Sevier County News

Prosecutors have dropped the kidnapping and rape charges against the man accused of abducting a woman in Atlanta and taking her to a Seveir County, according to the office of Defense Attorney Don Bosch.

A stripper who accused a man of kidnapping and rape says she is upset charges against David Jansen were dropped.

Tennessee prosecutors dropped charges Thursday against a Georgia man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in a remote mountain cabin, saying they doubted her credibility after her apparent rescue by a quick-thinking pizza deliveryman.

David Jansen, who was accused of kidnapping a woman in Georgia and bringing her to Sevier County, will no longer face charges.

SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. a ' An East Tennessee judge has sentenced the convicted sex offender who attempted to fake his own dead in North Carolina.

Deeming it "necessary to protect society," a Sevier County judge stacked up Kevin Allen Gentry's sentences on child sex-related charges to maximize the time he will spend in a Tennessee prison.

Wednesday, Sevier County's sales tax increases by .25 percent, after an April voter referendum approved the bump.

The 2009 Sevier County audit is out and the report results show the county is having many of the same problems that arose in last year's audit.

Bill Taylor, a middle school teacher in Sevier County, is the 2009 recipient of the Marian E. Oates Teacher Enrichment Award from the University of Tennessee.

If you want to get to Marian E. Oates' home, the directions are simple: Go to Sevier County to the foot of Bluff Mountain and turn up.

The Dean's List for the 2009 spring semester was announced recently by administrators of Maryville College, and 15 students from Sevier County were among those meeting requirements for the academic distinction.

A motorcycle crash claimed the life of a Sevierville man and injured another in Sevier County Thursday night.

Troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol this morning are investigating a fatal crash in Jefferson County on State Route 139 near the Sevier County line.

Some people are under the mistaken impression that it is impossible to find good Italian food outside of Italy, an Italian grandmother's kitchen or New York.

A man who's charged with the aggravated robbery of a Sevierville coin shop is also under investigation for numerous cabin robberies in Sevier County.

Walters State Community College's Office of Continuing Education plans several new courses this summer at the Sevier County Campus.

Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals is under investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, officials say Tuesday.

By News Sentinel staff Originally published 02:33 p.m., June 15, 2009 Updated 02:33 p.m., June 15, 2009 Sevier County Sheriff's Office Items seized in the Kodak meth lab bust on Saturday, June 13.

As tourist season gets started in Sevier County, I want to offer a traffic tip. About 3 years ago the city of Sevierville instituted a new traffic pattern downtown.

The quick thinking pizza delivery man credited by police for foiling an alleged abduction and rape has been arrested on domestic assault charges.