Woman Arrested For Disorderly Conduct
A call about a woman screaming and thrashing around inside the cab of a tractor trailer at Weigel’s in Newport sent police to that store’s truck parking lot Wednesday evening. 49 year old driver,...
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Theft Of Catalytic Converters
A man who lives on Hooper Highway in Cosby called the Cocke County Sheriff’s office this week to report the theft of not one but two catalytic converters. The man stated he was gone...
Fire Destroys Del Rio Home
The Del Rio, Grassy Fork and Cocke County Fire Department all responded to a fire at a home on Bull Mountain Road in Del Rio early Wednesday morning. The fire broke out around 2...
River Safety Officers Needed
The Cocke County Emergency Management Agency is currently hiring River Safety Officers for this season. River Safety Officers are near the power plant on Waterville Road. It’s a 32 hour work week consisting of...
Crews Fight Wildfire In Cosby Area
Most fire fighting agencies in Cocke County were busy fighting a wild land fire in Cosby Thursday. The fire broke out Thursday afternoon located in an area between the Pigeon River and Dark Hollow...
Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast Saturday
It’s time for pancakes…The Newport Kiwanis Club has their annual Pancake Fundraiser on Saturday morning. The Kiwanis club will be cooking pancakes from 7-11am tomorrow morning at the West End Baptist church in Newport....
Newport Medical Center Donates To Empower Cocke County
Thursday was National Doctor’s Day in the US. However, locally it was doctor’s that were doing the saluting. Wednesday in commemoration of Doctor’s Day, three doctors donated a check to Empower Cocke County. Tennova...
Good News And Bad News In Unemployment Numbers
Individual county unemployment numbers have been released for the month of February. It’s good news, yet bad news for Cocke County. Jamuary’s unemployment rate spiked up to 7% in Cocke County, but was back...
Two Now Charged In Inmate Overdose
The Cocke County Sheriff’s office has arrested two individuals in connection with the overdose of five female inmates at the jail Wednesday evening. Around 5:45pm four inmates were found in a hallway non-responsive and...
Scammer Strikes In Hamblen County
A person in Hamblen County has been hit by a scammer portraying themselves as an actual employee of the Hamblen County Sheriff’s office. Hamblen County Sheriff Chad Mullins says that the victim got a...