Author: jock

The potential for a Wheel Tax in Cocke County is something that has been bantered about for years. Last week, the subject was broached again at a meeting with the Cocke County General Committee....

Morristown police department has two new officers after they graduated the Walters State Community College Basic Police Academy Class 122 earlier this month. Officers Sebastian Barnes and Josh Sauls are the recent graduates. They...

Pieces of Thelma Lou’s life are going on the auction block. The estate of actress Betty Lynn will go up for auction starting tomorrow and continuing for 2 weeks. Betty Lynn played Barney Fife’s...

Drugs have been making their way into the Cocke County Jail and it has been a mystery as to how they were getting in. That mystery has been solved. The sheriff’s department discovered holes...

A woman was arrested Wednesday morning after employees at Walgreens’ saw her stealing gift cards. Police found the woman…44 year old Alice Vick in a parking lot on Cosby Hwy across from Walgreen’s. She...

Wednesday afternoon police in Newport were dispatched about an unwanted man at a residence. That call turned into a recovery of stolen license plates. 31 year old Daniel Setzer told police he had been...

Newport & Cocke County police both responded to a crash at Cosby Hwy and the Cosby Cut-off Road intersection Wednesday night. Jerry Raines stated he was stopped at the red light when a Jeep...

Earlier today, Ole Smoky Moonshine made a big investment in Cocke County with a large donation to the Cocke County Family Resource Center with Cocke County Schools. This morning at the Cocke County High...

It has been a long wait, but a project that has been in the works for many years is finally getting ready to begin. This Friday morning, The Tennessee Department of Transportation will be...

It will be a Merry Christmas for the Newport Fire Department as last night the Newport City Council approved the purchase of a mini-pumper for the Newport Fire Department. A mini pumper has a...