Author: jock

THP CONDUCTING CHECKPOINTS IN MAY

The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting drivers license checkpoints in the month of May. THP announced that this week they will be in Hamblen County on route 343, the week of May 23rd,...

RIGHT TO WORK AMENDMENT

When Tennesseans go to the polls in November of 2022, voters will have a chance to amend the state’s constitution. For years, Republicans in the state ligislature have worked to get an amendment to...

BODY FOUND IN NEWPORT

Newport police found a dead body in a building on Wednesday afternoon. Officer Justin Shelton was dispatched to a building on Old Knoxville Hwy owned by Richard Foust. Foust had called 911 about a...

UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN

The latest unemployment numbers are out. Last week for the first time since late March new jobless claims in the state dropped to less than 10,000 new cases. The state Department of Labor and...

JD WHITBURN HOME

A Hartford man is back home after giving his family a scare on Thursday. 77 Year old JD Whitburn left his home in his car yesterday morning telling his family he was going to...

FLOWERS AND FOOD FESTIVAL

It’s Flowers and Food taking center stage at Dollywood for the month of May. Hundreds of thousands of beautiful flowers are currently making some stunning displays in the park…including a display of Dolly’s mother...

CICADAS ARE COMING!

Get ready to get dive bombed. That buzzing sound you will soon hear in Cocke County and the Smoky Mountains is known as the brood X cicada. Billions of the big eyed winged critters...

Mill Creek Wildfire Update

Good news and bad news with the Mill Creek Wildfire. The bad news….that fire has now more than doubled in size now consuming over 650 acres and yesterday smoke could be seen blanketing the...