NEWPORT — The Plain Talk has received a copy of an email sent to customers who had bought into Incredible Properties’ Buffalo Creek development, which is located off Industrial Road. The email, which was sent Wednesday morning, indicates refunds will be issued to those who reserved lots in t…
Early voting begins Friday, July 17, for the State Primary and the Cocke County General Election. All Cocke County early voting will occur at …
COCKE COUNTY — Heavy rains led to flooding throughout portions of Cocke County on Saturday morning with Del Rio suffering major damage.
Carson Devotie, a rising sophomore from Newport, Tennessee, has been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2026 semester at Maryville Colleg…
MARTIN, Tenn. – A Cocke County resident was among students who received degrees from the University of Tennessee at Martin during spring comme…
COCKE COUNTY — “A Flag Salute To Our Veterans” has placed the first order of flagpoles to begin the project salutes.
MORRISTOWN — Coach Ken Carter, whose decision to bench an undefeated basketball team over academics inspired the 2005 film “Coach Carter,” will headline the 15th annual East Tennessee Literacy Conference at Walters State Community College.
NEW YORK — The most expansive season in NHL history will begin in September, not October, and limit most teams to four preseason games.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Basketball Coaches recently announced its team and individual academic honors for the 2025-26 academic year, with the University of Tennessee men's basketball program garnering recognition in both categories.
HAMPTON, Ga. — His thick mustache wasn’t the only feature that made Ryan Blaney look like Richard Petty in a dominant performance at EchoPark Speedway.
NEWPORT — One of the Cocke County High School football team’s best two-way players is taking his dual-threat ability to the collegiate level.
MORRISTOWN — The individual accolades keep rolling in following the Cocke County softball team’s inaugural run to the TSSAA Class AAA State Tournament.
“The bullet came, he blinked, and he was in heaven.”
Memorial Day is considered the unofficial kickoff to summer and around Newport Memorial Day weekend certainly lived up to that moniker as thousands turned out to attend events.
When 2024 first arrived, I had an idea to make a year-end award honoring an area citizen as the “Heart of the Community.” It’s something we started shortly after I arrived where we wrote about the good deeds of those who otherwise may not have been well-known but deserved to be acknowledged …
If we want people to have a better perception of Cocke County, maybe the effort should start here first.
How have we come to this point in America where one of the most important, yet basic sets of freedoms we are afforded under our Constitution, is considered by most citizens as “going too far?”
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