Seymour News

An East Tennessee AMBER Alert has been issued for an 11-year-old Seymour boy. Damian Paul Duncan was last seen by his parents before they left for work on Wednesday around 8 a.m. They came home around 4 p.m. and couldn't find Damian.

Martha Rose Woodward doing research on the top floor of the Sunsphere in 2007. permission to use both photos published: July 08 2009 11:21 AM updated:: July 08 2009 03:46 PM Although wrestling with health issues retired school teacher, Martha Rose Woodward, turned her lifetime hobby of writing into a part-time career.

LENOIR CITY One man was killed and another injured at a site. The accident happened at a new sewer plant construction site at the Lenoir City Water Treatment Plant.

There are some pythons that make their home here in Seymour and nearby in other surrounding areas.

L to R: Kenny Maples, Andy Proffitt, Brownlee Reagan, Charles Frost, Pershing McCarter, Todd Proffitt, Johnny King, Mitch McCarter, Robert Tino, Alfred Newman and Travis McCroskey.

A little special salute today for the first settlers of this county and those who fought in the "Revolutionary War" for our Freedom as a country.

A two-week probe concluded Thursday with the arrest of a 33-year-old Seymour man on charges his computer contained images of child pornography.

Mitchel and Becky Collins of Seymour would like to announce the marriage of their daughter, Amy Collins, to Marshall Billings, son of Elizabeth Billings of Sevierville and Terry and CiCi Billings of Franklin, KY.

Can you remember a few years back when we provided the Seymour and surrounding communities a great and professional 4th of July aerial display? The first two years we were able to hold it at the Seymour Community Park.

But first a little bragging. About two months ago I mentioned that my grandson, a graduate of Seymour High School and now a student at Tennessee Technology Center in Knoxville was attending a state wide computer competition in Chattanooga; and he might get to go to a nationwide competition in Kansas city, MO.

Hundreds of acres of beautiful, practically untouched land will now stay that way forever.

The Dean's List for the 2009 spring semester was announced recently by administrators of Maryville College, and 15 students from Sevier County were among those meeting requirements for the academic distinction.

A Seymour man has been arrested in connection with the overnight robbery of a Walgreen's pharmacy on Chapman Highway.

A Seymour man who initially eluded a police chase is in jail this morning on charges he robbed a South Knoxville drug store, a police spokesman said.

With both an indoor and an outdoor stage, the company is partnering with both additional enterprises within the Big Mama Digital Entertainment family as well as major local businesses to bring to Seymour a music event that will feature eleven live bands to celebrate Independence Day.

Workers remove a tree from Montvale Road at Farris Road at about 3 p.m. Monday as a Maryville police officer directs traffic.

When Union County High School athletic director John Edds called Shane Brown on Tuesday night to offer him the boys' basketball head coaching job, Brown told Edds he needed an hour to think.

Ernie Ford was surprised to see some of his friends show up with a birthday cake and decorations because he forgot it was his birthday.

Knox County commissioners Paul Pinkston and Mike Brown present Chris Fansler and Russell Monett with proclamations from county commission and a resolution from County Mayor Mike Ragsdale, in honor of their achieving the rank of Eagle Scout, at the May 26 commission meeting.

Absolutely yes, without a doubt. What I have seen recently certainly supports this statement.