Author: jock

Police are investigating the theft of diesel fuel at the Time Out Travel Center in Newport. A driver toldd police she had parked her Decker Trucklines semi at the travel center Friday evening and...

If you have been in Wal-Mart or Lowe’s you’ve noticed it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And just in time, the Cocke County Partnership is accepting registration for the annual Newport Christmas...

If you have some brush you need to burn, you have until Friday to burn without a permit. Starting on Saturday, October 15th the state requires that you get a burn permit to burn...

The Newport City Council met last night and rezoning was one of the main topics of discussion. In fact, the city council approved the rezoning of three properties. First was 226 Jaybird Street from...

The Medic Regional Blood Center says they have a critical need for nearly all blood types. MEDIC says they currently have a critically low inventory of O Negative, O Positive, and B Positive blood...

The Parkway is back open in Gatlinburg after being closed for a day and a half due to a fire in downtown Gatlinburg. Four businesses were affected by the fire including Puckers Sports Bar...

That Gatlinburg fire that destroyed several businesses has turned into something more. Officials this morning revealed that while they were battling the blaze on Sunday, one person was found dead inside the structure. The...

After a big win against LSU, Tennessee may be without one of their captains on defense. Defensive back Jaylen McCollough, who made 7 tackles in the game against LSU and is a senior on...

The portion of The Parkway in downtown Gatlinburg is closed after a fire in downtown Gatlinburg on Sunday. Crews from the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge fire departments responded around 6:40 Sunday morning to a...

An inmate within the Cocke County jail has died. Sheriff CJ Ball stated that inmate passed away at the Newport Medical Center Sunday afternoon. The cause of death appears to be from health-related issues...