Author: jock

The Tennessee State Legislature is going to the dogs. Earlier this week, a bill was introduced that would make it a misdemeanor to restrain a dog with a chain, tether, or similar device while...

The last of three escaped inmates from Sullivan County is now in custody. The TBI announced late Thursday night that Johnny Brown had been taken into custody Thursday by US Marshals and North Carolina...

A Dangerous situation on Interstate 40 early Wednesday morning for a Cocke County Deputy. Deputy Zach Magourik was dispatched to the 448 mile marker at around 3am about an abandoned vehicle in the middle...

Cocke County Deputies were dispatched early Wednesday morning in reference to a stabbing in Cosby. Police went to the home on Tobes Creek Road and found 55 year old R.B. Toby with a knife...

A bill currently being debated at the state capitol is causing quite the stir among small business owners. The bill proposed by republican lawmaker Bud Hulsey of Kingsport would require all retail shops to...

Covid continues to be prevalent around the area, although case numbers are beginning to drop. There has been about a 20% drop in the number of cases statewide since the end of January. For...

Numerous law enforcement agencies were on hand to help lay to rest Loudon County Deputy Chris Jenkins on Wednesday. Once at the cemetery, Deputy Jenkins’ casket was transferred to a caisson unit which took...

By now you have seen the new Tennessee license plates on vehicles around the area. According to the state there are now 400,000 of those plates on vehicles across the state. 5.5 million will...

The Newport City Council met last night at city hall. The council moved one step farther in the process of credit card usage for payments to the city. After last night, you will now...

The man who was responsible for dropping a ladder into the roadway on I-75 last week…starting a chain of events that ended in the death of a Loudon County Deputy…has been arrested and charged....