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A Dec. 2 incident left a man arrested and a child in protective custody.

LaFollette Police Officer Stephen Wallen arrived at the John Brown Insurance Agency after receiving reports a young child was wandering around in the street in front of the building.

At the scene Wallen reported finding a three to four-year-old girl, later determined to be the daughter of John and Melissa Chase.

 When Howard T. Gillum, Sr. was 16 years old, he attended Wynn High School. On Dec. 7, 1941, after coming home from his job delivering papers, he sat with his father listening to his favorite radio program, “Amos and Andy.” 

The program was interrupted by what he calls the “shock of our life.”

When a group of Campbell County High School students became weary of the negative light area teens were being portrayed in they didn’t waste time wishing thing were different.

Instead they rose to the challenge issued by one of their teachers.

And that challenge eventually sparked the creation of a unique organization whose goal is to accentuate the positive in Campbell County.

Early reports from the final 2011 session of the Campbell County Grand Jury indicate former Campbell County Sheriff's Department officers Jonathan Finley and Jason Henegar will not face charges for a Labor Day accident and the subsequent events.

Lawyers with the Eighth Judicial District District Attorney's office presented the case this morning. Reports indicate testimony went on for three hours. It appears that officials were hoping to charge Finley with official misconduct and Henegar with a variety of traffic offenses possibly including DUI.