Author: jock

Tuesday afternoon, Cocke County police pulled over a vehicle that failed to stop at the intersection of Morrell Springs Road and Lincoln Avenue next to Union Cemetery. The driver was 37 year old Joseph...

Early Wednesday police were called to Hedrick Drive in Newport about an unconscious male laying in the grass. The man was 43 year old Jason McMahan…he was sweating profusely, and had slow and shallow...

Emergency responders descended on the Carson Springs area yesterday afternoon…they were looking for a missing child. All volunteer fire departments in the county sent help…in fact according to Cocke County Emergency Management Director Joe...

A Newport man reported to police that he had his medication stolen over the weekend. David Wilson stated that he had gotten a prescription bottle filled of Oxycodone last week and had taken 3...

Police on Monday attempted a traffic stop on Nutmeg street in Newport on a car with a loud muffler. That vehicle did a U-turn in front of police and took off at a high...

A man was arrested Monday morning in Newport for assaulting a woman. Police responded to a room at the Best Western hotel in Newport. 65 year old James Turner told officers he and his...

Cocke County schools and the organization “No Kid Hungry” are making sure the Cocke County’s school children will be getting a good meal, at least for the month of June. Coming up each Thursday...

Morristown police were contacted Monday afternoon about shots being fired in a neighborhood during the early morning hours on Memorial Dy. Residents near the intersection of Hillvale Road and Joe Hall Road told police...

Cocked County deputies responded to a hit and run accident involving three vehicles on Armory Road near Dean’s Bar. The fleeing vehicle was a gold Honda that was caught by police sitting in the...

Cocke County deputies had their hands full with a call over the weekend on Carson Springs Road. Three individuals renting a home and visiting from South Carolina called police saying that a woman next...