Author: jock

The Cocke County Legislative Board has called a special meeting for Monday, June 27th. The meeting will be in two sessions. The first will be to go over the budget for fiscal year 2022-23...

Coming up on Monday, 6/27, the Medic Mobile Blood Center will be at Broadway & Main Pharmacy in Newport. It’s part of Medic’s “Save Our Summer” blood drive. All blood donors that day will...

Hamblen County and Hawkins County rescue teams have suspended the search for a man who disappeared off a raft on Cherokee lake. Witnesses told rescue workers they saw a man in the water on...

A Cocke County man is being charged with arson after investigators say he set his own house on fire to get the insurance money. Fire investigators say 65-year-old Jamey Scroggins intentionally set his own...

Newport police responded to a car upside down in a creek…this happened on Friday night. Police found a black Lexis upside down in a creek bed off of Thinwood Drive. Both driver and passenger...

The Cocke County Sheriff’s department responded to a call at the Bridgeport Market on east Hwy 25/70 Monday Afternoon. A man was passed out in the driver’s side of his vehicle, with his foot...

Newport police responded to Wild Child Performance Pro in the Eastern Shopping Plaza Center Monday afternoon about a stolen vehicle. Employee Dewayne Evans stated at 4pm Monday his truck was parked out in back...

Three people were arrested at Wal-Mart in Newport over the weekend. The three individuals were caught by Wal-Mart loss prevention skip scanning items. Arrested were 47 year old Lisa Carter, 20 year old Hallie...

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...