Author: jock

Police Looking For iPhone Thief

Police in Newport are looking for a black man driving a 2010 silver Toyota Avalon. The man is the suspect in a theft of two iPhones from Wal-Mart on Cosby Hwy on Saturday. According...

GSMNP Fee Free Day This Friday

Get ready to enjoy the Great Smoky Mountains National Park…for free. Entrance into the park is still free, but back in March the national park insituted a parking pass policy. That policy requires all...

Grocery Tax Holiday Begins Aug. 1

Many of you enjoyed the sales tax free weeknd over this past weekend. I can tell you first hand the Tanger Outlet Mall in Sevierville, that’s the green roof mall, that area was packed...

Cocke County SRO’s At Safety Summit

Cocke County and Newport School Resource Officers are attending a training seminar this week in Gatlinburg. The annual SRO school safety summit is being held at the Gatlinburg Conference Center. The training began yesterday...