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A Cocke County man made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court Thursday on charges of wire fraud and making false statements to a federal probation officer.

Four men and one woman were arrested Wednesday, Oct. 28, and charged with federal charges related to making and distributing counterfeit money.

It's been six months since Megan Maxwell, 19, of Newport, disappeared. She was last heard from in the early morning hours of April 26.

Newport-Tomorrow, Oct. 26, marks the sixth-month anniversaryof the disappearance of Newport teenager Megan Maxwell, who is feared killed.

The Newport Police Department has been awarded a $5,000 High Visibility Safety Grant from the Tennessee Governor's Highway Safety Office .

Approximately 400 people received H1N1 flu shots during a clinic at the Cocke County Health Department Tuesday evening.

Sony Pictures Releasing has announced the release of Michael Jackson's "This is it". This exciting motion picture is set to be in theaters for two weeks only.

NEWPORT, Tenn. a ' A Cocke County Judge who recently settled a complaint before the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary is facing new charges of witness tampering and obstruction of justice.

Newport Lions Club members learned about a new Prevent Use and Abuse program designed to help teenagers in Cocke County.

Newport-Bobby Leroy Anders, 68, of 189 Shore Lane, in Newport, died from a stab wound by a knife to his chest on Saturday, Oct.

13. The ministry named a suspect. District Manager Scott Coulter told The Newport Plain Talk that the Chevrolet box truck was used for collection and distribution of food and other donations.

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A Newport man with numerous medical problems will be the subject of a benefit planned for Saturday, Oct.

Sunshine streamed through our hometown in between early-fall showers but with the likelihood of cooler October mornings, such as greeted the Parrottsville festival Saturday morning.

The 2009 racing campaign for Dylan Presnell of Sevierville has caught the attention of many noted motorsports insiders, and no doubt his latest accomplishment in winning the Super Late Model feature Saturday night at Newport Speedway will open the eyes of many others.

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GOP Gubernatorial Candidate and 3rd District Congressman Zach Wamp met with core supporters and Cocke County residents during a visit to Newport on Saturday.

Members of the Cocke County Finance Committee approved an initial 2009-10 budget Thursday night that doesn't include a tax increase nor raises for county employees.

Rodney Buckner, thenew President of the Newport Kiwanis Club, said Tuesday he would do his best toreverse declining membership and attendance of the local civic club.

On February 20, 2007, Stephanie Denise Phillips pled guilty to second-degree murder and especially aggravated robbery in connection with the beating death of a Newport man in November 2005.