Author: jock

Just a week after being re-elected as governor, Bill Lee now has a Supreme Court vacancy he will now be looking to fill. On Tuesday, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon G. Lee said that...

Tennessee has come into some cash…thanks to Google. The Giant tech company has agreed to a $319 million settlement in a lawsuit involving multiple states. That lawsuit revolved around Google’s Location History setting in...

The Cocke County Economic Development Committee and the Cocke County Partnership will be holding their November meeting Thursday evening at City Hall in Newport. Those meetings will begin at 5:30 tomorrow night. There was...

Tennessee’s Senate Republican Caucus met Tuesday in Nashville. Caucus members voted unanimously to renominate Lt. Governor Randy McNally to a fourth term as Senate Speaker and to return Senator Jack Johnson as Majority Leader...

The Hamblen County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 15-year old girl. Genesis Rivera was last seen around 5:30 p.m. on November 6th in Morristown. She has dyed...

Ski season has arrived. The Cataloochie Ski Area in Maggie Valley, NC officially opened Monday morning. The ski resort started making snow for their slopes on Sunday and now they’re getting some help from...

The Cocke County Sheriff’s office served a search warrant on a suspected drug house over the weekend. The sheriff’s office stated there had been numerous complaints about the activity at that house. Officers did...

The Tennessee Vols getting ready to wrap up their regular season over the next two weeks. The Vols stayed at #5 in the latest AP top 25 rankings. That is where they sit in...

Newport police arrested a man last week for trying to get contraband into the Cocke County jail. A Cocke County Corrections officer had found 31 year old Charles Gorrell walking around on the jail...

Police in Morristown are investigating a drive by shooting that happened over the weekend. Officers were called to a home on Lewis Street Saturday. A neighbor told police that he had heard about a...