Author: jock

he Newport City Council met in regular session last night for the month of May. One of the big items on their agenda was to get the results of their annual audit. This audit...

Make sure you fasten your seat belt before you drive, otherwise you could be a little lighter in the wallet. The Newport Police Department says they are partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office...

An infant is dead in Greene County. According to a release from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, a four day old baby is dead after being bitten by a dog. The sheriff’s press release...

The man accused of robbing the downtown branch of the Newport Federal Bank back in March is now back in Tennessee. Jeremiah Senter was arrested in Los Angeles on March 28, six days after...

Cocke County deputies were called out to an address on Highway 25E Monday morning for a drive-by shooting. the victim, Jeffrey Stokely, showed deputies video of a white 2015 Nissan van driving by his...

We know a little more information about that Swift Water Rescue that was conducted on the Pigeon River last week in Cocke County. This was on Hartford Road near the intersection with Lindsey Gap...

A Cocke County man was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault after an incident last week. The victim stated that her husband, 51 year old Eric Dunn had gotten upset with her over a...

Newport police are on the lookout for a stolen Caterpillar…a $42,000 Caterpillar. Police were called out Saturday to a lot on Sequoyah Drive where Tommy Turner told Sgt. Justin Vinson that he had parked...

If you shopped at the Food city location in Gatlinburg recently, you need to watch your bank or credit card statements closely. Food City says that three of their stores were recently hit by...

A Newport woman alerted police this week that she had been the victim of theft with her EBT card. The woman told Newport police that her EBT card had two charges on it that...