Author: jock

A man wanted in Sevier County was arrested in Newport Monday after he was caught shoplifting at Love’s Travel Center. Love’s employees told police they had watched as 22 year old Brady Sherman had...

If you have driven up to the gas pump in the last couple days, you have gotten a shock. Gas prices in Newport have jumped up 20-25 cents in just the last few days....

One man was arrested Monday night after an altercation that resulted in an assault charge. The victim told police that her boyfriend, 34 year old Christopher McFalls, had been drinking and was trying to...

Newport police responded to the Motel 6 on Heritage Blvd. over the weekend after three dogs were found locked in a car with the windows rolled up. The dogs also had no food or...

Two individuals are headed to prison for their part in trafficking methamphetamine in East Tennessee, mainly in Greene County. 39 year old Steven Shelton of Greeneville and 45 year old Shannon Crittendon of Mosheim...

Dollywood’s newest resort is getting ready to open this fall. That new resort called HeartSong Lodge and Resort will employ at least 250 employees. So, to fill those positions, Dollywood will be holding several...

Newport police responded early Sunday morning to a report of a man who was missing and had possibly been killed. Family members of 41 year old Richard Carnal told police he had last been...

Unemployment numbers for June were released last week and there was some real good news for Tennessee. The state matched its record for the lowest unemployment rate ever in the state’s history. June’s unemployment...

A Cocke County man was arrested over the weekend after he assaulted another man. 44 year old Robert Tyson of Del Rio told deputies that 69 year old James Johnson had picked up a...

A Greene County man is now in custody in association with the death of a Greene County teenager last December. 16-year-old Danielle Owens has been reported missing by her family on Nov. 17 and...