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What do you get when you give young people the opportunity to develop their photography and baking skills? You get over 200 4-H members participating in the annual County 4-H Photography and Baking Contest. Regina Starkey, local professional photographer, of Honeysuckle Hills, judged the photography contest. Award ribbons and plaques are sponsored by Pigeon Forge Rotary Club. Olivia Browning’s image ...

Join the Sevierville Police Department on Saturday in an effort to keep your children as safe as possible while riding in a car by having child car seats inspected. The City of Sevierville Police Department has scheduled a Child Car Safety Seat Inspection from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Cash One, 741 Dolly Parton ...

Pigeon Forge’s newest attraction offers two wet and slippery attractions, one dry activity, and it plans to add two more adventures this summer. It is Outdoor Gravity Park, a new business on the former Zorb site that features the New Zealand iconic OGO adventure and the spinning-in-place Fishpipe. The OGO is a plastic sphere 11 feet in diameter, with a ...

Sevier County was well represented at the 68th annual Tennessee 4-H Congress held March 22-25, 2015. 4-H Congress gives 4-H’ers the opportunity to learn about the day-to-day functioning of state government by assuming the roles of state representatives and senators. Since it’s beginning in 1948, 4-H Congress has given some 37,000 4-H’ers and volunteer leaders firsthand experience in state government. ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park joins parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched Monday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in ...

Join the Sevierville Fire Department on Saturday in an effort to keep children as safe as possible while riding in a car by having child car seats inspected. The City of Sevierville Fire Department has scheduled a Child Car Safety Seat Inspection from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the Main Station, 122 Prince St. in downtown Sevierville. ...

People across East Tennessee will come together with Louise Mandrell to honor Pigeon Forge City Manager Earlene Teaster for her leadership and community spirit when the Boy Scouts of America recognize her with the Sevier County Good Scout Award on March 24, 2015. The occasion is the Fifth Annual Sevier County Good Scout Award Dinner that benefits the Sequoyah District ...

Encore Championships, a cheer and dance competition, will take place at the Sevierville Convention Center this weekend. Sevierville Convention Center staff gathered early Friday morning to begin prep work as they assist production crews in transforming 126,852 square feet into a stage for the performing arts, preparing for over 300 cheer and dance teams to compete in the Encore Championships ...

Tennessee State Bank is partnering with the King Family Public Library, and UT Extension to sponsor the 2015 Piggy Bank Pageant, a unique handmade “Piggy Bank” contest to teach kids about saving money. How do you teach financial responsibility with empty plastic bottles, paint and feathers? These are just a few of the materials that students across Sevier County may ...

The City of Sevierville Department of Parks and Recreation announces that registration for Smoky Mountain Youth Baseball Association league play is still being accepted. Parents may register their children at the Sevierville Community Center during normal operating hours, or this Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the concession pavilion at Sevierville City Park. The registration ...