NEWPORT—The Cocke County Partnership/Chamber of Commerce has announced that the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) will be available to offer counseling services for existing or potential small business owners and entrepreneurs. On the first Monday of the every month a counc…

As the season of Lent approaches, the observance of Shrove Tuesday, also known as Fat Tuesday, will be observed at the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation in Newport.

NEWPORT—Cocke County voters have only three more days to cast a ballot during Early Voting for the Super Tuesday Presidential Primary. There is a ballot for both the Republican and the Democratic parties.

GREENEVILLE—Michael Keith Turner of Hartford, Tennessee, pled guilty before Senior United States District Judge R. Leon Jordan to three federal felony counts charging that Turner had created false records to conceal illegal purchases of ginseng made prior to the legal harvest season in 2015.

NEWPORT—The meeting of the County Legislative Body was at times a free-for-all Tuesday evening as commissioners and citizens discussed the possibility of a county wheel tax.

NEWPORT—The newly formed Cocke County Recreation Board was discussed at the County Legislative Body meeting Tuesday evening.

NEWPORT—Recent discussions of a wheel tax and budget figures for county departments has led County Legislative Body members to schedule a question and answer session for the public.

NEWPORT—The Cocke County Legislative Body recently made the decision to fill the position of County Attorney, this after previous attorney Brittany Wild Vick resigned.

CARSON SPRINGS—The Cocke County Partnership is pleased to announce the organization will be hosting the 11th Annual Legislative Breakfast on Friday, March 6, 2020 at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center beginning at 8 a.m.

NEWPORT—A Newport man is facing several charges after he attempted to steal a vehicle on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

NEWPORT—A Newport man has been indicted by a Cocke County Grand Jury on charges stemming from an October 27 incident where he burned down a Newport woman’s residence on West Highway 25/70.

NEWPORT—Members of the Cocke County Grand Jury reported a number of criminal charges this week.

NEWPORT— The Newport Police Department is investigating a child pornography incident where an explicit photo of a child was uploaded to the internet.

NEWPORT—Officers were dispatched to Walmart concerning an altercation on Sunday, Feb. 9. While en route, Patrolman Paul Weber was advised that an individual involved in the altercation left the scene and drove toward Goody’s.

Several drugs were found inside a vehicle following a traffic stop in Newport Monday night. Patrolman Shane Bower said he and Capt. Derrick Webb conducted a traffic stop after they observed a vehicle sitting in the roadway blocking a private driveway.

NEWPORT—The City of Newport and Walters State Community College have entered into a lease agreement for the soon to be renovated Tanner Building.

NEWPORT—There will be a screening of the Dr. Dennis Branch Documentary on Sunday, February 23 at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church in downtown Newport.

NEWPORT—Newport Utilities is currently working on a waterline on Rock Hill Road that was affected by a landslide during the recent heavy rains and the heavy river flow along the French Broad River.

NEWPORT—The Cocke County Community Action Board (CAB) and Coordinated School Health (CSH) each held meetings this month with discussions focusing on family resources, children’s mental health needs and online safety courses for middle school students.

COCKE COUNTY—On Friday, several first responders from Cocke County and Hamblen County rescued a female subject who became trapped in her vehicle after she attempted to drive through a flooded area on Spencer Hale Road. The female was later arrested and charged with possession of drugs.

NEWPORT—Early Voting for the Super Tuesday Presidential Primary begins Wednesday at the Courthouse Annex in the Cocke County Election Commission office, at 360 E. Main Street in Newport.

NEWPORT—A Newport man has been charged after he was found in possession of a large quantity of methamphetamine on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

NEWPORT—A new fee for duplicating, storing, and/or maintaining any records required by law to be permanently kept went into effect at the Cocke County Clerk’s office this week.

NEWPORT—The former Cocke County corrections officer facing charges stemming from the alleged assault of a handcuffed inmate was in criminal court Tuesday morning before Judge Carter Moore.

NEWPORT—A female subject is now in custody after she was involved in a burglary and kidnapping incident of a Newport man in late December 2019 at a residence on Highway 160.

NEWPORT—The former pastor of CrossWay Worship Center accused of statutory rape by an authority figure pleaded guilty to the charges in Cocke County court on Tuesday.

NEWPORT—A large quantity of marijuana and cash was discovered during a routine traffic stop in Newport Monday night.

NEWPORT—For those who feel “stuck” and think there is no other course of action but to wade into a sea of debt, they can now find help and relief with a free program being offered locally through First Horizon Bank (formerly First Tennessee) known as Operation Hope.

NEWPORT—On Thursday, February 6, Empower Cocke County will hold a training class for their new MyRide program.

NEWPORT—Cocke County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the 200 block of Ramblin Road, concerning an assault on Saturday, Feb. 1.

NEWPORT—Soon, patients with vascular conditions in the Newport area won’t have to travel far to receive medical care. Jennifer Cole, Nurse Practitioner with East Tennessee Vascular Center (E.T.V.C.), will be available for patient visits on a part-time basis.

NEWPORT—With a name like Wags to Riches, the new Friends Animal Shelter thrift store is sure to grab passerby’s attention and even a few chuckles.