A Dandridge man has been arrested on federal charges relating to the incident at the US Capital building on January 6, 2021. The United States Justice Department announced that 51 year old Bart Gore...
Sean Williams will be back in East Tennessee next week. Williams is due in court next Thursday, December 21 for a hearing that was originally scheduled for October 18. However, that is the day...
Cocke County deputies responded to a home on LaFollete Road in Parrottsville after a woman was assaulted by her boyfriend. Witnesses told deputies that 24 year old Wesley Turner was arguing with his 20...
A Jefferson County student is in custody after threatening a group of students. Jefferson County aiuthorities say they were called to the Patriot Academy on W. Dumplin Valley Rd in Dandridge around 11:15 Thursday...
Someone vandalized a local church this week. Gary Holt with the Liberty Hill Baptist Church near Bybee called the sheriff’s office to the church this week. It seems someone stapled posters of pornographic material...
Two Hamblen County museums got a Christmas present a little early today in the form of nearly $60,000 in state grants. State Representatives Jeremy Faison and Rick Eldridge announced this morning that the Lakeway...
The National Park Service has announced the days in 2024 that there will be no fee to park in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On most days, you need to purchase a parking...
The City of Newport has found their new police chief, and they did not have to look far to find him. After interviewing seven candidates for the job, the city council officially hired Deputy...
The Cocke County Sheriff’s office responded early Monday morning after someone threw Molotov cocktails into a residence. The victims, who live on Hwy 160 between Newport & Bybee stated they awoke shortly after 3...
Even though we saw quite a bit of rain over the weekend, the Black Bear Fire burning along the state line is still not 100% contained. The US Forest Service says that the fire...