Author: jock

Sevier County officials have released the cause of a fire last month that took the lives of two children. That fire broke out on the morning of December 30 near South Flat Creek Road,...

The Cosby Volunteer Fire Department was called to a house fire on Possum Hollow Road Tuesday night. The home was completely destroyed by that blaze. Willima Roger Grooms, who owns the home, believes that...

Driving on snowy roads can be a challenge. The AAA says the first thing to remember is to slow down. Stay at a safe distance from the vehicle in front of you. Avoid hitting...

The Cosby Volunteer Fire Department was called to a house fire on Possum Hollow Road Tuesday night. The home was completely destroyed by that blaze. Willima Roger Grooms, who owns the home, believes that...

With the winter weather that will be affecting the area on Friday and Saturday, the First United Methodist Church in Newport will have a warming station available for those who need to get out...

Pills and more pills. That’s what deputies found during a traffic stop on Highway 73 Saturday afternoon. According to the sheriff’s department report, K9 Deputy Jacob Damron spotted a vehicle crossing the double yellow...

The Cocke County Sheriff’s office is looking into a theft on Yellow Springs Road in Cosby. Tara Vanvolkenburg of Sevierville told deputies that she had not been to her camper in Cosby since December...

A Cocke county woman, under the influence of narcotics that had threatened to kill her parents was arrested over the weekend in Newport. Deputy Alex Reese went to the home Saturday night where he...

The Cocke County Fire Department responded to a house fire east of Newport on Monday afternoon. That fire was at a home on Log Church Road in the Bat Harbor area of Cocke County....

A Newport man is in jail after allegedly attacking his grandmother. 71 year old Donna Cross says she had taken her daughter to an apartment on Blue Ridge Way to get some of the...