope pageant to benefit Relay For Life of Sevier County will be held Nov. 20 at Country Tonite Theater (NEW LOCATION). Registration will be held now through Nov. 5 (No late or day-of registration). Call or e-m
• Don MacPherson, who founded Sweet Fanny Adams in Gatlinburg and starred in the stage shows as well, died Monday morning after battling cancer.
• A Knoxville man has been arrested and another suspect is being sought in connection with rental cabin burglaries in Sevier County, authorities said. Gene F. Riggs, 25, was arrested Monday evening after being found in possession of flat screen televisions
• A second man has been indicted in connection with a Seymour bank robbery that occurred June 22. William Frank Miller (pictured), 42, of 1903 Tipton Station Road, Knoxville, was indicted by the current grand jury and charged with the robbery of BankEast.
• Sevierville police have arrested 21-year-old Ivor J. Parsons of Kodak on charges of aggravated rape of a child under 3 years old. According to Detective Kevin Bush, police recently received a tip, leading to an investigation and subsequent arrest in Kno
• The fifth and final Library Luau to benefit Anna Porter Library in Gatlinburg will be Thursday at Ripley’s Aquarium This year’s theme is “A Black And White Affair,” in recognition of the new penguins. Dress in casual. $75 tax-dedu
• Allyson Virden, who with her husband is lodgekeeper atop Mount LeConte, took this photo of the snowfall that hit the peak in the Smokies overnight. She shot it with a point-and-shoot camera and e-mailed it to The Mountain Press.
• Police have charged a local man with breaking into a local restaurant and stealing a safe and cash
• The fifth and final Library Luau to benefit Anna Porter Library in Gatlinburg will be Thursday at R
• The investigation into the disappearance of a Sevier County woman once thought to have died in a ho
• 45-year old Wayne D. Bass of Charlotte, N.C., has been charged with forgery for trying to make an A
• The Mountain Press' 2nd Holiday of Hope pageant to benefit Relay For Life of Sevier County w
• Police are looking for a trio they say have been targeting local laundromats. The three have been o
• Don MacPherson, who founded Sweet Fanny Adams in Gatlinburg and starred in the stage shows as well
• A Knoxville man has been arrested and another suspect is being sought in connection with rental cab
• A second man has been indicted in connection with a Seymour bank robbery that occurred June 22. Wil
• Sevierville police have arrested 21-year-old Ivor J. Parsons of Kodak on charges of aggravated rape
• Video shot by Mountain Press Community Editor Gail Crutchfield at the Townsend Fall Heritage Festiv
• United Way of Sevier County News: April 22, 2009
• Sevierville Chamber of Commerce Calendar Update - February 11, 2009
• Sevier County Fair
• Bloomin' Barbeque And Bluegrass

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