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On Wednesday Newport police were dispatched to 111 Court Ave. in Newport (Cocke County Courthouse) with reports of a man passed out behind the wheel of a Gold Nissan Altima in the parking area...

Police in Hamblen County and Morristown have arrested a Talbott man who faces charges of violating his sexual registry. 26 year old David Steven Allen was arrested this week charged with two counts of...

A former bookkeeper within the Greene County school system has been indicted on theft charges. Investigators with the Tennessee Comptroller’s office say that between July 2016 and July 2019…Shenna Waddell who worked as a...

Morristown police early Thursday responded to an address on Court Ave. about a fight in progress. 52 year old Randy Helton stated to police that he had gotten into a confrontation with his two...

The Grainger County Tomato Festival returns this weekend in Rutledge. The 28th annual edition of the popular festival starts tonight at 6:30…then on Saturday everything begins at 9am. Plenty of music plus arts and...

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office has put out an alert to area churches to be aware of catalytic converter thefts. The Sheriff’s Office put out an alert to all Safe Church Task Force Teams...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Department is sponsoring a National Night Out on Tuesday August 3rd. The event will be at the Sevier County Fairgrounds from 5-8 that evening. There will be live music, free...

Kind of a mixed bag in the unemployment numbers for the week ending July 17th. According to the department of labor, Cocke County had 75 new claims…with 211 continued claims. The unemployment rate in...

This week Tennessee officials made it clear that parental consent would have to be given before any Covid vaccinations are given to minor children. Joint Government Operations Committee Chairmen Kerry Roberts and John Ragan...

Newport police called to the Wal-Mart on Thursday concerning a theft report…but not of Wal-Mart. Officer Eli Suggs spoke with Dillon Bales who stated his girlfriend’s coin purse containing approximately $1000.00 cash was stolen...