Author: jock

We have now learned the identity of the man that was found dead in the Pigeon River over the weekend. According to the Cocke County Sheriff’s office, the deceased is 61 year old Kenneth...

A man faces a shoplifting charge after he says he got impatient. Loss prevention at Wal-Mart in Newport told police that they watched the suspect, 29 year old Austin Fox, place several items into...

Newport police were called to the Wal-Mart parking lot Sunday night about two juveniles aiming a paint ball gun at pedestrians in that area. A witness pointed out a blue Kia Soul with two...

Newport police responded to the emergency room at Newport Medical Center Saturday night after a girl was attacked by a dog. According to the girl’s mother, the 3 year old was playing in the...

A man was shot in the back of the head in Newport Saturday night. Police responded to the scene where they found 41 year old Luis Manuel Lopez Meza sitting in a driveway with...

A Grainger County dog is safe after being rescued after he fell down into a cave. Jacob Reed says his coon hound Shaker had caught the scent of a raccoon and wound up falling...

A person died Monday after a forklift accident on English Mountain in Sevier County. Details are sketchy at this time, but the Sevier County Sheriff’s department says one person was killed when the forklift...

The Tennessee General Assembly wound down this legislative session on Friday, but before they left town they passed the James ‘Dustin’ Samples Act. That bill seeks to provide support to firefighters following a post-traumatic...

The Cocke County Sheriff’s office investigators are looking into the shooting of a man in Parrottsville late last week. Deputies were called to a residence in the 3300 block of Salem Road. A man...