Lee Begins Second Term
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee was sworn in for his second term Saturday at the Legislative Plaza in Nashville. Lee listed many challenges and achievements in his first term…the Covid-19 pandemic and several natural diasters...
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GSNMP Parking Passes Sell-Out Quickly
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park says that the annual parking passes for the park are quite the hot item. Those annual passes, which cost $40 went on sale last week, and by Wednesday...
Traffic Stop Leads To Drug Arrest
A Man Known To be wanted in Cocke County was spotted driving on North Street in Newport Wednesday afternoon. Police pulled over 40 year old Christopher Williams on Clifton Heights Road. After giving police...
“Roll Up Your Sleeve” Week With Medic
Get ready to roll up your sleeves…not to work…but to give blood. Next week is “roll up your sleeve” week with the Medic Regional Blood Center. Medic will be competing with the Texas Blood...
Close Call For Newport Police Officer
A close call for Newport policer officer Wednesday evening. Patrolman Derek Wright had made a traffic stop on Hwy 25/70 near Greystone Way and had parked his police cruiser as such that traffic coming...
Tri- Cities Man Charged In Two Murders
A man is now in custody in the Tri-Cities suspected in connection with not one but two murders. A manhunt got underway on Thursday for Donald Britt after he was suspected of shooting and...
Jefferson Co. Man Arrested For Wife’s Murder
Police in Jefferson County have released the name of a woman killed by her husband late Wednesday night. The Jefferson County sheriff’s office says that shortly before midnight Wednesday night, a call came into...
Morristown Man Fires Shot At Another
A man called police in Morristown Wednesday afternoon saying he had been shot at by another man. Brandon Petrey told officers that while at a residence on Taft Street, Petrey got into a verbal...
More Information Released Regarding Christmas Blackouts
Christmas 2022 will be remembered for being the Christmas that left most of us in the dark at times. December 23rd and 24th, the TVA issued rolling blackout orders to the power companies that...
NU Partners With Tennessee Valley Authority
Newport Utilities announced Wednesday that it has partnered with the Tennessee Valley Authority to award $22,000 in Community Care Funds to the Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority. Newport Utilities General Manager Michael Williford says that for...