Man Arrested For Aggravated Assault
Newport police arrested a man on Sunday and charged him with assaulting his girlfriend. 25 year old Juan Valdes told police that his girlfriend was having a seizure and he attempted to save her...
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Fire Crews Respond To House Fire
Firefighters responded to a house fire in Parrottsville on Friday. A brick home on North Hwy 340 was fully engulfed in flames when fire crews arrived. The Parrottsville Fire Department and Cocke County Fire...
Newport Woman Steals Two Cars In One Day
A Newport woman faces charges after stealing two cars in one day. This happened on Friday, starting with Kelly Ellison telling police she had started he Dodge Ram pickup around 9am and went back...
CCSO Warns Of Facebook Scam Post
The Cocke County Sheriff’s office is warning about another scam post on facebook, regarding the sheriff’s department. In this one, the scammer has posted a warning about husband and wife Ryan Edward and Alice...
NBA Star Stephen Curry’s Documentary To Be Screened In Newport
A documentary produced by 4 time NBA champion Stephen Curry will be screened here in Newport next month. The Cocke County Cradle to Career Coalition and First United Methodist Church of Newport will present...
Local Volunteer Fire Departments To Receive Grant Money
Several Volunteer Fire Departments will be getting some funds from the state. The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance and the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office announced Thursday that 245 Tennessee volunteer fire departments...
More FEMA Updates
Th next phase of FEMA ending direct operations on the ground takes place at the end of this week. After the Disaster Recovery Centers serving the disaster area closed on January 7, FEMA operated...
Cocke County School System To Hold Meeting On Issue Of Inclement Weather Days
With Cocke County schools closed again on Thursday, that adds to the issue of inclement weather days. The county has run out of inclement weather days. The school district is given 10 inclement weather...
All Time Power Record Set Wednesday
The TVA on Wednesday had asked customers to cut back on power usage to make sure there was no interruption of power service during the frigid cold, as temps dropped into the single digits...
22 Year Old Charged With Assault
A Cocke County man was taken into custody on Tuesday for an assault that happened the weekend before. The victim contacted police on Tuesday, meeting officers in the Eastern Plaza Shopping Center. The victim...