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Covid continues to be prevalent around the area, although case numbers are beginning to drop. There has been about a 20% drop in the number of cases statewide since the end of January. For...

Numerous law enforcement agencies were on hand to help lay to rest Loudon County Deputy Chris Jenkins on Wednesday. Once at the cemetery, Deputy Jenkins’ casket was transferred to a caisson unit which took...

By now you have seen the new Tennessee license plates on vehicles around the area. According to the state there are now 400,000 of those plates on vehicles across the state. 5.5 million will...

The Newport City Council met last night at city hall. The council moved one step farther in the process of credit card usage for payments to the city. After last night, you will now...

The man who was responsible for dropping a ladder into the roadway on I-75 last week…starting a chain of events that ended in the death of a Loudon County Deputy…has been arrested and charged....

Last week the Cocke County Budget Committee and the General Committee met for a workshop to discuss the funding for a new Cocke County jail. The committees did not have a quorum so could...

The Jefferson County sheriff’s department is warning citizens about a growing trend…the theft of trailers in the area. The sheriff’s department says thefts of trailers like those used to tow lawn tractors and such...

Sunday evening a traffic stop on an impaired driver turned into a major drug bust for Morristown police. An officer had spotted a white Chevrolet Impala driving into oncoming traffic on west Morris Blvd....

Don Wells, the father of Summer Wells…the girl missing out of Hawkins County…will be spending the next year or so in jail. Wells was in court on Monday to answer a DUI charge from...

Two of the three inmates that escaped out of the Sullivan County jail have now been found…dead. According to authorities, 38 year old Tobias Carr who was in jail for second degree murder and...