Author: jock

Sevier County Girl Missing

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is searching for what they are calling an endangered runaway from the Wears Valley area. 17 year old Leeia Nicole Boone was last seen Monday, May 3, at her...

POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN MIDDLE TN

While we had some rough weather yesterday in our part of Tennessee…the National Weather Service is investigating the possibility that more than 10 tornadoes touched down in Middle Tennessee yesterday. The National Weather Service...

Farmers To Families Food Boxes

Farmers To Families Food Boxes are being distributed this week in Cocke County. The main distribution will be held this Friday, May 7th, in the former Wal-Mart Parking lot near Krystal between 9:30 and...

DEL RIO MAN FACES MURDER CHARGES

A man who had been living in Del Rio will now be headed back to Oregon to face murder charges. Eric Ramsey of the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office says that a joint investigation between...

HAGERTY AGAINST BIDEN’S PLAN

Tennessee’s US Senator Bill Hagerty was in Nashville yesterday. Hagerty is speaking out against President Joe Biden’s $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan. Hagery admits Tennessee needs funding to address critical infrastructure projects, such as roads,...

CRITICAL BLOOD SHORTAGE

MEDIC Regional Blood Center is reminding people in the area that there is a critical shortage in blood supplies right now in East Tennessee and Southeastern Kentucky. MEDIC says that O Positive blood has...

DOLLYWOOD TURNS 35

Dollywood celebrated a milestone yesterday…as they marked their 35th anniversary. Dollywood originally opened on May 3, 1986 at the site of the former Silver Dollar City. It’s hard to believe but there were concerns...

K9 APPREHENDS SUSPECT

There was some action last night in the area of the Sunoco on route 25/70 near I-40. Two K9 Deputies were advised a man was in that area in a vehicle with stolen tags....

BROADBAND INTERNET COVERAGE

Tennessee is starting a project to find out where those who do not currently have access to high speed internet live in the state. Estimates are that there are hundreds of thousands of residents...