Author: jock

After a trial lasting three days, an east Tennessee man has been found guilty on Child pornography charges. 53 year old Gary Lynn Hammonds of Kingsport was found guilty by a jury in federal...

Tuesday night police were called to the Quality Inn on Cosby Hwy…the manager of the hotel was struck in the face by a disgruntled tenant. He stated that 31 year old Kimberly Strickland had...

Newport police responded to two separate incident of assault on Tuesday. The first was in the Wal-Mart parking lot where a man attacked another with a pellet gun. The victim George Smith stated he...

Two accidents in Cocke County Tuesday wound up in DUI arrests. The first was on Lark Road…a Toyota Camry had run off the road and into a creek. The driver was trying to get...

A Cosby man was arrested early this morning after threatening to kill his father. David Carpenter of Cosby called police shortly after midnight this morning stating that he and his 18 year old son...

Well, here’s another scam to warn you about. The Hamblen County Mayor’s Office is wanting to raise awareness of an attempted scam that involves a letter printed on unofficial county letterhead requesting money in...

A shooting in Greeneville yesterday has led to the deaths of two individuals. Police were called to Midway Construction & Plumbing on North Main Street Wednesday around 1pm about shots being fired. They found...

Another bear has been euthanized in Sevier County. TWRA officials say that a 90 year old woman was sitting on her front porch at her home on Abbott Road Wednesday afternoon when a bear...

Newport police worked a wreck with injuries Monday afternoon at the intersection of US Hwy 25/70 and Old Route 411. Police determined that a 2017 Jeep Renegade driven by 31 year old Alicia Waters...

Police were dispatched Monday night to Knowles market in Newport about a suspicious man outside the business after hours. Upon arrival police found the male subject wearing all black. He was sweating and stated...