The Newport parks & recreation Department will be hosting a series of hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains area starting next month. All hikes will be easy to moderate in difficulty. All ages are...

A Newport man was arrested over the weekend for elder abuse. A Cocke County deputy was called to a residence on Shag Rd. where he was met at the door by 83 year old...

Over the weekend catalytic converter thieves struck again in the Hartford area. Tazman Cardiff of Richmond Hill, GA told Cocke County deputy Tim Snapp that he had parked his Honda CRV on Waterville Rd...

Sunday night police in Morristown responded to a shoplifter at the new Wal-Mart location on west Andrew Johnson Highway. The loss prevention officer told police he had watched a woman identified as Shay Ratliff...

Tomorrow evening the Industrial Development Board will be meeting at Newport City Hall. It will be a busy meeting as several items are on the agenda…including giving final approval for the financial agreement between...

Police in Sevier County are looking for not one but two missing teen-agers. First 17 year old Jaccob Murrell Brooks was reported missing by his mother on Saturday morning….she found his bedroom window was...

Governor Bill Lee visited the US southern border over the weekend. Lee says the surge of migrants coming acorss the border is “an overwhelming situation”. Lee is the latest of many republican governors and...

The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Corrections Officers. The department currently has 5 openings they are looking to fill. Starting pay is $27,552 a year with benefits including retirement. You can apply...

The FBI is warning seniors about a new scam. This one targets people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. According to the FBI, scammers call making unproven claims that their products can prevent, treat, delay, or...

Two pitchers from the SEC went in the top 10 of the MLB Draft last night. Jack Leiter of Vanderbilt was the #2 overall pick and went to the Texas Rangers. Going #10 to...