Tri- Cities Man Charged In Two Murders
A man is now in custody in the Tri-Cities suspected in connection with not one but two murders. A manhunt got underway on Thursday for Donald Britt after he was suspected of shooting and...
Jefferson Co. Man Arrested For Wife’s Murder
Police in Jefferson County have released the name of a woman killed by her husband late Wednesday night. The Jefferson County sheriff’s office says that shortly before midnight Wednesday night, a call came into...
Morristown Man Fires Shot At Another
A man called police in Morristown Wednesday afternoon saying he had been shot at by another man. Brandon Petrey told officers that while at a residence on Taft Street, Petrey got into a verbal...
More Information Released Regarding Christmas Blackouts
Christmas 2022 will be remembered for being the Christmas that left most of us in the dark at times. December 23rd and 24th, the TVA issued rolling blackout orders to the power companies that...
NU Partners With Tennessee Valley Authority
Newport Utilities announced Wednesday that it has partnered with the Tennessee Valley Authority to award $22,000 in Community Care Funds to the Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority. Newport Utilities General Manager Michael Williford says that for...
Property Stolen Out Of Truck Friday
Police are looking into who sold some property that was stolen out of a truck in Newport on Friday. Brandon Baxter told police that he had parked his truck at Walgreen’s while he went...
Two Shoplifters Arrested
Two people were arrested trying to shoplift from the Wal-Mart on Crockett Trace in Morristown. Tiffany Simpson of Bean Station and John Morse of Rutledge were caught on their way out the door. Morse...
Man Wanted On Indictment In Jefferson County Arrested
Detectives in Morristown arrested a man Tuesday wanted on an indictment in Jefferson County. Police had received a tip that 37 year old Marcos Summerson was at a residence on Miller Street. Summerson was...
Wal-Mart Victim Of Theft
Newport police were called to Wal-Mart on Cosby Hwy Saturday about a man who had broken into the jewelry counter. Loss prevention at Wal-Mart stated the male subject had taken pictures of the jewelry...
Porch Pirates Still Active
You probably thought porch pirates ended with Christmas…you’d be wrong, a Cosby man says he can attest to that. The 60 year old man says that starting before Christmas and continuing afterwards, someone is...