Author: jock

IT’S TIME TO SPRING FORWARD AS DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS AT 2AM SUNDAY MORNING. DON’T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS AN HOUR AHEAD BEFORE GOING TO BED SATURDAY NIGHT TO AVOID BEING LATE FOR...

KEEP COCKE COUNTY BEAUTIFUL BOARD MEMBERS RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR 2022 LITTER INDEX ASSESSMENT OF COCKE COUNTY. LITTER IS INDEXED ON A SCAL OF 1 TO 4, WITH A 1 REPRESENTING MINIMAL OR NO LITTER...

IF YOUR CHILD WILL TURN 5 YEARS OLD BY AUGUST 15TH OF THIS YEAR, HE OR SHE MEETS THE AGE REQUIREMENT TO ENROLL IN KINDERGARTEN. THE COCKE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL BE HOLDING KINDERGARTEN...

ON WEDNESDAY, NEWPORT OFFICER WILLIAM GARBER OBSERVED A TRUCK TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE COSBY WITH EXPIRED TAGS. UPON STOPPING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER, MARK HOUGE COULD NOT PROVEDE PROOF OF REGUSTRATION OR INSURANCE FOR...

HERE IS A FOLLOW UP TO A STORY DALE HAD IN MAY OF LAST YEAR CONCERNING AN ELDERLY MALE WHO HAD GONE MISSING. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 5TH, JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE DISPACHED TO A...

BIG THINGS ARE COMING FOR COCKE COUNTY SOFTBALL. FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, LADY RED SOFTBALL COACHES, PLAYERS, PARENTS AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARD THE GOAL OF BUILDING AN INDOOR SOFTBALL FACILITY. WITH...

MEDIC REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER IS CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK’S DAY FOR A WEEK WITH A SPECIAL EDITION T-SHIRT, AND BY PROVIDING DONERS WITH A TICKET TO THE MARCH 20TH KNOXVILLE ICE BEARS GAME. TICKETS ARE...

ON MARCH 7TH, FOLLOWING A TWO DAY TRIAL IN US DISTRICT COURT, A JURY CONVICTED ALEXANDER DEWAYNE NOAH, 25, OF TAZEWELL ON POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 14TH, 2022. NOAH...

ON TUESDAY, COCKE COUNTY DEPUTY RODNEY HAZELWOOD CLOCKED A BLACK PONTIAC SEDAN AT 31 MPH IN A 15MPH SCHOOL ZONE. THE DRIVER, DANIEL MARKLAND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A DRIVERS LICENSE. MARKLAND WAS SHOWN...

ON TUESDAY, COCKE COUNTY DEPUTY JESSICA BUTLER AND LT JONATHAN OAKES WERE DISPSATCHED TO A HOME ON INDUSTRIAL ROAD IN REFERENCE TO A GUN SHOT WOUND. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE RESIDENCE, OFFICERS WERE MET...