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21 hrs ago | Newport Plain Talk

Memorial Day service scheduled Monday

A Memorial Day ceremony to honor servicemen and servicewomen who gave the "ultimate sacrifice" will be held Monday, May 27 at 10:30 a.m. in front of the downtown Courthouse in Newport, it has been announced.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Newport, TN

Tuesday | Newport Plain Talk

Surplus law vehicle given to Parrottsville

By a narrow 7-5 vote Monday evening, members of the Cocke County Legislative Body voted to give a surplus law enforcement vehicle to the City of Parrottsville.

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Related Topix: Parrottsville, TN

Mon May 20, 2013

WATE-TV Knoxville

Camp Creek tornado survivors reflect on their road to recovery

By MONA NAIR 6 News Reporter CAMP CREEK It's been two years since a deadly tornado hit the Camp Creek community in Greene County.

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Related Topix: Greene County, TN, Crossville, TN, Spring Hill, TN, Bill Haslam, US Governors

WATE-TV Knoxville

Coal operator plans to open 7 mines in Pike County

A trial date has been set for the Campbell County teen who pled guilty to a 2005 shooting at Campbell County High School.

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Related Topix: Campbell County, TN, Knoxville, TN

Sat May 18, 2013

Knoxville News Sentinel

5 things to know today

Mmmm, biscuits: The International Biscuit Festival will be held today, beginning at 9 a.m. The bake-off competition will be held noon-4:10 p.m. at the Biscuit Big Top Tent, located on Market Street.

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Related Topix: Knox County, TN, Sports

Tue May 14, 2013

WBIR-TV Knoxville

Prosecutor defends homicide plea deal for Dan Ford

A former Cocke County official remained in jail on Tuesday, just one day after he pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and driving under the influence.

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Related Topix: Newport, TN, Cosby, TN, Sevier County, TN

Newport Plain Talk

'Smoky Mountain Homeplace' honored by ET Historical Society

The Newport Plain Talk's annual special edition 'Smoky Mountain Homeplace' was honored by the East Tennessee Historical Society last week with a History in Media Award.

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Newport Plain Talk

Ford Pleads Guilty: Former election commissioner gets judicial...

Dan Ford, a prominent businessman, former chair of the Cocke County Republican Party, and a candidate for representative in Nashville, pled guilty in Cocke County Circuit Court on Monday, May 13, to charges of DUI and vehicular homicide by recklessness.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Knoxville News Sentinel

Cosby man to serve no prison time in plea to bicyclist's 2011 death

J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL Defense attorney William Leibrock, left, talks to his client Dan Ford on Monday in Cocke County Circuit Court.$RETURN$$RETURN$ Former Cocke County Election Commissioner Dan Ford, right, stands with his defense attorney, William Leibrock, as he enters a guilty plea before Senior Judge Ben Cantrell on Monday in Cocke ... (more)

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Related Topix: Cosby, TN, Newport, TN, Sports

Knoxville News Sentinel

Cocke County election commissioner pleads guilty to vehicular homicide

Cocke County Election Commissioner Dan Ford today pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide by recklessness and driving under the influence of alcohol when he struck and killed a bicyclist in 2011.

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Related Topix: Cosby, TN, Sports

Fri May 10, 2013

Newport Plain Talk

Inmates provide free labor for building of cultural building

Inmates from the Cocke County Jail worked this week to put up siding and other work on the Culture and Preservation Society of Del Rio building on South Highway 107, near the French Broad River.

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Related Topix: Del Rio, TN

Thu May 09, 2013

WATE-TV Knoxville

North Knoxville fast food restaurant targeted by armed robber

The Tennessee State Library and Archives is hosting a workshop to help individuals gather and record information for family history.

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Related Topix: Knoxville, TN, Life, Food, Fast Food, Clarksville, TN

Knoxville News Sentinel

Terry Stock gets probation for role related to Megan Maxwell disappearance, killing

Terry Stock, father of convicted murderer Jeffery Stock, was sentenced to a year of supervised probation Tuesday in connection with the 2009 killing of Megan Maxwell , Cocke County Sheriff Armando Fontes said.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Sports

Wed May 08, 2013

WATE-TV Knoxville

Cocke County parents say high graduation costs are too high

NEWPORT - High school graduation season can be a wonderful time, but it can also be pricey.

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Related Topix: Newport, TN, Kids, Family

WATE-TV Knoxville

One person dies in Grainger County accident

A Cocke County mom is upset on who much it cost for her child to graduate from high school.

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Related Topix: Grainger County, TN

Newport Plain Talk

Traffic stop results in five arrests

A driver of a White Honda Accord and four passengers were arrested Friday, May 3, after undercover officers with the Cocke County Sheriff's Department saw them leave a known drug house in the vehicle, the Cocke County Sheriff's Department reported.

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Related Topix: Parrottsville, TN, Newport, TN

Knoxville News Sentinel

Sheriff: Two Newport men shot in attempted drug hold-up

The Cocke County Sheriff's Office is investigating after two people were shot when a man entered the home where they were using drugs and demanded pain pills, officials said.

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Related Topix: Newport, TN, Sports

Fri May 03, 2013

Newport Plain Talk

Property owner thwarts theft

Robert Louis Cody, 73, 322 Greasy Cove Road, Cosby, thwarted the theft of items from his property on Thursday by blocking a truck in his driveway, then waiting for officers from the Cocke County Sheriff's Department to arrive.

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Related Topix: Cosby, TN, Newport, TN, Del Rio, TN

Thu May 02, 2013

WZTV Top Stories

One Killed in School Bus Accident in Franklin

A fatal accident has occurred involving a school bus in Franklin at around 7 a.m. The Tennessee Highway Patrol confirms that the driver of a jeep was killed after a bus rear-ended the vehicle at Columbia Pike at Kittrell Road.

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Related Topix: Franklin, TN, Williamson County, TN, Education Etc., Newport, TN

Wed May 01, 2013

WBIR-TV Knoxville

Sheriff who busted Popcorn Sutton talks Newport distillery

The coveted recipe of iconic East Tennessee moonshiner Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton will once again be cooked in Cocke County.

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Related Topix: Newport, TN, Recipes, Drink, Whiskey, Liquor