Author: jock

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

It’s that time of year…time for the kids to hunt Easter Eggs. Next Friday, April 7th, area businesses and community members will be hosting an Easter Egg hunt for kids at Parrottsville Park. There...

A Chevrolet Suburban crashed into the side of a house in Newport early Tuesday morning. Around 12:30am Tuesday, police were notified of a wreck involving a 1998 Chevrolet Suburban that had rammed into the...

Wednesday evening five female inmates at the Cocke County jail overdosed on an unknown substance. According to the sheriff’s office, an inmate that had been brought into the jail around noon, had smuggled an...

The Cocke County Sheriff’s office reported to a home on Askew Road in Parrottsville Monday night about shots being fired. At first, 43 year old Jimmy Kirkpatrick claimed that his neighbors fired a gun...