Author: jock

Fire Destroys Mobile Home

Deputies and firefighters responded to a structure fire on Deerwood Road over the weekend. A witness stated she and her husband had noticed someone burning something in the yard before the structure had caught...

Warrant Issued For Newport Man

A warrant has been issued for a man after he pulled a gun on another man in Parrottsville over the weekend. Seth Neas told a Cocke County deputy that he and his wife Courtney...

Tree Strikes House

A Cosby couple got a rude awakening early Monday morning. Michael & Phyllis Shropshire of English Mountain Road said they were in their home in bed around 1:30am Monday morning when they heard a...

More Information On Attempted Escape

We are learning a little more about the inmate that jumped out of a Cocke County \courtroom window Monday attempting to escape. Michael Dean Smith had been wanted for several charges in Waynesville, NC....

Food City Encounters Fake $100 Bill

Policed responded Sunday to Food City West in Newport about a man trying to pass a counterfeit $100 bill. Management at Food City stated a black male had come into the store around 11:30am...

Newport Police Help Capture Evading Suspect

Jefferson County authorities contacted Cocke County authorities Friday night for assistance in catching an evading suspect that was heading into Cocke County. Newport officers joined the chase when the fleeing suspect entered the Newport...

Newport Police Investigating Car Fire

Newport police are investigating after someone set a vehicle on fire Friday. A man called police Friday afternoon to report that someone had stuffed a piece of cloth into the gas tank of his...