Author: jock

Scammers continue to make life difficult for honest people. Sometimes, scammers and thieves don’t even have to talk to you to effect your life. Identity Theft is a very real and very scary thing....

The Tennessee Comptroller’s office has released the audit reports for 2022 and 2023 for Walters State Community College. The reports cover the period from July 1, 2021 thru June 30, 2023. In that aiudit,...

Police arrested a man Friday morning after he caused a disturbance at the Quality Inn on Cosby Hwy in Newport. Employees say that numerous guests reported a man in Room 109 yelling and cursing....

The Cocke County Sheriff’s office arrested a woman Friday night in the Edwina Bridgeport area after an assault call. Dustin Hurley told a deputy that he and 28 year old Summer Wilde had gotten...

A company in Morristown is going to be expanding its operations there and that is going to mean job opportunities for the surrounding area. Howmet Aerospace announced they will be making a nearly $28...

The Leadvale Access between Newport and White Pine will be closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week, July 22- 24. Crews will be performing maintenance on the access road. They will be repairing potholes,...

A 20 year old man was taken to jail Thursday night after an altercation in the parking lot of Wal-Mart in Newport. A witness told police that he observed the offender, Raven Bare, aggressively...

The Newport Police department is investigating after a stolen handgun showed up at a pawn shop in Newport. Fred Bryson, Jr. told the sheriff’s office he attempted to pawn a Smith & Wesson M&P...

We are still a couple months away from summer officially coming to an end, but summer is about to be over for East Tennessee students. Most students will be going back to school the...