Author: jock

The Cocke County Sheriff’s office has confirmed that a man drowned last Thursday after he fell out of his tube on the Pigeon River. The drowning happened in the area known as “Pebble Beach,”...

If you have walked through Food City East in Newport lately, you have noticed some changes that are underway. The big one is a new Starbucks going in at that location. Food City made...

If you are looking to stay out of the lines on election day next week, your window of opportunity to vote early is rapidly coming to an end. We are entering the final few...

That bridge on Jones Cove Road that collapsed during Flash Flooding on Monday was evidently not in very good shape to begin with. That’s according to the National Bridge Inventory, Tennessee Inventory Appraisal Report....

A man who says he wanted out of a gang in Morristown was found beaten on Sunday. Morristown police were dispatched to an address on South Cumberland. That is where they found the victim...

A traffic stop led to the seizure of a lartge amount of cash believed to be drug proceeds. On Sunday a Cocke County deputy spotted a woman traveling southbound on Cosby Hwy shouting obscenities...

A domestic situation turned into assault of a police officer in Cocke County over the weekend. Tyler Trivett told a deputy that he and his wife along with her sister and their kids were...

Motorists who utilize State Route 339 to get from Cocke County to areas of Sevier County will now be facing a longer drive. Flash flooding caused by heavy rains on Monday washed out a...

The Tennessee Department of Health and community partners across the state are coming together this week during Human Trafficking Awareness Week to participate in the Red Sand Project.The Red Sand Project is an interactive...

Early voting continues this week. According to the Cocke County Election Commission, the biggest day for early voting was July 15th, the first day early voting was open. However, a steady stream of voters...