Author: jock

Newport police were called to west Hwy 25/70 about a report of a man wanted on outstanding warrants walking near the Cocke County Fairgrounds. Police spotter the suspect, 27 year old Justin Kinsler near...

The projects to being two new eating establishments to Newport are proceeding. According to the Cocke County Partnership, Economic Development Commission, the site plan for Firehouse Subs to occupy the site that was previously...

Tennesssee’s US Representative for District 1, Diana Hashbarger is making her thoughts on the indictment of former President Donald Trump known. Harshbarger in a statement calls the indictment a blatant attempt by the left...

A warrant for aggravated domestic assault has been issued for a Cocke County woman after she attacked her boyfriend…with a weed eater. Deputies were sent to the Newport Medical Center early Monday morning to...

Storms rolled through East Tennessee Sunday night leaving destruction in some counties in their wake. In Crossville on the Cumberland Plateau, the National Weather Service is looking into a possible tornado there after a...

The state of Tennessee has released the numbers for the retake on the TCAP 3rd grade scores. A large percentage of third graders in Cocke County performed below expectations on the TCAP reading test....

A Union County man who was convicted of helping bring drugs into a prison, will now be headed back to prison. 45 year old Michael Wayne Lee of Blaine was sentenced in federal court...

A change in the date for the CLB meeting in Cocke County this month. Normally, the CLB would meet on June 19th, but that is now a holiday, so the CLB will instead meet...

A Cocke County man reported to the sheriff’s office that his EBT card has been used in New York. Anthony Littleton says that at about 7:00 AM he had $281.51 on his EBT card....

The TBI along with a private DNA lab in Texas has identified the remains of a man found in Claiborne County over 30 years ago. The skeletal remains of a man were found in...