REAL ID Is Coming
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security is reminding residents of the state of an important deadline coming up in six months. The REAL ID Act of 2005, requires anyone 18 years old...
CCHS To Celebrate Veterans
Monday is Veterans Day, November 11. Banks will be closed and there will be no postal delivery that day. The Cocke County High School though will be busy as they will be having their...
FEMA Seeking Properties To Lease For Flood Victims
In their quest to find lodging for those who have been displaced due to the recent flood, FEMA is now looking for owners or property-management companies that would be interested in leasing their properties...
Two Neighboring Communities Say Yes To Liquor
Two Jefferson County cities are now going to get something they haven’t had in the past, liquor stores. Both White Pine and Dandridge passed referendums that were on the November 5 ballot to allow...
NCDOT Hopes To Have I-40 Reopened By New Years Day
Some good news for travelers. The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday that they are expecting to have traffic flowing on Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge again by New Years’...
Construction Equipment Vandalized
The Cocke County Sheriff’s office is investigating a rather large theft. Venture Contracting Excavating of Parrottsville told the sheriff’s office they were working at the site on Timber Trail in Newport on Wednesday October...
Driver Charged With Kidnaping And Reckless Endangerment
Three people escaped safely after a man tried to evade police with the three others in the vehicle, two of them being juveniles. Police say they spotted a 1997 Jeep heading southbound on Cosby...
Mock Election Results
Election Day is next Tuesday, November 5, but for some students in Tennessee, the election was held last week and the republicans are probably hoping the results for Tuesday will mirror what the students...
City Of Newport Resuming Removal Of Debris
The City of Newport will be resuming removal of debris caused by Hurricane Helene starting Monday, November 4th. The debris removal will continue for approximately 2 weeks. The Newport Street Department will start picking...
TBI Investigating Shooting
The TBI is investigating an officer involved shooting that happened Friday morning in Cocke County. According top the preliminary report by the TBI, around 1am Friday morning, Cocke County deputies spotted a vehicle that...