Author: jock

Scammers Are Targeting Businesses

We’ve been having lots of stories of people being the victim of a scam. Now a company in Morristown is finding out that it’s not just individuals who can be victims. Last week, Southeast...

Gas Prices Rising Again

You have probably noticed that gas prices are beginning to inch upwards again, and this may be just the beginning. Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations have announced they will cut back on oil...

TDOT Halts Construction For Easter Weekend

TDOT says they will be suspending all construction on Tennessee’s interstate highways during the Easter Holiday. All road construction projects on interstates in Tennessee will be halted starting Thursdsay night at 6pm through Monday...

SCSO Mourns Loss Of K-9

The Sevier County Sheriff’s department is mourning the loss of one of their own. K-9 Eudoris was born with kidney disease, but the sheriff’s office did not know that till several months after Eudoris...

Transportation Bill Passes

Last week the Tennessee state legislature passed one of Governor Bill Lee’s main priorities. That was his $3.3 billion Transportation Modernization Act. The legislation gives TDOT the resources needed to solve the state’s current...

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,...

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...