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1 dead, 2 injured in Cosby Highway collision
A passenger died and the drivers of two vehicles involved in a collision Thursday afternoon in Newport suffered serious injuries. According to a crash report from the Newport Police Department, the accident occurred at around 12:39 p.m. on US 321 (Cosby Highway) when the driver of a 2005 Honda Accord EX appeared to be making a turn onto Templin struck a 2010 Honda Accord with both cars sustaining heavy front end damage. ...
Drug Take Back Day gives East Tennesseans the chance to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs
On April 27, several East Tennessee law enforcement agencies and nonprofits will collect unwanted or unused prescription medication as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
East TN widow forced to alter mailbox or risk losing service
An East Tennessee widow received a directive from her post office last week, she has to raise the mailbox in front of her house. While that may sound easy, it's not. Her mailbox is made of brick and it was built more than 30 years ago.
Cocke County grand jury hands down indictments
NEWPORT — Members of the Cocke County grand jury met April 15, 2024 and indicted a number of individuals on criminal charges. Arraignments will be held in Cocke County Circuit Court. The following is a list of those indicted by the grand jury. Court records do not identify persons by age, address or occupation and there may be other people with the same or similar names. Joshua Robert Arrington, burglary...
Business hit by car on section of Rt. 70N where speeding in rampant
Charles Wilson has been concerned about speeding near his business on Rt. 70N for years, and Monday night one of his worst fears came to fruition. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, on Monday around 10:30 a.m. Kristina Leber, 39, of Eidson, was driving a 1998 Infinity I30 that crashed into the side of Wilson’s Equipment at 1442 Rt. 70N north of Rogersville near the Hickory Cove Road intersection. The...
Trucker dies in rollover accident on I-40 in Newport
A tractor-trailer driver died Tuesday morning following a rollover accident on I-40 in Newport. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), Larry D. Wells, 65, died when the 2024 Freightliner he was driving left the roadway. THP reports Wells was traveling eastbound on I-40 at the 435 mile marker when his vehicle went off the left side of the roadway striking the cable barrier. It then went down an embankment...
Morristown free clinic giving care to the uninsured
A recent Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee study found 7.7 percent of Tennesseans have no health insurance. A free clinic in East Tennessee that is filling the medical access gap for residents.
Report: Caller convinces employee to break door, take money from safe
A juvenile employee at a local motel may have been the unwitting victim of a hoax caller posing as the juvenile’s manager according to a Newport Police Department incident report. According to the report filed by Officer Andy Oliver on Friday, April 19, he was dispatched to Quality Inn where the manager told him an employee had broken a door and broke into the safe. Oliver then reports speaking to...
D-B softball stops SHHS while Cherokee rallies against Volunteer on the diamond
(WJHL) — Hawkins County rivalry between the Cherokee chiefs and volunteer falcons. Chiefs are up 4-1 in the bottom of the second, Aden Parsons will hit it to center Chiefs will get him out but Blakelie Broussard will come home to score and close the game to 4-2. Top of the third, chief’s Gage Adkins […]
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