Author: jock

Tennessee has issued a statewide burn ban due to the continuing dry conditions. On October 15th, the state began requiring a burn permit to be able to burn any leaves or debris on your...

Washington County authorities said Monday that there are no “suspicious circumstances” regarding the death of a skydiver at a high school football game Friday night. 55 year old Richard Sheffield of Elizabethton was part...

A man was arrested Sunday night after he was suspected of throwing items onto the roof of the Cocke County Jail Annex building. Corrections officer Benjamin Burns told Newport police officers he was doing...

A traffic stop Sunday night resulted in the arrest of two people with outstanding warrants. A vehicle driven by 23 year old Christian Haynes was pulled over for expired tags. Haynes was wanted on...

A traffic accident caused a traffic headache on the north side of Newport Sunday. Police say a Honda sedan driven by 46 year old Misty Cheek ran off the road and struck a utility...

Police were called to the HomeTown Laundry in Newport over the weekend after an unknown male subject broke into a vending machine. The owner of HomeTown Laundry showed police video of a man, possibly...

Police were called over the weekend to Food City East in Newport about a shoplifter. Loss prevention stated they had observed 47 year old Daphne Russell shoplift from the store before but had not...

A Newport man was arrested Friday night in Morristown after he gave a fake identity. Police were called to the Morristown Hamblen Hospital…staff there said 33 year old Lance Bly of Newport had come...

A Cosby woman was arrested in Hamblen County for possession of heroin. Police in Morristown spotted a Pontiac Vibe sitting in the parking lot of Lowes early Monday morning. There was a female sitting...

A Cocke County Deputy has completed training that makes her a first for the county. Deputy Miranda Williams recently underwent two weeks of intense training and is now the first Cocke County deputy to...