The storms that came through Saturday morning and brought along with them strong winds throughout the day on Saturday left thousands without power Saturday morning. At one point Saturday, over 5,000 customers were without...
A call about a woman screaming and thrashing around inside the cab of a tractor trailer at Weigel’s in Newport sent police to that store’s truck parking lot Wednesday evening. 49 year old driver,...
A man who lives on Hooper Highway in Cosby called the Cocke County Sheriff’s office this week to report the theft of not one but two catalytic converters. The man stated he was gone...
The Del Rio, Grassy Fork and Cocke County Fire Department all responded to a fire at a home on Bull Mountain Road in Del Rio early Wednesday morning. The fire broke out around 2...
The Cocke County Emergency Management Agency is currently hiring River Safety Officers for this season. River Safety Officers are near the power plant on Waterville Road. It’s a 32 hour work week consisting of...
Most fire fighting agencies in Cocke County were busy fighting a wild land fire in Cosby Thursday. The fire broke out Thursday afternoon located in an area between the Pigeon River and Dark Hollow...
It’s time for pancakes…The Newport Kiwanis Club has their annual Pancake Fundraiser on Saturday morning. The Kiwanis club will be cooking pancakes from 7-11am tomorrow morning at the West End Baptist church in Newport....
Thursday was National Doctor’s Day in the US. However, locally it was doctor’s that were doing the saluting. Wednesday in commemoration of Doctor’s Day, three doctors donated a check to Empower Cocke County. Tennova...
Individual county unemployment numbers have been released for the month of February. It’s good news, yet bad news for Cocke County. Jamuary’s unemployment rate spiked up to 7% in Cocke County, but was back...
The Cocke County Sheriff’s office has arrested two individuals in connection with the overdose of five female inmates at the jail Wednesday evening. Around 5:45pm four inmates were found in a hallway non-responsive and...
