THE USDA FOREST SERVICE OFFICIALS AT THE CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST RECENTLY ANNOUNCE THE ANNUAL SCHEDULE FOR OPENING SOME ROADS THAT ARE CLOSED SEASONALLY. THESE ROADS ARE LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CHEROKEE...
MRS. FLORINE ANN JONES, 81 OF NEWPORT, FORMERLY OF MT. ZION/BETHANY, ILLINOIS, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HER HOME. MRS. JONES WAS THE MOTHER OF 92.3 WNPC’S NEWS DIRECTOR DALE JONES. MRS. JONES’ SERVICE WILL...
THE COCKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL’S BIG RED FIRE CHOIR HAS BEEN INVITED TO PERFORM IN NEW YORK CITY AT CARNEGIE HALL. CHORAL DIRECTOR AMANDA SHORT STATED THAT THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME...
THE NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL MEETS IN REGULAR SESSION THIS EVENING AT 5:30 AT CITY HALL. THE COUNCIL HAS A LENGTHY AGENDA FOR TONIGHT’S MEETING. SOME OF THE ITEMS ON THAT AGENDA INCLUDE DISCUSSION OF...
ON SUNDAY, NEWPORT POLICE OFFICER JORDAN DOUGLAS RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF AN INTOXICATED MALE HANGING AROUND A PROPERTY ON MULBERRY AVENUE. UPON ARRIVAL THE OFFICER FOUND MICHAEL REID SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK. AS...
ON FRIDAY, NEWPORT OFFICER JOSHUA SHULTS RESPONDED TO NEWPORT PACKAGE STORE ON A REPORT OF AN INTOXICATED FEMALE LYING IN THE GRASS. THE FEMALE WAS IDENTIFIED AS TONYA WEATHERS WHO APPEARED TO BE UNDER...
ON SATURDAY, NEWPORT OFFICER SHANE BOWER CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A MOTORCYCLE FOR FAILING TO MAINTAIN LANE. THE DRIVER OF THE MOTORCYCLE, IDENTIFIED AS EAN SHROPSHIRE, APPEARED TO BE VERY NERVOUS. WHEN QUESTIONED...
THE 12TH ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST, HOSTED BY THE COCKE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP WAS HELD LAST FRIDAY MORNING AT CARSON SPRINGS CONVENTION CENTER. THE PARTNERSHIP REPORTED THIS WAS THE LARGEST ATTENDANCE TO DATE FOR THIS ANNUAL...
A Cosby woman has been charged with drug possession after overdosing at an area church. The family of Mandy Turner says they dropped the 42 year old woman off at the home of Maelee...
Early Saturday morning, Cocke County police were dispatched to the bridge construction stoplight on Hooper Highway. A motorist had called 911 to report a vehicle sitting at the red light that had been sitting...