Newport News

The Cocke County Grand Jury returned a presentment Monday charging a local man with felony murder of a 68-year-old Newport man.

Enforcing planning regulations impartially and putting up light poles to deter crime generated some lively debate at Thursday's meeting of the Parrottsville City Council.

After first pleading guilty last September, then withdrawing her plea in May, a Bybee woman again entered a guilty plea on Wednesday to a charge of aggravated robbery.

The Kiwanis Club of Newport has announced Rob Mathis is the recipient of the Layman of the Year award.

Cocke County Mayor Iliff McMahan, Jr. has just been officially notified that Gov.

The Newport Plain Talk won six Tennessee Press Association awards during the organization's summer convention in Chattanooga last Friday.

Pigeon River in Newport Click image to enlarge Date Caught: 04-06-09 Location: Pigeon River in Newport State: Tennessee Fish: Smallmouth Bass Photo Description It was 21 1/4" long.

Bears are real bad news. That's the message Newport Police Department Chief Maurice Shults repeated several times to the Newport Plain Talk after two bears and two cubs were spotted crossing city streets and rummaging for food out of dumpsters and grease bins on Friday.

Officers with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Cocke County Sheriff's Department, and Newport Police Department conducted two more searches on Wednesday for any clues to missing teenager Megan Maxwell's whereabouts.

In monthly meeting last Tuesday, the Newport Utilities board of directors approved the budget for fiscal year 2010.

During a pre-meeting, Newport City Board of Education members discussed the drainage problem caused by recent rains at the newer parking lot near the front of the school by the Charlie Ruble property off College Street.

On Tuesday, June 23, the Newport Kiwanis Club's program focuses on agriculture and horticulture with a local expert to speak during the noon meeting at the Mountain Crest Inn.

The Cocke County Legislative Body approved bonuses for county employees during its regular meeting Monday night.

Judge Dennis Inman ordered that Newport businessman Ronnie Ball be detained until his trial during a detention hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Greeneville.

A federal grand jury that met in Greeneville on June 9 indicted about 23 East Tennessee residents -- most from Cocke County -- on charges of conducting a racketeering enterprise, racketeering conspiracy, operation of a chop shop, interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles and property, receipt of stolen motor vehicles, altering ...

As part of the Remote Area Medical event, some Cocke County residents will be eligible to have free spaying and neutering of their pets.

Cocke County Mayor Iliff McMahan, Jr. has just been officially notified that Cocke County, in partnership with the City of Newport, has received a Neighborhood Stabilization Program grant from the Tennessee Housing Development Agency .

The Newport Rescue Squad's yearly fundraising events are scheduled for this weekend, June 13-14. According to Captain Roger Nease, the squad's annual roadblock will be held between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 13.

A federal grand jury meeting in Greenevilleon Tuesday indicted Jeffrey Lee Stock, 41, of Newport, on charges of travelingin interstate commerce and failing to register as a sex offender.

Although a search for Megan Maxwell in the Tidi Waste Landfill in Hamblen County this weekend was canceled, two other searches for the missing Newport teenager were held this weekend.