Tweed Fire Now 60% Contained
An update on the wildfire burning north of Del Rio. The Tweed fire in the Cherokee National Forest has consumed 536 acres in Cocke and Greene Counties. The US Forest Service says that fire...
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Two Greeneville Men Charged With Child Sexual Exploitation
Two men from Greeneville have been indicted on charges of sexual exploitation of a child. 24 year old Anthony Charles Roe was arrested in October after a grand jury indicted him 28 counts of...
Pursuit Of Motorcyclist Turn Up Empty
A pursuit of a man on a motorcycle wound up on backroads in the Western part of Cocke County and police with an empty sack. Saturday night, the Cocke County sheriff’s office was pursuing...
Walter State Sees Higher Dual Enrollment
Walters State is seeing more high school students taking classes this fall. They call this dual enrollment, and that allows students to earn both high school and college credit by taking Walters State classes...
Tweed Wildfire Grows To Over 500 Acres
Wildland Firefighters with the US Forest Service are continuing their fight against the wildfires burning in the Cherokee National Forest. The Tweed wildfire is burning in part of Cocke County and Greene County. That...
Operation Christmas Child Accepting Donations
As we draw closer to the holidays, Samaritan’s Purse has began their annual “Operation Christmas Child” fundraiser. With “Operation Christmas Child”, various churches and other organizations accept donations of things like toys, school supplies,...
UT Takes Tumble In Football Polls
The Tennessee Vols took a tumble in Columbia, Missouri on Saturday and yesterday they took a tumble in the college football rankings. The Vols suffered the worst loss of the Josh Heupel era, losing...
Tweed Fire Update
All three wildfires burning in the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee are all growing in size. That includes the so called “Tweed” fire burning in Cocke and Greene Counties. That fire, north of Del...
Gas Prices Drop Below $3 A Gallon
We are seeing gas prices dropping in Cocke County. Over the last week we have seen some locations drop below $3 for a gallon of regular. Most stations on the west side of Newport...
Wildfire In Cherokee National Forest In Cocke County
There is now a wildfire burning close by in the Cherokee National Forest and the cause is under investigation. Thursday afternoon, 11/9, a wildfire was reported in the Cherokee National Forest in Cocke County....