The Smoky Mountain Children’s Home has been “The Voice for Hurting Children” for over 90 years.  In honor of this special 90th Anniversary Year, The Home plans to promote awareness, volunteer opportunities, and donations through a series of events and promotions.  The Smoky Mountain Children’s Home has been helping children in need continuously for almost a century.  The Smoky Mountain Children’s Home exists because of the help and support of   Read More ...

May 27, 2010 – This Memorial Day honor those who have died in our nation’s service. EAST TENNESSEE VETERANS MEMORIAL There will be a Memorial Day Remembrance at the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial at the World’s Fair Park starting at 10 a.m. at Memorial Plaza. At the conclusion of the program The East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association will conduct a reading of all the of the East Tennessee fallen warriors   Read More ...

13 Exciting Wednesday Nights Wednesday Nights Starting June 9th – September 1st at 7pm Looking for something to do this summer? Are all your favorite shows in reruns?  Need something to break up your week?  Join us for Wednesday Nights at The Gathering.  I want you to invest in yourself and your family.  We at The Gathering don’t want the trees, grass, and flowers to be the only things growing…   Read More ...

May 26, 2010 – Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and Police Chief Sterling Owen announced traffic enforcement plans for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Traffic enforcement efforts will begin at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 28, 2010, and conclude at Midnight on Monday, May 31, 2010. Chief Owen said the department will utilize directed and saturation patrols to target problem areas. Interstates 640, 40, 75 and 275 as well as the   Read More ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced new completion dates for several construction projects that are underway to improve park roads and facilities. Severe winter weather conditions and delays in awarding certain contracts have resulted in revised work schedules and opening dates for some of these projects. Many rehabilitation projects, with funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and previously-authorized Federal Lands Highway Program funds, are underway or   Read More ...

May 26, 2010 – City of Knoxville offices will be closed on Monday, May 31, for Memorial Day. Waste Connections, the city’s household garbage collector, will run its normal schedule on Monday, May 31. Downtown trash collection will pick up garbage on its regular schedule on Monday, May 31. The city’s recycling centers will be open on Monday. The city’s Solid Waste Management Facility, located at 1033 Elm Street, will   Read More ...

LeConte Sports Medicine will hold pre-participation screenings for any Sevier County high school athletes who have not yet completed the screening on Thursday, May 27, 2010, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Thursday’s screenings will be held at Sevier County High School (enter through the main entrance to the High School). The cost for the screening is $10. The pre-participation screening is required for any high school student participating in school   Read More ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced that the Elkmont entrance road will be closed to motor vehicles and pedestrian use every night from at 5:00 p.m. until midnight, June 5-13, except to registered campers staying at the Elkmont Campground.  The closure is to accommodate transportation service for visitors planning to spend the evening viewing the natural-occurring, synchronous firefly beetles at Elkmont. The City of Gatlinburg, in partnership with   Read More ...

KODAK, Tenn. – The Tennessee Smokies made it back-to-back weeks as OF Ty Wright was named this afternoon by the Southern League as its “Hitter of the Week,” for the week of May 17-23. The award is the second league award won by a Smokies player in as many weeks, and Wright’s first as a member of the Smokies. Wright went on a power surge this past week. His grand   Read More ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced that the Elkmont entrance road will be closed to motor vehicles and pedestrian use every night from 5:00 p.m. until midnight, June 5-13, except to registered campers staying at the Elkmont Campground.  The closure is to accommodate transportation service for visitors planning to spend the evening viewing the natural-occurring, synchronous firefly beetles at Elkmont. The City of Gatlinburg, in partnership with the   Read More ...