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Two people were arrested for stealing meat products in Jellico on Monday.

Jellico Police Detective JJ Hatmaker was called to investigate a shoplifting at Douglas Market when the alleged crime was discovered.

Ernest Ralph Muse, 64, of 362 Corington Lane, LaFollette, and Rebecca Jean Cunningham, 33, of 502 South 7th Street, LaFollette, allegedly stole $100 of meat products from the Jellico store and then fled in a blue truck, according to the store owner D. Douglas Jr.

The economy may be in a down turn, but there are still some things that are operating business as usual.

While many businesses are scaling back to cut costs, Boomsday, the event that has become synonymous with East Tennessee Labor Day celebrations, is not one of them.

“Boomsday has not been affected by the economy,” Michael Walden, vice president of Pyro Shows, Inc., said during an interview on Tuesday morning.