Author: jock

If you normally apply for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, you will be able to do so this year as well. However, you’ll have to wait a little longer than normal. The Douglas...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of an inmate that died after an altercation in the Sevier County Jail. Gary Dewayne Stiltner II was the inmate injured in the fight in...

Cocke County is coming together to celebrate resilience one year after Hurricane Helene with 2 special events First up, Shine on Newport, Friday September 26, from 5 to 10pm in Historic Downtown Newport. It’s...

The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division, working with the Newport/Cocke County Joint SWAT Team and the Criminal Investigations Division, executed a narcotics search warrant Friday at a Newport residence. The warrant was carried...

Newport Police are investigating a counterfeit cash case reported at the CVS on Cosby Highway. Patrolman Hunter Strom says store management reported that on September 4th, a man purchased a $450 prepaid card using...

A high-speed chase on Cosby Highway ended with a crash and an arrest in Cocke County on Saturday, September 6th. Officer Dallas Cotter reports clocking a gray Dodge Charger at 70 miles per hour...

A Cocke County man is facing multiple charges following a traffic stop in Newport on Friday, September 5th. Officer Justin Shelton reports spotting a green Chevy truck leaving a home on Mulberry Street known...

Cocke County Sheriff CJ Ball announced on Friday that Cocke County once again has a jail that has been certified by the state. The jail though is not in Cocke County, it is the...

The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration has now opened an investigation into the death of a Sevier county lifeguard. 21-year old Colden Riner fell into the pool at the Resort at Governor’s Crossing...