Tag: Sevierville

Sevierville Police Department Announces Participation in ‘No-Shave November’ to Raise Cancer Awareness

Kaitlin Housler

The City of Sevierville Police Department (SPD) announced this week that it would participate in the national No-Shave November program. SPD is extending its participation in the national program to include October.

No-Shave November is a ”web-based, non-profit organization devoted to growing cancer awareness and raising funds to support cancer prevention, research, and education,” according to its website. No-Shave November is a “month-long journey during which participants forgo shaving and grooming in order to evoke conversation and raise cancer awareness.”

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Sevierville Police Department to Increase Impaired-Driving Enforcement Beginning August 17

Kaitlin Housler

The City of Sevierville announced in a press release that the Sevierville Police Department (SPD) is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) for its “Booze It and Lose It” campaign from August 17th to September 5th, surrounding the Labor Day holiday.

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Staff Sgt. Celia Riffey from Sevierville Makes History as First Female to Win Tennessee National Guard Shooting Competition

Kaitlin Housler

Staff Sgt. Celia Riffey, a military police Soldier with the 252nd Military Police Company and native of Sevierville, became the first female in Tennessee history to ever place first at the Tennessee National Guard’s annual Adjutant General Rifle Match, the Tennessee Department of Military announced Thursday in a press release.

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Sevierville SWAT Team Assists in Conducting Drug Operation That Resulted in 11 Arrests

Kaitlin Housler

Several law enforcement departments cooperated in a pre-planned operation on Friday, March 18th in Sevierville which resulted in the arrests of eleven individuals, according to a press release by the Sevierville Police Department (SPD).

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Largest Treehouse Resort in the World Is Coming to the Smoky Mountains

Kaitlin Housler

The largest treehouse resort in the world is coming soon to the Smoky Mountain area of East Tennessee. The Sanctuary Treehouse Resort will be the world’s largest resort of its kind, situated on 40 acres in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, according to the resort’s owners.

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