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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...

Morristown Teen Officially Charged In Shooting

Investigators with the Morristown police department have officially charged a 17 year old after that teen shot another teenager near Morristown West High School earlier this week. The shooting happened in an apartment complex...

Newport Break-Ins Continue On Tuesday

The rash of break-ins at Newport business continued on Tuesday. This time though, police have a suspect. Michael Hartzog of Smoky Mountain Silencer stated a white male had broken into his business through the...