White Pine Man Arrested For Hit And Run
A White Pine man has been arrested after a hit and run accident injured a woman in Morristown. Police say that Joseph Spurling was backing out of a parking spot at a Food City...
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GSMNP Suspends Search For Missing Man
After an extensive 11-day search, Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced over the weekend that they will suspend the active field search for Gordon Kaye, a man who was last seen in the...
Arrest Warrant Sworn Out For Cosby Man
The Cocke County Sheriff’s department has sworn out an arrest warrant for a Cosby man. Earlier today the Sheriff’s office along with the joint Newport/Cocke County SWAT team executed a narcotics search warrant at...
Hawkins County Man Arrested For Murder
A Hawkins County man has been arrested and charged with first degree murder for allegedly killing his uncle…from Newport. Hawkins County deputies were called to a home in Surgoinsville around 4am this morning. At...
Firefighters Rescue Dog From Housefire
The Cocke County Fire Department responded to a house fire on Apricot Road in Cosby on Thursday. No one was reported to at home when that fire broke out, but firefighters went inside to...
High Speed Pursuit From NC Ends In Cocke County
Cocke County deputies captured a man possibly wanted from out of state. The Cocke County Sheriff’s office was notified this morning by the North Carolina Highway Patrol that they were in pursuit on I-40...
TDHS Announces Grant Recipients
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) announced on Wednesday the first round of 40 grants recipients for the Families First Community Grant Program, an initiative that will award more than $95 million in...
First Responders Dispatched To Possible Overdose
First Responders were dispatched to an address on Mineral Street late Tuesday night for a possible overdose. 33 year old Daniel Messer was found on the floor of the living room unresponsive. Police administered...
Traffic Stop Leads To Two Arrests
A traffic stop in Newport resulted in two arrests Tuesday night. Police pulled over a car on Cosby Hwy with dark tinted windows, no operable muffler and a tag that was not on file....
GSMNP Asking For Public Input
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are asking for public input on the new Laurel Falls Trail Environmental Assessment. The plan addresses visitor experience and safety, parking and trail infrastructure rehabilitation for one of...