The Cocke County Sheriff’s office along with the Newport Police Department and the ATF have closed down what the sheriff’s calls the “Stairway To Heroin”. Thursday morning, law enforcement exsecuted a narcotics search warrant...
There have been a rash of EBT Card thefts lately in Cocke County. Benefit Recipients are seeing their EBT card used in locations like New York City, New York State and earlier this week,...
Wednesday, the Cocke County Sheriff’s office Criminal Investigation Division executed a search warrant at a home on Morgan Road, Newport, in relation to multiple investigations of stolen property. While searching the residence 37 year...
The paper mill in Canton, NC is now closed, but the problems it caused for the Pigeon River remained last month. The Pactiv Evergreen Paper Mill began winding down its operations for good at...
The EBT card information from residents in Cocke County being used in New York continues. On Monday, 55 year old Carl Roberts of Newport told police that on Friday, July 7 he checked the...
A Newport man is in jail after nearly running over a police officer Monday. The Cocke County Sheriff’s office was looking for 40 year old Travis Caughron who had two active warrants for his...
A warrant has been issued in Cocke County for the arrest of a woman from Greeneville. Cocke County deputies were called to a home on Dark Hollow Road in Cosby Monday night after a...
The TBI’s report on crime in 2022 has been released and there is good news regarding violent crime. That includes murder, rape and kidnapping. All three of those crimes saw a double digit decrease...
The Cocke County High School has announced the first day of school for the 2023-2024 school year. School will start this year on August 1st, which is a Tuesday…That’s just three weeks from today....
Cocke County deputies were called around midnight Friday might in reference to a man who had been stabbed. A nurse at Newport Medical Center told sheriff’s deputies that 32 year old Jacob Henry had...