Author: jock

All but two of Tennessee’s ninety-five counties saw their unmployment rates dip below 5% in the month of May. Cocke County’s unemployment rate was up a bit in May, up from 3.5% in April...

The FBI is investigating after several Tennessee Republican lawmakers received threatening letters containing an unknown white powder. The sixth floor of the Cordell Hull Building in downtown Nashville was evacuated Thursday afternoon after the...

The case in Johnson City charging a father and son with the killing of a convenient store clerk will move forward. 41 year old Mark Anthony Sexton, Jr. and 18 year old Mark Anthony...

Several new laws are set to go into effect on July 1. One of them most Tennesseans will be really glad to see come online. It is being dubbed the “don’t text law”. It’s...

A man in Swannoa, NC, near Asheville contacted the Cocke County Sheriff’s office this week that their vehicle had been stolen and was suspected top be at a towing lot in Newport. Cameron Reinhardt...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced this week that the Walker Sisters Cabin is now back open to the public. The park closed the two-story cabin in late 2021, so the park’s Forever...

The National Fire Protection Association® has released a new report…it’s called “Fatal Firefighter Injuries in the U.S. in 2022”. That report showed a total of 96 on-duty U.S. firefighter fatalities in 2022. Of these...

It seems like school just got over with, but Walters State is getting set for the next school year. Fall registration is now underway at Walters State Community College as the fall semester begins...

Did you know that an East Tennessee town has a submarine named after it? In Kittery, Maine last week, Cmdr. Robert Lane turned over command of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN...

A firearm that was sent to a local FFL dealer from a private purchase had been flagged by the ATF. Jesse Jones told Newport police that he had purchased the gun on Cheaperthandirt.com in...