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  • LUB purchases Loby Blox site

    LaFOLLETTE—The LaFollette Utilities Board approved the purchase of the Loby Blox property for $115,000.

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  • City to rebid City Hall roof project

    The LaFollette City Council could vote to accept bids to repair the roof over city hall at Tuesday’s meeting.
    At the workshop, council member Hansford Hatmaker encouraged the other council members to handle the bidding process correctly.
    “Let’s try to do it right this time,” Hatmaker said. “It’s been nothing but a problem.”

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  • Animal shelter inquiry continues

    An investigation into the Adrion W. Baird Animal Center continues.
    “Agents don’t work cases on a deadline so whenever all the facts are gathered the investigation will be considered complete,” Kristin Helm, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation public information officer, said in an e-mail.
    Last Tuesday, the county mayor’s office, along with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney’s office asked the TBI to look into allegations about shelter director Betty Crumley.

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  • LPD: Man filled up Solo cups with marijuana

    A LaFollette man was arrested after police say he was growing marijuana plants in Solo cups.
    LPD officer Susan Sowder was dispatched to the LaFollette Housing Authority on April 19 to check an apartment for illegal substances. Sgt. Brian Tiller and Det. Monty Miller also responded.
    Justin James Marlowe, 19, 122 Circle Drive Apt. M-3, was read his rights and reportedly permitted the officers to search his apartment.

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  • Judicial districts won’t see changes in coming election

    The state’s judicial districts will remain the same after the state house of representatives failed to pass a measure to change some of the boundaries.
    The news is welcome to state Rep. Dennis Powers and 8th Judicial District Attorney Lori Phillips-Jones. When the measure was first considered, Campbell County was on the list for potential changes – the first since 1984.

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  • EXCLUSIVE: No home. No hope. Then they found here.

    Christopher Rodrigue was a professional in Marietta, Ga. He made $45,000 working in quality control for a food processing company. He had a home, professional friends, colleagues and business contacts. His wife, Jerrilynn, ran a professional cleaning business before she was diagnosed with neuropathy—which kept her from working. Christopher looked at homeless people with scorn—he thought they were lazy, dirty, alcoholics or even drug addicts. He didn’t know that he was about to become one of them.

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  • TIMBER: Iconic interstate sign on chopping block

    An iconic Caryville landmark seen by millions of travelers along Interstate 75 for the past 38 years will be history by mid June, when associates of Holiday Inn Express & Suites replace it in favor of a sleeker, more modern sign. 

    The approximately 60-foot tall, tree-shaped sign— located at exit 134 —  peaks just above the roofline of the four-story hotel now under renovation at the former Thacker Christmas Inn & Restaurant site.  

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  • Weekend fire burns warehouse
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  • Help for the homeless

    Homelessness isn’t always the result of drug addiction or laziness.
    Several programs are offered to help homeless people in Campbell County regain stability. Community Health of East Tennessee, the Tennessee Valley Coalition to End Homelessness, the Campbell County Mayor’s Office, the Campbell County Veterans Affairs Office, Ridgeview and the Shepherd’s Home are some of the local organizations working together to help people escape the trap of homelessness.

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  • $30k raised at local Children’s Center benefit luncheon

    About $30,000 was raised for the Campbell County Children’s Center at a luncheon April 17 at LaFollette Church of God. With close to 200 people in attendance, it was “the largest luncheon we held so far,” executive director Tracie Davis said.
    “It was truly an amazing event,” Davis said.

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