Medic Mobile Blood Center In Newport Friday
The Medic Mobile Blood Center is still seeking blood donations. All blood types are needed but O positive and O negative are needed the most. Tomorrow the Medic Mobile Blood Center will be at...
Lindsay Gap Road Closed For A Day
Another road closure in the county to advise you of…on Tuesday, June 1st…the Cocke County Highway Department will be closing Lindsay Gap Road at 8:30am that morning to install guardrails on the bridge. This...
Sanitation Board Meeting Rescheduled
The meeting of the Cocke County Sanitation Board that was supposed to happen On June 3rd has been rescheduled. That meeting will take place next Friday, June 4th at 5pm and will be in...
Drug Bust in Cocke County Sunday Night
A drug bust happened in Cocke County late Sunday night. Deputy Joshua Malone was assisting two Newport officers in returning two runaway juveniles back to a home on Shag Road. Upon arrival at that...
Missing Man Found In Newport
Monday afternoon Newport police located a missing man. Officers were called to the Weigels on Cosby Hwy about a man who had been t\sitting near the entrance of the store for most of the...
National Park Superintendent Honored
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent has been given a high honor. During a virtual ceremony on Monday Cassius Cash was awarded the Agency Leadership Award from the Public Lands Alliance…as part of the...
Newport Utilities Approves Changes To Water & Wastewater Extension Policies
The Board of Directors at Newport Utilities held their monthly meeting yesterday morning at the utility. Some of what was on the agenda were the policies concerning water and wastewater hookups for residential and...
Anakeesta To Honor The Military
Anakeesta in Gatlinburg will be honoring veterans this weekend. They will be honoring fallen military members with a special ceremony at 11am on Saturday morning with the Pigeon Forge Veterans Military Honor Guard. Then...
Governor Signs Two New Crime Reform Bills
While the Tennessee General Assembly has been adjourned for a couple weeks, Governor Bill Lee is still busy signing legislation passed during that last session. Yesterday, the governor signed two new bills into law...
Cocke County Man Arrested For Leaving The Scene
A Cocke County Man was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident on Monday afternoon. Witnesses say that John Ellis Benson drove through a metal fence on property owned by Tuan Minh Fine...