Cosby News

Marine Corps Pvt. Sarah A. Brake completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S. C. She is the daughter of Polly J. and Alvin N. Brake of Knoxville.

At right, Cocke County Director of Schools Manney Moore, left, congratulates Cosby High School's Jason Tinker on receiving his diploma Friday night.

Glenn Casey Francis, 43, of 4601 Catons Grove Road, in Cosby, was arrested Tuesday, May 22, and charged with child neglect and abuse , aggravated assault, and domestic assault, Deputy Sheriff Josh Hall of the Cocke County Sheriff's Department reported.

NEWPORT-The second annual 'Ruler of the Roost' spring football scrimmage between Cosby and Cocke County High School was played on Friday night at Larry Williams Stadium.

Christy L. Toby, 33, of Chavis Road, in Cosby, said she was the victim of a robbery in her residence by an armed man wearing a ski mask, on Tuesday, May 8, at about 2:30 p.m., the Cocke County Sheriff's Department reported.

The Jefferson County Republican Women and Republican Women of the Future have already announced that the groups will host a debate on Friday, June 22nd between the four candidates vying to replace outgoing Tennessee State Senator Mike Faulk in the newly-renumbered 8th Senate District.

A Cocke County elections commissioner accused of killing a bicyclist while driving drunk is no longer required to have an ignition interlock device in his truck, a judge ruled this morning.

One of the areas I like to hike besides Big Greenbrier is in an area that use to be called "Lindsey Town", inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Tonya McFalls of the Family Dollar Store at 3324 Cosby Highway, in Cosby, reported the business was broken into sometime between 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, and 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 3, the Cocke County Sheriff's Department reported.

National Park Service rangers and special agents are investigating an armed robbery on April 25 on Foothills Parkway-East near Cosby.