Wildfire In Cocke County Still Burning
That wildfire continues to burn in the Cherokee National Forest in Cocke County. The fire is northeast of Del Rio near the Tennessee/North Carolina border. The fire is about 50% contained at this time,...
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Newport Police Pursue High Speed Vehicle
Early Saturday morning Newport Police were advised about a vehicle heading eastbound on Hwy 25/70 coming from Jefferson County travelling at a high rate of speed. Dandridge police had been in pursuit of the...
Police Respond To Unresponsive Man In Parking Lot
Police responded Saturday morning to the parking lot of McDonald’s in Newport. 32 year old McDonald’s employee Peter Yelle was on his back on the parking lot unresponsive. It took 16mg of Narcan to...
Road Rage Incident on Cosby Hwy
A case of road rage Friday evening in Newport. 35 year old Michael Lizotte told police he was riding in the passenger seat of his girlfriend’s car on Cosby Hwy when a gold Chevrolet...
Newport Police Called To Home Theft
A Newport man called police and stated that he and his family are currently in Texas but had seen on video surveillance from home a silver SUV circling his home. Miguel Gutierrez told police...
Governor Lee asks for $500 Million For New Stadium in Nashville
Governor Bill Lee is expected to ask Tennessee lawmakers today to add $500 million to the budget to build a new stadium in downtown Nashville for the Tennessee Titans. Nissan Stadium, where the Titans...
Police Called To Brock’s Market
Police in Newport were dispatched to Brock’s Market on East Broadway early Sunday morning…two people were sitting in a truck with the windows down in 30 degree weather. Officers arrived and found a woman...
Morristown Police Called to Greeneville Community Hospital
The Greeneville Community Hospital called Morristown police over the weekend to report a man with a stab wound to the throat…the attack happening in Morristown. The victim, 40 year old Joshua Wells, told medical...
Police Make Arrest At Motel 6
Police were called over the weekend to the Motel 6 in Newport, the motel was reporting a shirtless male subject running around the property. The desk clerk told police the man had jumped out...
Chimney Rock Fire About 50% Contained
Fire crews are continuing to fight a wildfire in Cocke County. The fire started last Friday, March 25th and is located entirely within the boundaries of the Cherokee National Forest near the Tennessee-North Carolina...