Cocke County Blugrass Festival This Saturday
Get ready for some bluegrass. The Cocke County Bluegrass Festival is this Saturday August 21st at the Cocke County A&I Fairgrounds. Gates will open at noon and the music will kick off at 1…headlining...
Boone NC School Victim Of Same Hoax Of Hawkins County School
A school in Boone, NC was locked down on Wednesday due to someone saying they were a distraught child calling 911 and saying they were at the high school and were going to start...
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Not Doing Vaccine Mandate…Loses Headliner
Vaccine mandates are affecting the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion coming up in September as well. Organizers of the event made the announcement yesterday that they would not impose a vaccine mandate or negative...
Greene County Rescues Man Naked On Log In Nolichucky River
Cocke County authorities may have had to help in evacuations Tuesday night, but it pails in comparison to what Greene County authorities had to deal with on Wednesday afternoon… a naked man floating down...
Greene County Church Destroyed By Fire
In the midst of all the rain yesterday, a church was destroyed by…fire. The Riverview Community Seventh Day Adventist Church in Greene County is reported as a total loss following a fire that was...
Flooding From Fred Causes Evacuation Order
Cocke County dealing with flooding this morning. Rainfall from tropical storm Fred, plus runoff and water coming from North Carolina creating headaches for Cocke County . The Pigeon River is already over its banks...
EDC Cocke County Partnership Meeting Cancelled
The Newport/Cocke County EDC and the Cocke County Partnership’s monthly board meeting to be held tomorrow, Thursday August 19th has been cancelled. Jennifer Brown of the Cocke County partnership says that the agenda that...
Flood Waters Invade Cocke County
Flood waters invaded Cocke County overnight. In Hartford, the Pigeon River left its banks and flooded Hartford Road…waters so swift they even overturned a car. The waters have receded somewhat for now in that...
Del Rio Man Victim Of Credit Card Fraud
A man in Del Rio reported to Cocke County police that he had been the victim of credit card fraud. Barry Bowlus of Del Rio told deputies that the number and information for his...
TSSAA To Keep 2020 Covid Rules In Place
The TSSAA voted on Monday to keep rules regarding missed games due to COVID-19 in place for 2021-22 sports season for Tennessee schools. So basically, The pandemic rules that guide what happens if a...