Located at the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, Pigeon Forge is a popular stop for tourists visiting Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg and other local attractions.
Singer Ed Hill and bassist Norbert Putnam were honored. The first at the Southern Gospel Hall Of Fame, the latterv will be honored at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
The Comedy Barn Theater's Miss Ellie, one of 12 semi-finalists in the All-American Dog Food Pet Brand Cutest Dog Competition, didn't get selected as one of the final four finalists in the contest, but she did raise $25,500 for the Sevier County Humane Society.
Hurricane Ida brought a lot of rain to Eastern Tennessee on Tuesday. Many of the mountain creeks and rivers were swollen, some spilling over into roadways.
When you think of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, you might imagine it as as an outdoorsman's paradise with breathtaking views, and probably not as "a national treasure surrounded by a bathtub ring of ugly, unplanned development," as National Geographic Traveler magazine describes the Smokies.
Phillip L. Hammock, 38, surrendered to authorities after a three day manhunt. Police said that Hammock last week led them on a long chase in a stolen truck in Townsend that authorities feared would end near Townsend Elementary School.
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