The Newport Theatre Guild is inviting you to join them this weekend as they present their fall production of John Patrick’s “The Curious Savage”. The play is described as a heartwarming comedy about Ethel...

The Assistant Dean at Middle Tennessee State University is now out of a job after she posted inappropriate comments regarding the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk on Wednesday. Laura Sosh-Lightsy, who...

Two faculty members of East Tennessee State University have been suspended from their jobs after social media posts they made after the assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah Wednesday. Andrew Herrmann and Russ Brown...

Two young men from Jefferson County have been charged in relation to an multi-vehicle accident that closed a portion of Interstate 40 in Sevier County Wednesday night. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 20-year-old...

If you normally apply for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, you will be able to do so this year as well. However, you’ll have to wait a little longer than normal. The Douglas...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of an inmate that died after an altercation in the Sevier County Jail. Gary Dewayne Stiltner II was the inmate injured in the fight in...

Cocke County is coming together to celebrate resilience one year after Hurricane Helene with 2 special events First up, Shine on Newport, Friday September 26, from 5 to 10pm in Historic Downtown Newport. It’s...

The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division, working with the Newport/Cocke County Joint SWAT Team and the Criminal Investigations Division, executed a narcotics search warrant Friday at a Newport residence. The warrant was carried...

Newport Police are investigating a counterfeit cash case reported at the CVS on Cosby Highway. Patrolman Hunter Strom says store management reported that on September 4th, a man purchased a $450 prepaid card using...