The MEDIC Regional Blood Centers Board of Directors has announced Alan Watson as their new President and Chief Executive Officer. Watson has spent 30 years in healthcare administration, most recently serving as the Interim...
Two people were arrested Saturday night in Newport after being stopped for having the wrong tags on the wrong vehicle. The vehicle in question was a red Buick, but the tag on it was...
Several people were transported to the Newport Medical Center after a crash at Cosby Hwy and I-40 Sunday morning. A witness told police that a car driven by Bobby Carmony of Tazwell, TN was...
A new bill introduced to the General Assembly on Monday could reduce stigma and provide support for firefighters who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Republican lawmakers Senator Paul Bailey of Sparta and...
Firefighters in Sevier County have been battling a fire that involved several cabins overnight. Pigeon Forge firefighters were called to the 2100 block of Windy Lane in the Upper Middle Creek area shortly after...
The Cocke County jail had visitors yesterday, but these visitors were on official business. The Jefferson County K-9 unit and the Sevier County K-9 unit were in Newport yesterday as they assisted Cocke County’s...
The Cocke County Partnership has announced the date for their 13th Annual Legislative Breakfast. That date is Friday, March 3rd at the Carson Springs Conference Center. Doors will open at 7:3oam with a breakfast...
Sunday afternoon, northbound lanes of Interstate 81 were shut down in Jefferson County for a short time as a man was threatening to jump from an overpass. The Jefferson County sheriff’s office says that...
We have learned the names of those involved in the fatal crash that happened in Parrottsville Monday afternoon. According to the preliminary report by the Tennessee Highway Patrol…57 year old Michael Kiser was driving...
A Bean Station woman is in custody in Morristown after nearly striking a police office with her car…for the second time. An officer was called late last week to a Hardee’s on East Morris...