Tennessee lawmakers this week announced legislation aimed at making adoption and foster care easier, cheaper and faster in the state of Tennessee. The legislation presented seeks to make many improvements such as removing red...
A Woman had the catalytic converter stolen off her vehicle in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon. The incident happened while the 60 year old woman was at the Healthstar Physicians office in the Newport Town...
A man is in jail after he threatened to kill a woman Wednesday afternoon. Police responded to a home on 5th Street where the resident stated that 45 year old Carroll Edward Graham had...
Newport police responded to an automobile accident Wednesday evening in front of the Marathon station on Cosby Highway. Police spoke with one of the drivers who stated that her ex-boyfriend was a passenger in...
A man has a warrant out for his arrest after he purchased a chainsaw through false pretenses. A woman called police this week and told them that her nephew had gone to Cocke County...
State Representative for the 11th district, Jeremy Faison, has introduced legislation in the Tennessee house that would allow lane splitting by motorcycles. What that means is Faison’s bill would permit two-wheeled motorcycles to “travel...
The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office has conducted “Operation Triple Threat”. Thursday, February 2, the Cocke County Sheriff’s office along with assistance from the Newport Police Department, DEA, and the Joint Swat team from Jefferson...
Two Dandridge police officers are being hailed as heroes and received letters of commendation on Tuesday. Dandridge police chief Carson Williams says on January 5 at approximately 2:43am officers were dispatched to a possible...
The MEDIC Regional Blood Centers Board of Directors has announced Alan Watson as their new President and Chief Executive Officer. Watson has spent 30 years in healthcare administration, most recently serving as the Interim...
Two people were arrested Saturday night in Newport after being stopped for having the wrong tags on the wrong vehicle. The vehicle in question was a red Buick, but the tag on it was...
