Author: jock

If you have walked into Wal-Mart or Lowe’s recently, you know that Halloween is less than 8 weeks away. Another sign of Halloween being on the way…scarecrows will soon be popping up all over...

The Tennessee Valley Fair kicks off tomorrow in Knoxville. Southern rock group .38 Special kicks off the concert events at this years’ fair on Friday night September 8. Others appearing at the fair this...

A Madison County, NC postal carrier is in the hospital after being shot. Authorities in Mars Hill say that a postal carrier was shot when her mail vehicle was carjacked by a 23 year...

A Newport man is in jail after fatally shooting his own father. According to the Cocke County Sheriff’s office, they were called to a home on Rankin Hill Road in Newport early Wednesday morning...

UT baseball is coming back this fall, at least for a couple games. The university announced this morning that they will play two exhibition games against Virginia Tech and Samford. There are renovations going...

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office has released the identity of the body found in Douglas Lake on September 1st and the victim has Cocke County ties. According to the sheriff’s office, the Knox County...

A Walters State professor has written a new book and she hopes that the book will help both individuals and therapists in dealing with a common, yet seldom discussed topic: the pain related to...

The spotless giraffe born in July at Bright’s Zoo in Limestone now has a name. The zoo had been asking for the public’s help to name the baby giraffe. The zoo announced this morning...

Newport police responded to a call about a theft. The victim told police he had lost his wallet by accidentally dropping it in the City Grocery parking lot Friday night. He stated that since,...

Saturday night a woman in Newport was startled by a loud noise at her home on Graham Street. When she went outside to investigate what she called a loud boom…she noticed a vehicle had...