Tom Mooty To Be Honored With Award

A familiar face to many WNPC listeners is being honored next month. The Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service, better known as SCHAS will be presenting The 26th Cocke County Citizenship Award at an event...

Two Women Arrested On Drug Charges

Two women are in jail after being arrested on numerous drug charges Monday. Police were called about a vehicle in the Newport Town Center parking lot with two women inside and narcotics in full...

Man Arrested For Domestic Assault

A Cocke County man was arrested Saturday after assaulting his granddaughter. According to the Cocke County sheriff’s department, Tony Gooderham of Cosby became upset with his granddaughter after she asked him to move his...

Warrant Issued For Bybee Man

A warrant was issued for the arrest of a Bybee man over the weekend after he assaulted a woman in a domestic dispute. Sheriff’s deputies say that 32 year old Jacob Rader and the...

10 Digit Dialing Begins This Week

Get ready to push more buttons when you call a phone number. Starting on Wednesday, February 5, all local calls made within the 423 area code must be dialed using 10 digits (area code...

Weekend Fire At Empower Cocke County

An exposed electrical outlet is being blamed as the cause for a fire in downtown Newport on Saturday. That fire was at the Empower Cocke County building. The building’s flooring had been ripped up...