Author: jock

Tomorrow morning at 9am, Cocke County will get a new county mayor and a new sheriff. Rob Mathis and CJ Ball will be sworn in to their new posts Thursday morning in a ceremony...

Today is the final day of August. That means today is the final day that groceries will be tax free in the state of Tennessee. All the month of August, Tennessee has enjoyed a...

A traffic stop led to a drug arrest in Jefferson County on Monday. A Jefferson County deputy spotted a vehicle that had a “be on the lookout order” for it. That vehicle was traveling...

Two cases of possible arson are under investigation in Morristown after fires over the weekend. First, police and fire units responded to a mobile home park on North Liberty Hill Road on a report...

Two men are now facing drug charges after being arrested over the weekend in Morristown. Officers had spotted 33 year old Lance Bly who they know to be wanted out of Jefferson County. Bly...

A call about a shoplifter at Walgreen’s in Newport turned out to be a little bit more. Police were called because a man was in the men’s restroom opening unpaid for merchandise. The man...

Newport police arrested a man Saturday night for using a slingshot. The original call was about a man harassing customers in the parking lot of Lowe’s in Newport. A man told police that the...

Seven people were not so fortunate Sunday Afternoon on Cosby Highway in Newport. 39 year old Reynaldo Velazquez was driving a 2008 Chrysler Town & Country southbound on Cosby Hwy. when 81 year old...

The Morristown Hamblen Humane Society is dealing with a deadly disease that kills felines. Multiple kittens tested positive for the virus called feline panleukopenia and it is highly contagious. The disease is often fatal...

Medic Regional Blood Center and the TN Valley Fair are joining forces to help spur blood donations next week. Anyone who donates blood with the Medic Regional Blood Center between September 3rd and 9th...