School Zone Speeder Had No Drivers License
ON TUESDAY, COCKE COUNTY DEPUTY RODNEY HAZELWOOD CLOCKED A BLACK PONTIAC SEDAN AT 31 MPH IN A 15MPH SCHOOL ZONE. THE DRIVER, DANIEL MARKLAND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A DRIVERS LICENSE. MARKLAND WAS SHOWN...
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Gun Shot Call Leads to Arrest For Warrant
ON TUESDAY, COCKE COUNTY DEPUTY JESSICA BUTLER AND LT JONATHAN OAKES WERE DISPSATCHED TO A HOME ON INDUSTRIAL ROAD IN REFERENCE TO A GUN SHOT WOUND. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE RESIDENCE, OFFICERS WERE MET...
Newport City Council Met In Regular Session
NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION LAST NIGHT. DURING THE MEETING, COUNCIL RE-APPOINTED L.C. GREGG TO THE BEER BOARD, AND ALDERWOMAN LOUANNA OTTINGER WAS APPOINTED TO THE REGIONAL SOLID WASTE BOARD. A CREDIT...
Newport Police Respond To Domestic Assault
NEWPORT POLICE OFFICER WILLIAM GARBER RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC ASSAULT CALL ON CLIFTON HEIGHTS ROAD. THE VICTIM, KEISHA CUTSHAW STATED THAT HER BOYFRIEND, MR. BOBBY POPE WAS VERY INTOXICATED AND BECAME ANGRY WITH HER,...
Traffic Stop Ends In Drug Arrest
ON MONDAY, OFFICER JUSTIN SHELTON PULLED OVER A BMW FOR FAILING TO USE A PROPER TURN SIGNAL. THE BMW WAS DRIVEN BY DONALD MCCOY WITH PASSENGER SCARLETT SHORT. MR. MCCOY HAD AN ACTIVE ASSAULT...
Car Vandalized At Walmart
ON MONDAY, NEWPORT OFFICER ELI SUGGS WAS DISPATCHED TO WALMART CONCERNING A POSSIBLE VEHICLE BREAK IN. THE VICTIM, MELISSA SHEPHERD STATED HER 2007 HONDA CRV HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO. SHEPHERD STATED THERE WAS NO...
Crash Results In Arrest
NEWPORT POLICE OFFICER JUSTIN SHELTON RESPONDED TO A VEHICLE CRASH ON MONDAY ON THE COSBY HIGHWAY NEAR WESTERN AUTO. AARON RAINES WAS STOPPED AT THE REDLIGHT AT THE INTERSECTOIN OF COSBY HIGHWAY AND JONES...
Police Respond To Fight At Huddle House
ON MONDAY, NEWPORT OFFICER ELI SUGGS WAS WAVED DOWN BY A CITIZEN IN THE AREA OF HUDDLE HOUSE ON WEST HIGHWAY 25/70 IN NEWPORT CONCERNING A FIGHT INSIDE THE RESTAURANT. OFFICER SUGGS OBSERVED TWO...
USDA Forest Service Announces Road Openings
THE USDA FOREST SERVICE OFFICIALS AT THE CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST RECENTLY ANNOUNCE THE ANNUAL SCHEDULE FOR OPENING SOME ROADS THAT ARE CLOSED SEASONALLY. THESE ROADS ARE LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CHEROKEE...
WNPC News Director’s Mother Passes Away
MRS. FLORINE ANN JONES, 81 OF NEWPORT, FORMERLY OF MT. ZION/BETHANY, ILLINOIS, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HER HOME. MRS. JONES WAS THE MOTHER OF 92.3 WNPC’S NEWS DIRECTOR DALE JONES. MRS. JONES’ SERVICE WILL...
