The qualifying period for candidates for elected offices in Newport and Parrottsville began on Monday. That election will be in November. However another election for county offices and the primary for state and federal...
A bear cub in Sevier County is now minus some unwanted head gear. A 5 month old cub had been spotted in the Wears Valley area with a jar on its head. The cub...
With the heat cranking up again this week, the county has several “cooling” stations that are open in the heat of the day to help you cope if you do not have air conditioning....
A Cosby man who has been out in jail last week after threatening to kill his father was re-arrested over the weekend. David Carpenter called deputies to his home in Cosby on Saturday stating...
A man was arrested over the weekend in Cocke County for stealing electricity. Deputies responded to a home on east Hwy 25/70…Kyle Ramsey told police he was weed eating on his property and noticed...
Early Saturday morning, a gold Chevrolet Tahoe was spotted on Wilson Springs road travelling at 70 miles per hour in a 45 mile per hour zone. Deputy Zach Mc Gourick attempted to make a...
Jefferson Cocke County Utility District says the natural gas leak that occured Monday monring in Newport did not affect any customers as that pipe is used as a backup. The gas leak occured after...
Police in Morristown made a drug arrest of a woman who was running drugs. Police were dispatched to the Fastop on Thoroughbred Run about a woman passed out behind the wheel of a car....
Tomorrow marks the opening of a first of its kind attraction like none other in the world and it is right here in East Tennessee. Tomorrow, Soaky Mountain Water park in Sevierville will unveil...
Cocke County Sheriff’s Department and employees at the courthouse dealt with a bomb threat at the courthouse Saturday morning. At approximately 8:30, Saturday morning…Captain Terry Lawson of the Newport Police Department notified Lieutenant Ricky...