Author: jock

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...

Tragedy for a Morristown family just before Christmas. On Sunday night, 22 year old Tristan Lemka of Morristown was traveling southbound on Hwy 160 when he was involved in an automobile accident with another...

Candidate qualifying starts in Cocke County next week for the 2022 election. Starting on Monday, the Cocke County Election commission will have nominating petitions available for numerous positions in the county. They include… County...

Cocke County police made a traffic stop on Hwy 321 in Parrottsville Monday afternoon. The driver of the vehicle was Curt Huff and the passenger was 32 year old Chlorissa Sartain of Newport. She...