JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Melissa Gumm looks into the eyes of her son, David McAfee, every day. His photo, along with those ...

Located in northwest Cocke County at 3330 Point Pleasant Road, about a mile from the Nolichucky River, Point Pleasant Baptist ...

The commercial rafting numbers were down for 2024, but that is because of the weather-related issues. There was a drought, ...

Cocke County’s unemployment rate jumped to 7% in January, making it the 2nd highest unemployment rate in the state.

Several agencies in Cocke County are continuing to battle a large fire in the Cherokee National Forest. According to the ...

COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. — Crews were working to put out a wildfire in the Cherokee National Forest in Cocke County Monday ...

SWEETWATER, Tenn. (WATE) — Two people died in a house fire in Sweetwater Saturday night, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office reported. The fire was in the 700 block of Hawkins Road. Deputies were ...

Multiple fire departments in Cocke County responded to a wildfire yesterday morning in the Hall Top area. By Sunday morning, it grew to 225 acres and is now slowly being contained.

COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Deputies with the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a Bybee woman who disappeared ...

March is Women’s History Month, and this column will feature some local women who have had a place in the county’s history. Everyone knows the story how the man was created first, but later ...

COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - I-40 is officially reopen, just months after Helene washed away part of the road. “It’s good to see that things are open again and people are moving forward,” one driver ...