NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION LAST NIGHT. DURING THE MEETING, COUNCIL RE-APPOINTED L.C. GREGG TO THE BEER BOARD, AND ALDERWOMAN LOUANNA OTTINGER WAS APPOINTED TO THE REGIONAL SOLID WASTE BOARD. A CREDIT...
NEWPORT POLICE OFFICER WILLIAM GARBER RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC ASSAULT CALL ON CLIFTON HEIGHTS ROAD. THE VICTIM, KEISHA CUTSHAW STATED THAT HER BOYFRIEND, MR. BOBBY POPE WAS VERY INTOXICATED AND BECAME ANGRY WITH HER,...
ON MONDAY, OFFICER JUSTIN SHELTON PULLED OVER A BMW FOR FAILING TO USE A PROPER TURN SIGNAL. THE BMW WAS DRIVEN BY DONALD MCCOY WITH PASSENGER SCARLETT SHORT. MR. MCCOY HAD AN ACTIVE ASSAULT...
ON MONDAY, NEWPORT OFFICER ELI SUGGS WAS DISPATCHED TO WALMART CONCERNING A POSSIBLE VEHICLE BREAK IN. THE VICTIM, MELISSA SHEPHERD STATED HER 2007 HONDA CRV HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO. SHEPHERD STATED THERE WAS NO...
NEWPORT POLICE OFFICER JUSTIN SHELTON RESPONDED TO A VEHICLE CRASH ON MONDAY ON THE COSBY HIGHWAY NEAR WESTERN AUTO. AARON RAINES WAS STOPPED AT THE REDLIGHT AT THE INTERSECTOIN OF COSBY HIGHWAY AND JONES...
ON MONDAY, NEWPORT OFFICER ELI SUGGS WAS WAVED DOWN BY A CITIZEN IN THE AREA OF HUDDLE HOUSE ON WEST HIGHWAY 25/70 IN NEWPORT CONCERNING A FIGHT INSIDE THE RESTAURANT. OFFICER SUGGS OBSERVED TWO...
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...