Governor Bill Lee has instructed the state’s attorney general Jonathan Skrmetti to investigate allegations that FEMA agents discriminated against Trump supporters in Florida. The allegations came to light after a whistleblower at the federal...
The trial for Sean Williams, the Johnson City businessman accused of producing child pornography got underway this week in US District Court in Greeneville. Williams made national headlines a year ago when he escaped...
The Cocke County Sheriff’s office is investigating an unknown individual who is impersonating a sheriff’s officer deputy. A Newport man contacted the sheriff’s office Monday saying he had been called by a number with...
A man was arrested over the weekend at Wal-Mart in Newport after people called police saying he was beating on cars in the parking lot. Police found 33 year old Jackie Clevenger, standing in...
A Cocke County woman fell victim to a scam last week, but her persistence in trying to get her money back has thwarted some criminals out of several thousand ill gotten gains. the woman...
More details have been released regarding the crash of an SUV in the Pigeon River Gorge On Interstate 40. Authorities with Haywood County say that a woman was driving westbound on I-40 towards Tennessee,...
If you live in Newport and like shopping at Publix, the closest store right now is in Sevierville. That is about to change. Publix announced on Monday their plans to move into Morristown. Publix...
A Jefferson County man was jailed Friday after reports of a man walking down a street in the Talbott area shooting a handgun. After initially not finding the suspect, deputies were dispatched again to...
A Greene County man is in jail after police say he shot his own father. Deputies were called to a home in Chuckey and found an intoxicated man, Dustin Strong, sitting on the home’s...
A vehicle pursuit by both Jefferson and Sevier County police, ended in Cocke County when that vehicle crashed. Dispatch notified Newport police that Jefferson and Sevier county deputies had terminated their pursuit of a...