Man Holds Sister-In-Law Against Her Will
Cocke County deputies responded to a home on High Point Road in Newport Wednesday morning (May 24), after a call that a man was holding a woman against her will in that home. Lisa...
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Officer Involved Shooting
The TBI is investigating an officer involved shooting with the Cocke County Sheriff’s office. According to the TBI’s preliminary investigation, the incident happened around 5pm Tuesday when a Parrottsville Police officer and a Cocke...
CCSO Investigating Stabbing
The Cocke County Sheriff’s office is investigating a stabbing that allegedly took place on Hwy 160. Late Saturday night Cocke County dispatch was contacted by the Morristown Hamblen Hospital Emergency Room that they were...
Warrants Issued For Bybee Man
Arrest warrants have been issued for a Bybee man after he tried to run over another man. The incident happened Monday at a home on Marshall Hollow Road in Parrottsville. William Kropf told a...
New TCAP Law Giving School Systems Headaches
Tennessee school systems are dealing with the fallout caused by Tennessee’s new law regarding third grade TCAP scores. Under the new law, students in the third grade that do not score proficient in the...
Petco Love Invests In Newport Animal Shelter
The city of Newport’s Animal Control has received a large donation. The Animal Control Department has been the recipient of a $10,000 investment from Petco Love. That’s a national non-profit that works with the...
Walters State Offering Underwater Robotics
Walters State will offer underwater robotics camps on all of its campuses this summer. Students work in teams to build, design, and test a SeaMATE AngelFish ROV underwater robot. Camps also demonstrate how robots...
Suspicious Vehicle Leads To Man’s Arrest
A man was arrested over the weekend after being found to be in possession of a stolen vehicle. Police were called to an address on Myers Circle Sunday morning about a suspicious vehicle and...
Cocke County Girls’ Basketball Coach Resigns
The Cocke County Lady Red Basketball team is minus a head coach. This after an announcement Monday morning that coach Chris Mintz handed in his resignation yesterday. Mintz took over as Lady Red coach...
Motel 6 In Newport Vandalized
Newport police were dispatched to Motel 6 in Newport on Thursday May 18. One of their rooms had been vandalized. Motel management stated that a man named Joshua Garrett of Hot Springs, NC had...