Author: jock

One week from Monday is the 4th of July and fireworks stands are popping up all over the area. It seems there’s one on just about every major intersection. Some Cocke County residents are...

If you were up early this morning, you got to see a site that has not been seen in nearly two decades. Right now, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all visible in...

A woman was arrested at her home in Newport Tuesday for selling drugs in a Drug Free School Zone. Officers went to the home of 26 year old Anjelica Roberts and served papers for...

Police were called to the Food City in the Eastern Plaza Tuesday afternoon about an intoxicated man in front of the store. Police arrived and found 38 year old Bradley Sinard standing by the...

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...