Woman Victim Of Scam Involving Gift Cards
A Cocke County woman has fallen victim to a scam involving gift cards. The woman told the Cocke County Sheriff’s office she received a message through a Facebook friend that she was eligible for...
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Woman Followed By Man In Silver Honda
A scary time for a Cocke County woman last week. Brittney Daniels told police that she realized she was being followed by a man driving a silver Honda down Cosby Hwy. She contacted her...
Quick Change Arrest Strikes Wal-Mart
Police were called to Wal-Mart in Newport on Tuesday. Two cashiers had been scammed by the same individual for well over a thousand dollars. Wal-Mart’s loss prevention stated that a white female attempted to...
Emergency Responder Day Postpones One Week
The Cocke County Emergency Management Agency’s “Emergency Responder Day” set for this Saturday, September 10th has been postponed. EMA Director Joe Esway says because of the threat of severe weather forecast for the area...
Escaped Inmate Captured
One of the inmates of the Cocke County Jail, that escaped last Friday while working on the litter crew, has been captured. Sheriff CJ Ball says that Christopher Lee Webb was captured near Exit...
New Camera Technology for Jefferson County Schools
Jefferson County schools have launched a new tool to help keep schools safer this year. New video technology that was purchased by the county will allow the E-911 center to view cameras at all...
Man Struck With Bat During Argument
Police responded to an apartment complex on Holiday Drive in Morristown early Monday morning. Officers were met by 42 year old Hans Resa who was bleeding from the head. He told police he had...
Morristown Police Investigating A Robbery
Morristown police are investigating a robbery. 20 year old Marco Gomez told police that Saturday afternoon, two individuals, a man and a woman, both white, approached him at the Family Dollar on South Cumberland....
Gas Prices Continue Downward Trend
Gas prices continue to gradually fall. In the Chattanooga area, prices have fallen at many locations to below $3 a gallon. Here in Cocke County, the average price sits at around $3.19. Elsewhere you...
Sevierville Man Killed In Indiana Crash
A man From Sevierville is dead after being involved in an automobile crash over the weekend in Indianapolis. Indiana State Police say they were called to an accident on Interstate 65 Saturday afternoon near...