Many Set To Travel This Week for Holiday
Over a million Tennesseans are expected to be traveling this week for the 4th of July weekend. The AAA says they forecast that 1.6 million people in the state will be traveling at least...
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CCSO and TBI Investigating Two Bodies Found In Cosby
The Cocke County Sheriff’s office and the TBI are investigating the discovery of two bodies that were found Sunday morning. According to Cocke County Sheriff CJ Ball, the two bodies were found in a...
U. S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon Coming To GSMNP
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon is coming to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Limons visit is part of her signature project “You are Here: Poetry in Parks.” The project is a partnership between...
Arrest Made For Aggravated Burglary
A man is in jail after he attempted to break into an apartment by pushing a window air conditioner through the window. A couple told police there were asleep inside their residence around 4...
Saharan Dust Heads To East Tennessee
Trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean will be bringing something into East Tennessee over the weekend and you may want to grab your camera. Weather experts say that winds from Africa have brought dust...
Cocke County Sees Slight Uptick In Unemployment…But Is Still Low
May unemployment numbers have been released for individual counties in Tennessee. Cocke County’s unemployment rate remains relatively low, although it did go up just a little. In April, the unemployment rate in Cocke County...
Body Found In Pigeon River
Police are investigating after a body was found in the Pigeon River in Newport on Wednesday, 6/26. Newport Chief of Police Scott Lamb says his department was called to the area around 170 W....
Dalton Knecht Drafted 17th In NBA Draft
A former Tennessee Vol is headed west. Last night in the NBA Draft, former Vol and prolific scorer Dalton Knecht was taken with the 17th overall pick by the Los Angeles Lakers. Knecht was...
Gatlinburg PD Adds Two New K-9 Officers
The City of Gatlinburg has two new additions to their police force. This week the police department introduced K-9 officers Dolly and Gill. Dolly is a Labrador Retriever trained to find illegal narcotics and...
Three Indicted In Death Of Newport Woman
A Cocke County Grand Jury has indicted a woman in the death of her own mother. Back on April 2, 36 year old Polly Fox called 911 saying that she had found her mother,...