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 To show his commitment to expanding job opportunities in rural communities, Gov. Bill Haslam delivered a $468,420 Community Development Block Grant to Caryville.

Local leaders including State Representative Dennis Powers, County Mayor William Baird, Caryville Mayor Robert Stooksbury, Jacksboro Caryville Utilities General Manager Frank Wallace and the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce Director E. L. Morton gathered at the Caryville Municipal Building to receive Haslam Tuesday morning.

Sometimes it is all in a name.

“I buy junk and sell antiques,” Bob Andrews, owner of Bob and Liz’s Elegant Junk, said last week. “They become antiques after I buy them.”

Whatever one chooses to call it, much of Andrew’s property was cleared out last Wednesday after he failed to comply with an order to remove a number of code violations from his property.

Bob and Liz’s Elegant Junk is the first thing people see crossing the bridge, LaFollette Codes Enforcement Officer Stan Foust said.

 On Monday, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department hosted a class in ethics.

“This is a class we have had planned to conduct for several months,” said Sheriff Robbie Goins. “This is part of our on going training initiative.”

With officers seated around a table at the Campbell County Career Center, Mike Miller, 33 year law enforcement veteran, said the class was a “good refresher.”

Alleged erratic driving led to the arrest of a Speedwell woman.

On Nov. 14, Campbell County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Goins saw a red Geo Metro traveling north on N. Tennessee Ave. Goins reported seeing the car cross over into the southbound lane he was driving in.

During the traffic stop Goins learned Jody Paul, 30, of 423 Blue Springs Road, Speedwell was driving on a revoked license.