Author: jock

Newport Utility Board held their December meeting on Tuesday. During that meeting, Newport Utilities gave out a couple late Christmas gifts to Douglas Cherokee and Cosby Elementary School in the form of $20,000 community...

Cocke County police responded to a one vehicle crash Monday on Indian Camp Creek Road…the vehicle in the crash reportedly matched the description of one that the Newport Police Department had put a “be...

The Dandridge Police Department will be holding a Handgun Permit Class coming up in January. Due to a law that went into effect on July 1st of this year, you are no longer required...

Christmas Day, Cocke County deputies were dispatched to a home on Lower English Creek Road about a domestic dispute. 36 year old April Burgess told deputies that her boyfriend, 43 year old Kenneth Ramsey...

Newport police responded Tuesday to the report of an unusual item being stolen. Robert Thacker who owns Myers Recycling told police that sometime between Thursday the 23rd and Tuesday, someone had stolen the Electronic...

Newport Alderman Bobby Knight has died. Mr. Knight passed away on Monday at the age of 77. He formerly worked as a battalion chief at the Newport Fire Department and had been a city...

Could Tennessee host a major political party convention in 2024? If Governor Bill Lee gets his way, Nashville could. The Governor has asked the City of Nashville to submit a proposal to host the...

Gas prices in the area are starting a slow trend downward. According to the AAA, gas prices fell on an average of about 1 1/2 cents over the last week. Locally, in Cocke County...

One of the new laws that will take effect on Saturday…the first day of 2022 concerns your prescription drugs. Over the last few years, three pharmacy benefit managers…— controlled 80% of America’s prescription drug...

Yesterday afternoon Jefferson City police responded to an armed robbery in broad daylight at Security Finance on Broadway Blvd. Police are looking for two black males wearing orange clothing who possibly fled in a...