Local News

The hole left when the wall of a crossover lane on Interstate 75 collapsed resembles a strip mining operation more than road construction.

The exposed mud and rock leaves little to the imagination as to what has been lurking beneath the surface. And with the resurgence of detour traffic flooding into downtown LaFollette one question has bubbled up again- ‘how much longer?’

“We expect all work to be done by Sept. 28,” said Mark Nagi TDOT Region 1 Community Relations Office said on Monday.

Monday night, concerned citizens brought their complaints before the Campbell County Commission.

Helen Allen, a resident of Caryville, told the commission about her dissatisfaction with animal control. Her dog died after two neighborhood dogs attacked it in her yard on Easter.

“When is animal control going to start coming around and doing what they’re supposed to be doing?” Allen asked.

Allen’s problems with the neighborhood dogs began over two years ago, in December 2009, when they attacked her dog, she said.

 For the third summer in a row, the parking lot behind LaFollette City Hall will come alive with crowds dancing to live music on Tuesday nights.

“It’s grown each year,” Interim city administrator Cade Sexton said.

 Taxpayers will begin to enjoy a .25 percent tax cut on food items in the coming weeks.

The current food tax is 5.5 percent. It will decrease to 5.25 percent on July 1.