Author: jock

Police were called to Lucky Pawn in Newport Monday. The shop had encountered a theft…right under there eyes in broad daylight. Charles Epley told police that two male & two female subjects had come...

Newport police made a traffic stop Monday afternoon and got a two for one. The driver of the vehicle was 62 year old Roger Ball. Turns out he had an escape warrant out for...

Two Cocke County High School students are among 61 students that will represent the state of Tennessee in the National History Day competition. History Day is a year-long competition in which students in grades...

Newport Grammar School teacher Whitney Butler is being honored. She recently received the Teaching Excellence Award from the East Tennessee Historical Society. Ms. Butler received the award for what the Historical Society called her...

Dollywood has announced Sevier County Days again this year. Now through June 12th at Splash Country and all next week, June 13th-19th at Dollywood, anyone living or working in Sevier County can get in...

Police also arrested a man after he stopped his vehicle in the roadway over the weekend. 47 year old Jeffrey Stokely told Newport police that he left the Backway Inn bar and stopped in...

Newport police arrested two men on Jones Cove Circle over the weekend after conducting a traffic stop. A white Lincoln sedan was observed leaving the parking lot of 4 Star Auto. That vehicle then...

Police were called to the Newport Wal-Mart Sunday night about a shoplifter. The loss prevention officer stated that he had watched 31 year old Billy McMahan come into Wal-Mart with an unknown male subject…that...

Police were dispatched Saturday night to the Family Inn on Cosby Hwy after a truck ran into a motel room. A witness stated that 41 year old Luther Webb was trying to hotwire a...

A Sevier County woman is dead after being attacked by her own dog. According to the Sevier County sheriff’s department, officer responded to a home in Seymour where they found 70 year old Debbie...