Painting Across The GSMNP

For the second year in a row, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is inviting the public to watch 20 nationally acclaimed artists paint in open air across the park starting on Sunday, September...

Man Electrocuted Near WSCC In Tazewell

A scary situation near the Walters State campus in Claiborne County Thursday. A man was electrocuted behind the school’s campus in Tazewell. The police department in Tazewell says that the 23-year-old male victim, was...

Cocke County Unemployment Rates Drops Again

Last week unemployment numbers were released for Tennessee and it showed the state’s unemployment rate staying at an historical low of 3.1%. Individual county numbers were released on Thursday and that data showed that...

Three Arrested On Drug Charges

Three people were arrested in a minivan near the Newport Animal Control office Wednesday night. The maroon minivan was suspected of being involved in a hit and run crash near the city park. An...

Break-In At Taco Bell

Newport police are looking to identify two thieves that broke into the Taco Bell in Newport early Wednesday morning. According to the police report, around 5:30 am, two unknown suspects with hoodies and makes...

Woman Arrested After Shot Fired

Cocke County deputies were dispatched Wednesday to an address on east Hwy 25-70 after a man was afraid his wife had shot herself. Steven Drenth told deputies that he and his wife Brenda had...