GATLINBURG – Great Smoky Mountains National Park managers have announced plans to rehabilitate the 11-mile Cades Cove Loop Road in the spring of 2010. Due to the limitations on work processes posed by the narrow, single lane historic road the Park plans to close the road to all use from Mar. 1 through May 21, [...]
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Blount County Sheriff James L. Berrong said today Tracy Lynn Fox, of Sevier County was located early Sunday morning in Chattanooga. Fox was in possession of a 2009 Dodge Caliber SUV belonging to Wanda Britt, a missing female out of Knox County since Friday, and is a person of interest in [...]
MARYVILLE – Blount County Sheriff James L. Berrong is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a person of interest that may be linked to a woman who was reported missing out of Knox County Friday. The Sheriff’s Office, along with the Knox and Sevier County Sheriff’s Offices’, are seeking to locate Tracy Lyn [...]
Bill expands rules to cover cemeteries SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) is pleased to support The Bereaved Consumer’s Bill of Rights Act of 2009, introduced as HR 3655 by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.). The bill sets national standards for the protection of funeral and cemetery consumers — a goal FCA’s federation of [...]
GATLINBURG – Great Smoky Mountains National Park plans to close the Foothills Parkway East in Cocke County, Tenn. from I-40 to Cosby, overnight on Tuesday Sept. 22 and Wednesday Sept. 23. Closures will begin at 8 p.m. both nights with the road re-opened by 7 a.m. the folowing day. The closure is being imposed [...]
TOWNSEND – Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont will be celebrating 40 years of connecting people and nature on Sept. 20th, 2009 with their 4th Annual Homecoming dinner. The dinner will take place on Tremont’s campus from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and include dinner, entertainment, and hands-on activities with Tremont staff. The cost for [...]
Presented by The Passion Play in the Smokies at the Passion Play Amphitheater TOWNSEND – Crown of Thorns Ministries, which annually presents The Passion Play in the Smokies, invites the community to join us for the third annual event of Jerusalem Experience on Saturday, Sept. 19th, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., at the Passion [...]
MARYVILLE – Blount County Sheriff James L. Berrong said that a 19-year-old Maryville man was charged today with two counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor following a joint investigation with the Maryville Police Department. Robert Ray Johnson, 19, McGhee Street, Maryville, is being [...]
Timeless story of Jesus Christ staged in outdoor amphitheater TOWNSEND – The popular Passion Play in the Smokies will begin its 2009 fall season on Friday, Sept. 11, and Saturday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. each evening during the run. There will be a preshow concert each night of the Play from 6:30 until 7:15 [...]