Thanks to the generosity of Food City, their customers, associates and more, the company presented checks to the Dollywood Foundation My People Fund and the Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Gatlinburg Relief Fund totaling $750,000 to aid fire recovery. “Our company has been privileged to operate in the Sevier County/Gatlinburg area for more than thirty years and we certainly want ...
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Margaritaville Resort, LandShark Restaurant Coming to Gatlinburg
The laidback, welcoming atmosphere of Margaritaville will soon be coming to Gatlinburg as plans for the Margaritaville Resort in the Smokies and LandShark restaurant were announced on Friday. Margaritaburg, LLC, a consortium of local investors, will build Margaritaville Resort in the Smokies at 539 Parkway in Gatlinburg. Developer and restaurateur Bob McManus serves as president of Margaritaburg LLC, affiliates of ...
Read More »Fifty Sevier County Kids Shop with a Cop at Target
Target partnered with Sevier County Law Enforcement Agencies to provide dozens of deserving children with a Christmas Shop With a Cop experience they will likely never forget. The Target store located at 5405 Washington Pike in Knoxville recently reached out to the Sevierville Police Department, asking what they could do to help Sevier County children who have been affected by ...
Read More »Smokies Reopens Some Trails, Lifts Campfire Ban
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials will lift the campfire ban on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. Campfires and open grills have been banned in the backcountry since Nov. 1 and throughout the park and frontcountry areas since Nov.15. Beginning Friday, visitors can have campfires and use grills at established frontcountry and backcountry campsites and picnic areas. Recent rains, along with ...
Read More »Sevierville Police Looking for Man Wanted on Weapons, Drug Charges
Sevierville police are searching for a man who fled the scene of an auto accident Tuesday, leaving behind loaded guns and drugs in the crashed car. A motorist notified police of a single vehicle accident on Old Knoxville Highway at the intersection with Franklin Drive at about 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, reporting that he saw a man ...
Read More »Gatlinburg Relief Fund to Aid Businesses and Employees Affected by Wildfire
Sevier County businesses and their employees impacted by the recent wildfires can begin applying for grants from the Gatlinburg Relief Fund on Tuesday. The Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation first announced it was establishing the fund Dec. 1, just days after wildfires burned through the area, to directly benefit families impacted by the wildfires. SmartBank is managing the fund and ...
Read More »Toy Distribution at Smoky Mountain Opry for Children Impacted by Wildfires
The Smoky Mountain Opry Theater in Pigeon Forge is getting ready for a big toy distribution for all Sevier County children affected by the recent devastating wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountain area. Toys will be provided for every child, and each family will receive a food/snack box. Special guests will be Santa and his elves. The Fee/Hedrick theaters are ...
Read More »Jefferson County Inmates On the Run, Suspects in Sevierville Armed Robbery
Four inmates escaped from the Jefferson County Work House early this morning and two are suspects in an attempted armed robbery of a convenience store in Sevierville. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, four inmates identified as 22-year-old Jimmy Dave Lee Moore, Richard Coty Lorenz, 26, Adam Quinn Lethco, 24, and Matthew Robert Porter, 27, assaulted deputies and escaped ...
Read More »Alcatraz East a Must See for True-Crime and Law Enforcement Enthusiasts
The new crime museum Alcatraz East in Pigeon Forge opens to the public on Friday and we had a sneak peak at the fascinating exhibits. Local officials and special guests celebrated the new crime museum with a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday evening. Pigeon Forge Mayor David Wear joined museum owner, John Morgan, and Chief Operating Officer Janine ...
Read More »Music for the Mountains Concert to Benefit Dolly’s My People Fund
The Musicians of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will be performing Music for the Mountains: a benefit concert to support the Gatlinburg wildfire disaster relief — a musician-organized and led event. The performance will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 at TN Valley Unitarian Universalist Church — 2931 Kingston Pike in Knoxville. The musicians are volunteering their ...
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