Del Rio News

The Cherokee Mountain Boys will not be performing at the Hillbilly Music Barn this Saturday.

Photo Special to the Sun by Mac McMurray Unusual Animal Photographed In Del Rio Area The animal shown above, which resembles a raccoon except that it has a white head, was photographed recently by Mac McMurray, ...

A fight over a woman turned deadly this morning, authorities said. Brent Gentry, 38, of Del Rio died after being stabbed during a fight around 1 a.m. at the Midnight Rodeo nightclub, 1071 West Highway 25/70, ...

Del Rio Library's summer reading program isbeing held from 1 to 2 p.m. each Wednesday.

Federal, state and local law enforcement have wrapped up a week long round up of East Tennessee fugitives.

Shady Grove meadery in Lake City boasts a selection of honey-based wines, including a sparkling Poplar/Clover mead.

Production begins today in Newport, Tenn., on a new CMT "reality" series starring Bobby Brown.

New York author and actress Robyne Lee Parrish will be a special guest at Sunday's opening of "A Gathering of Journalists ", the newest exhibit at Newport/Cocke County Museum.

According to Elizabeth Reed, if those same jugs were taken to the landfill, it would take 120-years for them to decompose.

The late Wilma Dykeman, nationally known author of such books as The Tall Woman and Return the Innocent Earth, will be the focus of Newport/Cocke County Museum's newest exhibit set to open this Sunday, May 18, ...

“You would provide a concrete slab, run electricity to the site and pay the monthly electric bill. I'll buy the equipment.”

The Landfill Committee for the Cocke County Legislative Body is considering the use of trash compactors at some of its outlying convenience centers. via Newport Plain Talk

“I was nine months old when I was born.”

Late April is a time for mowing more grass this year, a late spring break for students, and the VFW Buddy Poppy Sale that was going on in our hometown on Saturday morning. via Newport Plain Talk

“We took on a very large corruption case. And that's all cockfighting is - organized gambling”

A House subcommittee approved a bill to make cockfighting a felony in Tennessee. via WTVF Nashville

“I would tell him to his face that he is a bald-faced, ignorant liar”

A federal agent says cockfighting operators claimed they paid former state Rep. Ronnie Davis $30,000 to sponsor a bill reducing a cockfighting charge to a misdemeanor rather than a felony. via The Tennessean

Outside activity increased to a loud drone at the end of last week in our hometown with spring showing its wings and stings. via Newport Plain Talk

“I have no biological explanation why they are not getting bit”

Photos courtesy of Phil Colclough Pastor Jimmy Morrow, of Del Rio, handles a copperhead during a worship service at his church a few years ago. via Daily Times

“The teachers work hard all year to help the students with their skills and this just reinforces, they take what they know the student is having difficulty with and give them extra practice and this provides additional practice.”

TCAP tests are underway across Tennessee and for the next three weeks, school systems will be giving those all-important achievement tests to elementary and middle school students. via WKRN

“At one time there were no roads here, no infrastructure. The Indians lived here. So if we want to go back to prehistoric days we can do that. But lets advance”

About 175 Cocke County residents attended a Thursday evening public hearing on the proposed new interchange at the 438 mile marker of Interstate 40. via Citizen Tribune

It took her an hour and a half and 38 rounds, but Kayla Segars, Parrottsville Elementary School eighth grader maintained her composure and captured the 2008 Cocke County schools spelling bee championship on ... via Newport Plain Talk

By Sam Venable Tuesday, March 4, 2008 It's hard to imagine, here with spring veritably breathing down our necks, but less than one week ago I was standing in eight inches of snow, enveloped in a winter ... via Knoxville News Sentinel