Tennessee lawmakers yesterday voted to advance a bill that could make child rapists eligible for the death penalty. The bill heard by the Criminal Justice subcommittee Tuesday states that the death penalty could be...
The first Community Outreach meeting with the Cocke County Sheriff’s office is being cancelled for this month. That first meeting of 2024 was to be held tomorrow night in the Del Rio area at...
The Cocke County Sheriff’s office was contacted last week about assisting Madison County, NC officers with a traffic stop in Tennessee on east Hwy 25/70. Madison County deputies had pursued a vehicle with two...
A mobile home in Newport was deemed a total loss after firefighters extinguished a blaze that broke out at the home Saturday morning shortly before 1 am. The mobile home on Brookfield Drive belonged...
It was definitely cold over the weekend as we had got down to about 2 above Saturday night and failed to get above the freezing mark on Sunday. If you thought it was too...
Tennessee Vols head football coach Josh Heupel has another new feather in his cap. Heupel has successfully recruited one of the most highly sought after players in the nation. Brentwood Academy quarterback George MacIntyre...
A traffic stop in Jefferson County resulted in the seizure of a dangerous mixture of narcotics. The traffic stop happened Thursday afternoon in Jefferson City as police there along with the Jefferson County K-9...
The Newport Police Department has charged a man with murder regarding the case of a woman missing for over 2 weeks. On January 9, the family of Michelle Johnson contacted the Cocke County Sheriff’s...
Newport police are trying to find out who the woman is that swindled Walgreen’s in Newport out of nearly $2,000. Walgreen’s management told police that around 7:30 pm Wednesday evening, a Hispanic female came...
The Tennessee Health Department is encouraging residents to check to make sure they do not have any of a long list of recalled Quaker Oats products. Back in mid-December, Quaker had announced a recall...
