Newport News

The City of Newport's Board of Mayor and Alderman on Tuesday, May 29, postponed action on approval of a new, four-percent hotel/motel tax on lodging businesses within the city limits.

Crime-scene tape surrounds a burned trailer where three bodies where found in the Grassy Fork community of Cocke County.

Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN successfully defended his DART Show-Me 100 Presented by ProtectThe Harvest.com crown on Saturday Night at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Cocke County residents indulged in a treat with a special meaning to the area during a new festival Saturday afternoon.

Hundreds of runners hit the pavement Saturday morning in Knoxville's longest-running race, the KTC Expo presented by 6 Cares.

Following a one-day trial in United States District Court in Greeneville, Tennessee, a jury convicted Richard Erling Kelly of violating the Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.

PHOTO SUBMITTED Newport Dry Goods owner Carroll Kyker was pleased to host Naoko Miyamoto of Japan, during her visit to East Tennessee last year.

Jennifer Wilkerson, 37, of Badger Mt. Way, in Newport, said that on Monday, May 21, she had an argument with a woman who then cut Wilkerson with a pocket knife across the right side of her stomach, Deputy Sheriff Josh Hall of the Cocke County Sheriff's Department reported.

NEWPORT, Tenn. - A suspect wanted in a Cocke County pharmacy robbery earlier this month killed himself following a high-speed chase in South Carolina on Tuesday, according to authorities.

The first ever MoonPie in the Smokies Festival is at the Cocke County Fairgrounds Saturday from 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. It also includes live music, a car show and a corn hole tournament.

The landscaping is beautiful and represents a couple of decades work. But now the property is for sale.

Both men are active in the Tennessee Bankers Association: Keith Ketterman, as past state chairman, and Gregg Ketterman, current Young Bankers Division president.

Drag racing on a main highway in Newport was halted on Saturday, May 12, at about 2:30 a.m., by Newport Police Department officers.

Thursday night marked a milestone for a Cocke County institution that had their building destroyed by a tornado a year ago.

Carrell works in accounts payable. NEWPORT-The City of Newport on Tuesday, May 8 approved afour percent hotel/motel tax on lodging facilities within the city limits, in afirst reading.

NEWPORT-Prosecutors agreed on Tuesday to remove one of two electronic alcohol detection devices designed to prevent Cocke County businessman Dan Ford from driving after drinking, agreeing with defense attorney Bill Leibrock that it is "a duplication." But the 74-year-old defendant is still slated for trial in Cocke County Circuit Court in ... (more)

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.

The case against Jeffery Lee Stock, who is accused of murdering Cocke County teen Megan Maxwell, was the subject of a court hearing Wednesday.

Oak Ridge Schools Supt. Tom Bailey placed Willow Brook Elementary School Principal Mardee Miller on paid administrative leave and will be reassigned to a post ion in the central office.

Cocke County Elections Commissioner Dan Ford leaves Cocke County Circuit Court after a hearing in connection with being charged with killing a bicyclist while driving drunk Tuesday in Newport, Tenn.