Author: jock

The Newport Street Department will be closed on Friday as they observe Veteran’s Day. That means there will be no trash pickup in the City of Newport Friday. If you normally have trash pickup...

Walters State Community College is bringing back a lost art. Walters State announced this week they will enroll the first students in their new butchery program which will start in the fall of 2023....

We now know that the fire that destroyed over 170 acres in the Rocky Flats area of Sevier County was caused by Human Behavior. After an investigation, Perrin Anderson, the Sevier County Assistant Mayor...

A traffic stop early Monday morning led to the arrest of a felon in possession of weapons. That traffic stop was initiated when a Newport patrol officer spotted a vehicle on Morrell Springs Rd...

A man on Monday threatened to shoot up a Newport car dealership. Management at Stinnett Chevrolet stated that 62 year old Barry Harder, who had inquired about a vehicle online called the dealership and...

The Newport City Council will look pretty familiar when they meet in December. Four of the five members are returning, with the exception of Mike Profitt who did not run for re-election. Former Newport...

The city of Newport will have a new city council when they meet in December. The top 5 vote getters were Connie Ball…who will be the vice-mayor…the other four members will be Louanna Ottinger,...

Today is election day. Polls will open in a few hours at 9 am. Polls will be open till 8pm tonight. If you are in line to vote at 8 tonight, you will be...

If you were up early today, you saw a rare sight…a total lunar eclipse happening on election day in the US. The eclipse began at 3:02 this morning and reached its peak at 5:59am....

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into a shooting involving a police officer in the Tri-Cities. According to the TBI , Johnson City police officers responded to a reported domestic disturbance just before...