Newport Police Department officers responded Sunday, May 25, around 12:39 a.m. to a report of an assault that allegedly ...

Newport’s AMVETS Post 75 passes out Americanism contest packets to each of Cocke County’s schools. Local winners are rewarded ...

With support from the Veterans Heritage Site Foundation, several graves of veterans in the Great Smoky Mountains National ...

The name “Paint Rock” may ring a bell with some readers, but there was a time when it was more familiar. It is a community on ...

Smoky Mountain Humane Society’s Pet of the Week is Huck, a rambunctious and adorable five-month-old Husky mix. Imagine a ball ...

The original name of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church was the Colored Baptist Church. Most evidence supports the claim ...

The Cocke County Swift Water Rescue Team went to work and rescued six people who faced trouble after a kayak/canoe trip on ...

Memorial Day is considered the unofficial kickoff to summer and around Newport Memorial Day weekend certainly lived up to ...

Some people come into your life for a season, and a few very special ones are there for the long haul. I have been so blessed in this life to ...

Tusculum University earned a pair of All-America honors in women’s track and field on the final day of the NCAA Division II ...

The Fish and Wildlife Commission set the state’s 2025-26 hunting and trapping seasons at its two-day April meeting that ...

At 8:49 p.m. Saturday night, the setting sun cast a pink and purple glow across the sky over Newport Speedway.