Author: jock

Lawmakers will be heading back to Nashville next week to get ready for the new legislative session, which begins Tuesday, January 14. One bill that has been filed and will be debated is one...

FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers that are still operating in East Tennessee will officially close at 5pm Tuesday, Jan 7. This is for all DRC’s which includes Cocke, Carter, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington counties. Centers...

With the artic air on the way next week, plumbers say it’s a good time to take precautions against freezing pipes. If you have a crawlspace, make sure your vents are closed and insulate...

The Tennessee Lady Vols perfect record is no more. KIm Caldwell and crew got down by 16 in the third quarter to #9 Oklahoma Sunday afternoon at the Food City Center. The Lady Vols...

A man began the new year in jail after being arrested for assault New Years Day. According to Newport police, they were called Wednesday afternoon to the Newport Medical Center about an assault that...

A man found himself in jail Monday after fighting with police officers. 39 year old Joshua Rowland was the passenger in a vehicle that had been pulled over for possible DUI. The vehicle, driven...

Newport police were called to the Best Western Motel on Cosby Highway earlier this week. They spoke with 59 year old Alan Egmer who claims he was assulted and robbed in the parking lot...

A man has been charged with killing his step-father in Hamblen County. According to the Hamblen County Sheriff’s office, just before 9pm New Year’s night, deputies were dispatched to a stabbing incident in the...

The TWRA is reminding those who have cats as pets to be alert for avian influenza, commonly known as the Bird Flu. A recent outbreak of the bird flu has caused alarm in the...

Police were called last Friday about a home on Woodlawn Avenue in Newport. Neighbors saying that there have been a lot of people coming and going from that home, which is in an area...