Sevierville News

At Dollywood's Splash Country, the Keys family of Sevierville, Tenn., shriek in unison as their four-person raft takes a 25-foot plunge that makes mom Brooke's hair trail behind her like a kite tail.

Sevierville lawyer Cynthia Richardson Wyrick will take office as the 134th president of the Tennessee Bar Association at the group's annual convention in Nashville next Friday.

The Red Roof Inn property in Newport was sold for $1.1 million to a Gatlinburg hotel owner after a foreclosure on Thursday afternoon.

A long time ago...in a zoo far far away...actually it's really close. The Knoxville Zoo is hosting Star Wars day! From 10am to 2pm you can hang with some of your favorite characters from the movies and even pose for a picture or two.

"We were 15 to 20 years ahead of our time," A.C. Wilson said. "We should have waited until the '80s and built a bottling plant."

A 53-year-old hiker was in the process of being rescued Friday after a tree fell on him Thursday, trapping him overnight in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Tickets for East Tennessee's own The Band Perry's upcoming concert at Smokies Stadium in Sevierville are on sale Friday.

As of June 14, Walters State Community College students will no longer have access to the William D. Ford Direct Stafford Loan Program.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is asking for help in tracking down a man who led officers on a pursuit in a stolen minivan.

Evolution can come quickly, disturbing or disrupting the status quo, or it can come over longer periods of time in subtle, somewhat imperceptible ways.

An Anderson County teacher and a Sevier County firefighter were arrested on charges of patronizing prostitution during a Knox County sting over the weekend.

Three former Knoxville Police Department officers who were accused of using excessive force in the arrest of a Knoxville man took plea deals in court Monday.

Memphis-based First Tennessee Bank has acquired East Tennessee-based Mountain National Bank of Sevierville from the FDIC .

In a long-ago dispatch from BULLHOCKEY, an autumnal, alcohol-fueled fun fest attended by yours truly and several degenerate friends, I quoted my old Chattanooga newspaper colleague Billy Joe Cooley.

According to the Johnson City Press, city police found April Jones, 24, of Johnson City, at the Horseshoe Lounge on Wednesday.

The city Board of Mayor and Aldermen passed an ordinance on final reading this week to impose a 2 percent restaurant privilege tax and a 2 percent amusement tax.

Kami Pittman Emert: Clover Cottage is great. and the lady at the salvage place really takes her time to lay it out, always happy with price and quality at both ! Milinda Bradley: I've had a few things done at the flea market in Sevierville .

Receiving Wide Coverage ... Libor Update: Some big Libor news this Friday morning, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal - U.K. and U.S. authorities are... Read More Loan yields are still healthy relative to funding costs.

One local Y is helping to produce healthy snacks for local food banks and summer camps and they want to help others learn how to grow their own food as well.

Sun file Photo by Jim Kidd The Band Perry will headline an Aug. 29 concert at Smokies Stadium in Sevierville.