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Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Trillium Gap Trail will be temporarily closed through Thursday, July 11, due to hazardous trail conditions. The area received heavy rainfall over the last couple of weeks causing extremely slippery, muddy conditions on the trail surface undergoing rehabilitation. “The safety of our visitors and staff is our highest priority,” said Park Trails ...

Alcatraz East Crime Museum offers special summer displays, including sexual assault crimes involving the USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar, and the 25th anniversary of Nicole Brown Simpson’s murder. This summer Alcatraz East Crime Museum continues to roll out new things for visitors. There will be two special displays, both aimed at providing visitors with information about headline-grabbing cases ...

Local law enforcement set out before dawn on Tuesday to round up suspected drug dealers in the culmination of a six-month undercover drug operation. A Sevier County Grand Jury last week indicted 51 suspects as a result of a six-month undercover drug operation by the Sevier County Street Crimes Unit, a multi-agency task force Officers from participating agencies gathered in ...

Dolly Parton, wearing a sparkling pirate costume, delighted guests and answered questions from the deck of a ship on the set of Pirates Voyage in Pigeon Forge to officially kick off the opening of the new dinner show. The swashbuckling adventure that is Pirates Voyage in Pigeon Forge officially opened during a mid-day media event Friday, with Dolly on hand ...

The man who shot two people and then killed himself at Tanger Outlets in Sevierville was a felon prohibited from possessing a handgun and suffered from mental health issues, the investigation by Sevierville Police determined. According to police, 21-year-old Leon Steven Jones, Jr. went to the Tanger Outlet, 1645 Parkway, with his girlfriend to do some shopping on Tuesday, April ...

Sevier County residents and workers may visit Dollywood and Dollywood’s Splash Country for only a $5 donation during Sevier County Days at Dollywood Parks. Dolly invites everyone who lives and works in Sevier County to enjoy free admission with a $5 donation per person to benefit Sevier County Food Ministries, a voluntary interfaith ministry that provides essential food assistance to ...

Murdered 25 years ago this June, Nicole Brown Simpson would have celebrated her 60th birthday on May 19, 2019. In her memory, Alcatraz East Crime Museum is turning the focus on domestic violence, offering a temporary exhibit dedicated to who Nicole was as a daughter, sister, and mother, and the devastating impact of domestic violence. The exhibit will open on May ...

A man allegedly used a gun in the robbery the Family Dollar store in Kodak on Friday, the second armed robbery of a Winfield Dunn Parkway business in two days. According to the Sevierville Police Department, a man reportedly entered the Family Dollar, located in the Food City shopping center at 2946 Winfield Dunn Parkway in Kodak, about 3:30 p.m. ...

Dave & Buster’s will open to the public on Monday, April 29, in the Millers Landing shopping center across from the Tanger Outlets in Sevierville, bringing an all-new reason to visit the popular destination. The restaurant and entertainment hub will feature 40,000 square-feet of arcade games, premium sports viewing and delicious food and drink offerings. It will be the third ...

Sevierville police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a convenience store at gunpoint on Thursday night. Sevierville police officers responded to an armed robbery of Shell Fastop, located at 1855 Winfield Dunn Parkway (Highway 66) in Sevierville, reported just after 10 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2019. “A store employee stated that a man entered the store brandishing ...