Sevier County News

A group of people calling themselves, Tennessee's Helping Hearts, says they are trying to get enough money raised to build a memorial at a Sevierville park to honor fallen heroes.

Alan Pittman, age 16, of Big River Overlook Drive, was reported as a runaway on Saturday evening, according to the Sevierville Police Department.

Area lakes and pools have certainly been busy so far this weekend, with more people trying to keep cool in these stifling temperatures.

The Sevier County business "Old Time Pottery" opened its doors for the first time Saturday since a fire damaged the building three years ago.

The East Tennessee Historical Society presented awards of excellence May 8 during its annual meeting at the East Tennessee History Center.

Children in the care of the city council are to receive a new book every month until they are five under a scheme devised by Dolly Parton.

Businesses in Sevier County are getting ready for a busy Memorial Day weekend. Many hotels in the area are reporting higher than anticipated bookings.

Developers in Sevier County are pushing for a new multimillion dollar baseball complex in Sevierville.

A Sevier County man has been sentenced to nearly three decades in prison for a series of sexual assaults.

A chancery court judge ruled Thursday that Shelley Breeding is not a Knox County resident and therefore cannot run for office in the county.

Five people are facing charges after undercover agents busted a suspected meth lab Wednesday night at a Lenoir City home with five children inside.

A Sevier County business, which has been closed for more than three years has reopened, bringing up to 100 new jobs to the area.

Former Sevier County Clerk Joe Keener entered a guilty plea Wednesday morning in Sevier County Circuit Court to charges of theft and official misconduct.

A New Jersey man charged in a foiled plot to help Tennessee's only female death row inmate escape is accused of trying to orchestrate a mortgage scam in the Garden State.

Former Sevier County Clerk Joe Keener faces charges of theft over $60,000 and official misconduct stemming from an investigation into missing money in the county clerk's office.

Families of Tuckalechee Cove had connections not only to Cades Cove, but to the north end of the Park as well.

Ronald McDaniel, who is now a quadriplegic and lives in a long-term care facility in Kingsport, filed the $225 million lawsuit in federal court April 30.

A federal jury on Friday convicted a Sevierville title attorney and Pigeon Forge cabin developer in a $6 million mortgage fraud scheme.

After a two-week trial, the fate of a Sevierville title attorney and a Sevier County real estate developer accused in $6 million fraudulent loan scheme will be in the hands of a federal jury today.

A Family Fun Day will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 2, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant, 240 Apple Valley Road, Sevierville.