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 Paul Provins and his wife Codi Ayers-Provins enjoy the history surrounding their home, which is one of the oldest houses in Campbell County.

Their house is known as the Bruce house, and is over 150 years old. The Bruce house gets its name from Provins’ great aunt, Dorothy Bruce, who owned it until she died in 2003. Provins and Ayers-Provins bought it from her estate.

Some guys just can't stay out of trouble. And Johnny Morris seems to be one of them.

Within four days Morris, 45, had allegedly assaulted a sheriff's deputy, had a standoff with police at a Jellico gas station and was allegedly found in possession of meth.

Morris' bad run of luck began on June 6 when CCSD Deputy Gary Jeffers saw Morris walking along Pine Mountain Road.

A Knoxville City K-9 officer was killed in Campbell County last week after he allegedly bit a woman.

Police reports indicate the woman was in her garage when she noticed Elko, a Belgian Malinois, standing in the doorway. Her first inclination was to attempt to chase the dog from the garage by yelling and clapping her hands, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department report said. Instead of Elko leaving the garage, he allegedly advanced towards the 71-year-old woman biting her on the right arm, pulling her to the ground.

In a series of arrests, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department destroyed eight meth labs in five days.

Last Tuesday, Deputy Cody Chapman began the arrests when he went to a home on Pleasant Lane in LaFollette. He had received information that a meth lab was at the home, said CCSD Chief Deputy Jonathan Finley.

Once at the home, Chapman’s investigation allegedly revealed an active lab under the front porch of the home, Finley said. Also allegedly found was two other labs  that had recently been used and discarded.