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Tuesday, the county commission had to reconsider two of its actions after approving a board of education project and then voting down its funding source.

 The following cases were resolved in criminal court with the use of plea agreements:

Matthew Mills – assault, theft of property under $500; time served, relieved of paying obligations.

Chester B. Toler – theft over $60,000; supervised eight years probation upon release from custody, court costs, ECF of $75, restitution of $18,004.

Sam Morris – DUI, violation of Tennessee financial responsibility, simple possession of schedule II; split confinement of 83 days, unsupervised probation, fine of $1200, court costs.

Due to some work at the site of the new justice center, the power at the Campbell County courthouse had to be temporarily shut down Monday afternoon.
 “They’ve got to cut the power off,” Deputy Mayor David Young said Monday afternoon. “They told us 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., but it may not take that long.”
While county employees were initially told the power would be out for two hours, it was only out for a matter of a few minutes.

A Department of Housing and Urban Development grant will offer help to the chronically homeless in LaFollette.
“We just have some serious needs in this community,” said Phyllis Clinger, from Community Health of East Tennessee.
“People get stuck in situations they didn’t plan on getting into,” said Pastor Anthony Gibson, from Word of Life Church. “I don’t know any homeless person who planned on being homeless. Things just happen.”