It’s been nearly four and a half months since Hurricane Helene hit East Tennessee and the Cocke County Jail Annex is still closed.

The Cocke County Long-Term Recovery Group is receiving a $1.75 million grant from the Tennessee Governor’s Response and ...

The Cocke County Long-Term Recovery Group is receiving a $1.75 million grant from the Tennessee Governor's Response and ...

To slow the spread of COVID-19, the Cocke County Sessions Court Clerk installed a sneeze guard to protect her employees. The Cocke County Courthouse in Newport is a little quieter lately.

A Tennessee inmate attempted to escape during a hearing by jumping out the second-floor window of the court house, according to the Cocke County Sheriff's Office.

For the second time in as many years, Cocke County General Sessions Court Judge John A. Bell is facing misconduct charges filed by the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary.

The courthouse annex that was home to the offices of mayor, clerk, veterans service, sheriff and election commission became inhabitable. County archives dating back to 1877 were destroyed, too.

High waters from both the Pigeon and French Broad rivers closed several roads and led to evacuations and water rescues in East Tennessee.

Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis has shared that two people are dead after flooding in the county in the aftermath of Helene.

NEWPORT, Tenn. (WATE) — It’s a new kind of rehabilitation that the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office says will be the first of its kind in Tennessee. Beginning next month, the CCSO and jail will ...

See the latest charts and maps of virus hospitalizations, cases, deaths, tests and vaccinations in Cocke County, Tennessee.

Cocke Countians were stunned in the spring of 1892 when hearing that the County School Superintendent D. Washington (Wash) ...