Author: jock

Unemployment claims took a tick upwards in the area for the week ending September 18th. In Cocke County there were 114 persons who filed for initial benefits…that goes with 139 continued claims. Greene County...

Police in neighboring Madison County North Carolina are investigating their second homicide in a week. Sheriff Buddy Harwood confirmed that his department is investigating a homicide in the Burton Cove area…that is several miles...

Another judge has blocked Governor Bill Lee’s executive order allowing parents to opt their children out of school mask mandates. This time the judge is in Williamson County. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw issued...

Greeneville police arrested a man on Sunday who was wanted on a rape charge. Police responded to the Lee’s Food Mart on west Andrew Johnson Highway about a man dressed as a cowboy threatening...

The Newport Grammar School has picked up another honor. The Tennessee Department of Education recently released the 2021 spring testing results and school and district designations from that testing. The Newport Grammar School has...

Four cows were killed Friday in an accident on US 25E north of Morristown. It happened when 49 year old Christopher Robinsson of Bean Station who was on Cherokee Park Road got the green...

 “On behalf of The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office, Newport Police Department and Cocke County EMA, we send our sincerest condolences to the 13 Fallen Soldiers Families. Our Candlelight Memorial represents each one of them...

Police were dispatched to the Hometowne Laundry late Wednesday night about a man who had overdosed. Police found 32 year old Christopher Mayes had od’d in the restroom of that building and had ripped...

More details have been released by North Carolina authorities regarding a shooting involving a bow and arrow. In neighboring Madison County, authorities have announced the arrest of 51 year old Richard Towe, Sr. of...