Author: jock

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...

Gas prices continue to rise. The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is now $4.98…getting awfully close to that $5 mark. In Tennessee, we are quite a bit lower that the national...

Residents came into downtown Newport this morning to the smell of gas. It took a while but a leak was isolated near the North Street Bridge…US Highway 321 bridge over the Pigeon River. According...

Police responded to a call on New Cave Church Road, a man called 911 and would only say his girlfriend was sick then hung up the phone and would not answer further calls. When...

Newport police were called Wednesday to a storage facility on Bryant Street. William Trivett who was on site noticed that one of the units had been broken into. The owner of the building, Sharon...

Wednesday evening Cocke County deputies responded to Cosby Hwy near exit 435 about a stolen vehicle. Deputies spotted the blue Ford Explorer matching the description given. The owner of the Ford Explorer pulled in...