A man was shot in Sevierville last week and authorities are searching for the shooter. Detectives with the Sevierville Police Department are asking the public to come forward with any information about a shooting that reportedly occurred about 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 near the Country Meadows neighborhood. The department said officers responded to LeConte Medical Center after ...

Two students at Seymour Junior High have been charged with harassment after they allegedly threatened other students. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office was notified of alleged threats made by students on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 toward other students at Seymour Junior High School. Officers responded to the school and called investigators to look into the threats. Two male students, age ...

A man illegally hunting ginseng last year in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park died as a result of methamphetamine overdose, not a bear attack. 30-year-old William Lee Hill, Jr., of Louisville, Tenn., and his companion Joshua Morgan split up shortly after they allegedly entered the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to illegally harvest ginseng in the area off Rich ...

Hill’s Pet Nutrition has issued a Science Diet dog food recall of select canned dog food products due to potentially elevated levels of vitamin D. Hill’s Pet Nutrition says it learned of the potential for elevated vitamin D levels in some canned dog foods after receiving a complaint in the United States about a dog exhibiting signs of elevated vitamin ...

Authorities say a man wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Cash Express in Seymour on Tuesday has been taken into custody after leading officers on a chase down Chapman Highway. A chase from Sevier County to Knox County that had local social media buzzing Wednesday afternoon has ended in the arrest of 29-year-old Jordan Lynn James, of ...

The Cash Express in Seymour was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday afternoon and authorities are still searching for the perpetrator. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says a call came in at 2:42 p.m. on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 reporting an armed robbery of the Cash Express located at 10718 Chapman Highway in Seymour. The clerk told responding officers that a ...

A Sevier County Grand Jury has indicted a woman for the murder of an elderly man in Sevierville last month. According to investigators, 38-year-old Krista Faye Owens, of Sevierville, allegedly shot Billy Joe Huskey, 75, inside his home on December 10, 2018. An unidentified female who was inside the home during the shooting fled to a neighbor’s home and called ...

In an effort to give Sevier County Food Ministries a little more help this winter, another Dollywood Sevier County Days special has been announced. Sevier County residents and workers may celebrate the season and view millions of Christmas lights at Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas for only a $5 donation during Dollywood Sevier County Days running Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 – ...

Authorities say a fisherman died after falling overboard at Douglas Lake on Thursday. According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, a call came in about 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 13, 2018 reporting that a boat was adrift and a fisherman missing near the Dandridge Access Area of Douglas Lake. A TWRA boating investigator utilized a Remote Operated Vehicle and located ...

Authorities say a person of interest is in custody after an elderly man was found shot inside his Sevier County home. According the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, 911 dispatch received a call from a location on Bob Hollow Road just after 3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 stating a person had been shot. Sheriff’s department officers responded, assisted by ...