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Decreased COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Prompt Mask Order Extension

Decreased COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Prompt Mask Order Extension

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters extended the mask order for a second time on Friday, citing a reduction in cases and hospitalizations. Waters signed Executive Order 34 on August 29, 2020, with support from city leaders, requiring face coverings be worn by residents, employees and visitors to Sevier County through September 30. Executive Order 34 extends Executive Order 23, which ...

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Bicyclist Fatality in Cades Cove

North Carolina Man Dies in Cades Cove Bicycle Accident

North Carolina Man Dies in Cades Cove Bicycle Accident Park officials say a man died as a result of a single-bicycle accident on Sunday in Cades Cove. Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers responded to a report of a bicycle accident in Cades Cove at 10:58 a.m. on Sunday, August 16, 2020. The cyclist, 60-year-old Harold D. Pardue from Elkin, N.C., suffered ...

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Sevier County Man Faces Murder Charge in Shooting Death of Wife

Sevier County Man Faces Murder Charge in Shooting Death of Wife

The husband of a woman shot earlier this month has been charged in connection with her death. Officers responded to a 911 call about 8 a.m. on August 2, 2010, from a residence on River Divide Road, reporting that a woman had been shot. Upon arrival they found 73-year-old Sue Ella Gibson suffering from a gunshot would. An ambulance transported ...

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Alcatraz East Commemorates Women’s Suffrage Amendment Anniversary

Alcatraz East Commemorates Women's Suffrage Amendment Anniversary

Visitors can learn about the women’s suffrage movement and Tennessee’s role in a pop-up display in the lobby of Alcatraz East Crime Museum. August 18, 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. By decriminalizing the actions of women across the country that had been attempting to vote, this constitutional amendment was a significant moment in our legal history. ...

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Tennessee Requesting FEMA Grant to Pay $300 Unemployment Benefit

Tennessee Requesting FEMA Grant to Pay $300 Unemployment Benefit

The state of Tennessee will submit its application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to receive grant funding to pay an additional weekly unemployment benefit to claimants who meet the eligibility requirements of the Lost Wages Supplemental Payment Assistance program (LWA). If approved, the grant will fund a $300 weekly payment. This new LWA payment is in addition to the ...

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South Carolina Man Charged with Kidnapping Woman in Pigeon Forge

South Carolina Man Charged with Kidnapping Woman in Pigeon Forge

Authorities arrested a man Friday morning after he allegedly kidnapped a woman in Pigeon Forge. Officers from the Sevierville Police Department responded to a 911 call about 10:30 a.m. on August 7, 2020 from a woman who stated that a man got into got into her car uninvited in Pigeon Forge, threatened her with a knife and told her to ...

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Two Charged After Dumping Woman’s Body Near Sevier County Church

Two Charged After Dumping Woman's Body Near Sevier County Church

Two people are in custody in connection with a woman’s body found near a rural Sevier County church on Thursday morning. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, the body found August 6, 2020 has been identified as 32-year-old Marissa R. Sutton of 1010 Indian Gap Circle in Sevierville. Investigators believe Sutton died of a drug overdose, but they are ...

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Authorities Investigating Dead Body Found Near Rural Sevier County Church

Authorities Investigating Dead Body Found Near Rural Sevier County Church

The body of an unidentified female was found near a rural Sevier County church early Thursday morning. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to reports of a body near the corner of Boogertown Road and Oldhams Creek Road in Sevierville about 6:45 a.m. on August 6, 2020. Officers and emergency medical services arrived and found the body ...

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Sevier County Election Results August 6, 2020

Sevier County Election Results August 6, 2020

The Sevier County Election Commission released the following unofficial election results for the August 6, 2020 State of Tennessee Republican and Democratic Primaries and Sevier County General Election. For statewide election results, click here.   SEVIER COUNTY AUGUST 6, 2020 TN PRIMARY & COUNTY GENERAL STATISTICS TOTAL VOTES % EARLY VOTE ELECTION DAY ABSENTEE PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 25) 25 100 ...

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Investigators: Vehicle Crossed I-40 Median, Crashed into Oncoming Traffic

Investigators: Vehicle Crossed I-40 Median and Crashed into Oncoming Traffic

One person was killed and three people injured in a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 near exit 407 Saturday that closed the highway down for hours. Officers from the Sevierville Police Department responded to a multi-vehicle crash on I-40 East near exit 407 at about 6:40 p.m. on August 1, 2020. According to SPD Crash Reconstruction Officer Phillip West, the ...

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