Author: jock

Newport police responded to Tractor Supply in the Western Plaza after an employee there spotted a man loading 75-100 pallets up on a trailer, then driving away. The employee noted the man was 34...

Cocke County deputies responded to a call at the Dollar General in Del Rio last week that turned into a little something more. The call was originally for an unresponsive male in the store...

Newport police are looking for a black Jeep Cherokee that was involved in an accident Sunday evening. The accident happened on Clevenger Cut-Off Road near West Hwy 25/70. Karen Williamson of Newport told police...

The Beaver has a date with East Tennessee. Buc-ee’s announced on Monday that they will open their new location on I-40 in Sevier County on June 26th. When Buc-ee’s opens at exit 407 in...

Police in Newport arrested a man over the weekend after he stabbed a neighbor’s mailbox and left a note. Barry Huffines of Greene Acres Drive called police after his neighbor, 57 year old Michael...

A Michigan man was arrested in Jefferson County Monday morning after he was caught driving the wrong way on Interstate 40. Deputies were alerted to a man driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of...

Food City in White Pine was evacuated Sunday afternoon after a bomb threat was called in. The White Pine police department and bomb sniffing K-9’s were brought in to do a sweep of the...

Today is May 15, which is National Police Day in the US. President John F. Kennedy signed legislation in 1962 making May 15th, National Peace Officers Memorial Day. That has led into a weeklong...

Governor Bill Lee has signed a bill into law that is going to make it easier for those who operate food trucks. You see them in quite a few places in Newport and Cocke...

Newport police were called to Newport Grammar School on Wednesday after a member of the staff there smelled what they believe to be marijuana coming from a student’s locker in the 8th grade wing...