Parrottsville News

In front of a standing room only crowd last Saturday at the Cocke County Recreation Department gymnasium, fans were treated to a full day of basketball as Recreation League squads battled it out in their season-opening jamboree.

The sun prevailed at least through Wednesday bringing warmth to a long line of motorists traveling on Broadway to North Carolina, but by week's end winter gusts seemed to be knocking at our hometown.

The Cocke County Sheriff's Department reported on Wednesday, Nov. 25, that three individuals have been arrested earlier this month and charged with aggravated burglary, theft over $1,000, and theft over $10,000, according to a press release.

Sun Photo by Bill Jones Retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Bill Thomason, of Parrottsville, far left, reads the citation for presentation of the Order of the Silver Rose to Vietnam Veterans James Gregg, second from left, and Leonard Mattingly, second from right, at the St.

The Parrottsville Cub Scout Pack 497 is asking for assistance from Cocke County residents.

The annual Parrottsville Christmas parade will be Saturday, Dec. 5, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Staging for the event will start at noon.

The harvest moon looked almost out of place low on the horizon, large and orange as it just emerged from the distant mountains above our hometown, yet offers some comfort of clear days, cooler and drier, as we prepare to salute our veterans on Wednesday.

Not long after the first frost, rain resumed and may be blamed for the immense rockslide that has turned I-40 into a private drive leading to our hometown.

During a three-day term of criminal court this week, Circuit Judge Ben W. Hooper II accepted guilty pleas from nine defendants, mostly in theft and drug cases.

More erratic weather, reflecting some strange happenings about our hometown, moved in blowing us closer to Halloween and the season of holidays ahead.

From Staff Reports Originally published: October 20. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: October 19.

Sunshine streamed through our hometown in between early-fall showers but with the likelihood of cooler October mornings, such as greeted the Parrottsville festival Saturday morning.

Colder weather finally arrived in time to add some briskness to our hometown's festival weekend, along with a full moon and heavy gourds on the vine.

George D. Lee, 72, of 215 Gilbert St., in Parrottsville, died in a single vehicle accident on Highway 321 on Tuesday, Sept.

A Cocke County man has been killed in a single-vehicle crash late Tuesday night.

In addition to books, the organization will also offer used videos and CD's, as well as a wide variety of white elephant items.

Fall is in the air and with it come the annual fall festivals. The 12th annual Parrottsville Heritage Days celebration will be one of those.

Members of the Cocke County Board of Education learned Thursday night that background checks for school volunteers and/or chaperones are now a thing of the past.

Early September has been a harbinger to fall with the onslaught of deep purple ironweed across drying fields about our hometown, and farmers making their last pass at the hayfields for a final cutting.

A criminal charge against Newport businessman Doug Shoemaker was among the 82 cases heard by the Cocke County Grand Jury this week.