The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is looking for some help and some Cocke County residents might be able to assist. The park is seeking help to identify and document former homesite locations in...
Some great news for Cocke County was announced on Tuesday. Governor Bill Lee revealed that nearly $8 million in grant money was being awarded from The Site Development Grant program, which is part of...
Newport police were called to the Love’s Travel Center shortly before midnight Tuesday night. Stephanie Butler told police she owns a semi-truck and hired 49 year old Robert Worboys to drive but she recently...
Police were dispatched to Wal-Mart in Newport Tuesday afternoon after someone tried to steal…diapers. Loss prevention told police they observed two females attempt to push merchandise out the front door without payment. Loss prevention...
Tuesday afternoon, Cocke County police pulled over a vehicle that failed to stop at the intersection of Morrell Springs Road and Lincoln Avenue next to Union Cemetery. The driver was 37 year old Joseph...
Early Wednesday police were called to Hedrick Drive in Newport about an unconscious male laying in the grass. The man was 43 year old Jason McMahan…he was sweating profusely, and had slow and shallow...
Emergency responders descended on the Carson Springs area yesterday afternoon…they were looking for a missing child. All volunteer fire departments in the county sent help…in fact according to Cocke County Emergency Management Director Joe...
A Newport man reported to police that he had his medication stolen over the weekend. David Wilson stated that he had gotten a prescription bottle filled of Oxycodone last week and had taken 3...
Police on Monday attempted a traffic stop on Nutmeg street in Newport on a car with a loud muffler. That vehicle did a U-turn in front of police and took off at a high...
A man was arrested Monday morning in Newport for assaulting a woman. Police responded to a room at the Best Western hotel in Newport. 65 year old James Turner told officers he and his...
