A Walters State Community College faculty member that recently retired has now been honored. Malcolm McAvoy, former associate professor of speech, received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Tennessee Communication Association. McAvoy’s teaching career...
The Knox County deputy who was shot in the line of duty when he responded to a domestic disturbance call late Sunday night has now died. Deputy Tucker Blakely died Monday night at the...
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has given an update on a new pest, the spotted laternfly. According to experts the laternfly populations can get out of control fast. State Entomologist Cindy Bilbrey says that...
The Cocke County Sheriff’s office is investigating the theft of a trailer with lumber on it. Jeffrey Little of Dallas, NC says he is currently building a house on Mountain Trail Drive. He told...
More details have been released about a police standoff earlier this week in neighboring Haywood County NC. Police in Waynesville say that Daron Tate fired two shots at another man, missing both times. That...
Jefferson County’s mayor was jailed this week after he was arrested for DUI earlier this week in Bradley County. A citizen had called 911 about seeing a man along Interstate 75 near mile marker...
The Music and Theatre Department at Walters State Community College will be holding auditions for its fall production, “Of Mice and Men,”. Those auditions will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 2 in...
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture wants you to be on the lookout for a new invasive species of pests. This one can be devastating to crops, but especially fruit growers, like vineyards. The Department...
Early Wednesday morning Newport police responded to a call about someone in the area of the Newport Towne Center about someone carrying guns. Newport officer, Sgt. Joshua Shults, encountered the suspect coming around the...
A Cocke County man called the Cocke County sheriff’s office this week and stated that he had sold a motor for a pressure washer and had been paid in fake money. Richard Miller told...