Newport News

Grassy Fork Elementary School received $500,000 to install pipes that will run from Newport into the school.

A man shot a cat belonging to an acquaintance, then shot his high velocity pellet rifle at three adults, including the cat's owner, on Sunday, June 16, at about 10:15 p.m., the Cocke County Sheriff's Department reported.

The Red Roof Inn property in Newport was sold for $1.1 million to a Gatlinburg hotel owner after a foreclosure on Thursday afternoon.

Patrick Green, a ceramics artist whose sculpture is featured in the exhibit "Modern Times" at APSU Downtown Gallery, grew up in one of the poorest places in America: the Appalachian Mountains of Newport, Tenn.

Community members in Cocke County gathered to support a family that lost two of its own earlier in the week.

Four people with properties annexed by the City of Newport filed a legal Complaint against the city saying they should not have been liable for 2012 city property taxes because their appeals to the annexation continued into 2012.

NEWPORTi 1 2While the summer season brings excitement to the national tennis scene, it will also bring some to the local aspect of the sport as well.

Multiple high rises, a riverfront walk, a hotel and apartments to house more than 1,000 people are among the plans included in a large redevelopment project on the South Knoxville waterfront.

One Newport resident and one Cosby resident were arrested after they alleged worked together to snatch a purse from a shopper at Walmart last Friday night or early Saturday morning, the Newport Police Department reported.

Charges are pending in a Newport crash that killed a man and a 6-year-old boy, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

By SAMANTHA MANNING 6 News Reporter NEWPORT - A Cocke County crash claimed the lives of two people Monday after two vehicles were involved in a rear-end crash on U.S. 25/70 east of Newport.

Friends of Holly Fischer continue to search for Holly Fischer. According to a reports from WCNC , friends of a missing Holly Fischer, from Charlotte, NC, say they have confirmed the last place she was before she disappeared.

Former City Administrator Scott Collins, who was fired in March, filed a lawsuit against the City of Newport asking for his job back.

PHOTO BY BETTY MCMILLAN Wright's Swimming Pool and Spa may be the best way to beat the summer heat.

Amanda Michelle Carver, 30, of Johnson Street, in Newport, was arrested and charged with 32 counts of fraudulently using her grandparents' card, the Cocke County Sheriff's Department reported.

The Knox County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee is asking for the public's assistance to find Holly Fischer.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will make their annual appearance at Tazewell Speedway on Friday.

Former Newport resident Doris Nowell Teague, age 84, died Sunday at her residence in Johnson City, where she had lived since 2001.

Born Aug. 17, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Baird Warren and Mabel Woodford Koon, Sr.

Alexia "Lexi" Gail Wilson, 45, is being touted as a hero that stopped further killing of people in a Bean Station pharmacy robbery and shooting on Thursday, May 23, District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn said on Friday.