Today's News

CARYVILLE—The town of Caryville set aside nearly $68,000 for paving projects. The town had $327,489 in its general fund as of April 30.
Alderwoman Vickie Heatherly would prefer to see a loan taken out for the project instead of using money from the general fund.
“I’m all for paving all the roads that we can, but just going about getting the money a different way instead of depleting our funds. I mean, I know it’s not gonna deplete them, but it’s gonna bring them down,” she said.

 The town of Jellico spent nearly two weeks in the red last summer as finance problems slowly came to a head.

It was May when the town first became overdrawn, according to bank statements obtained by the LaFollette Press. 

The statements are records of only some of the town’s accounts according to Mayor Les Stiers.

“That’s for most of the accounts, not all of them,” he said. 

A LaFollette woman was jailed after she reportedly destroyed the front door of a home at 200 Smith Oak Lane.
The victim told police that Kimberly Nicole Walden, 702 S. 21st Street, LaFollette, came to her home and began kicking the door and swearing at the victim, telling her to come outside, according to the report.
Walden then allegedly began striking the front door of the home with an ax.
Walden was found on Ridenour Lane where she reportedly admitted to causing the damage. She was arrested and taken to the Campbell County Jail.

 CARYVILLE—A 16-year-old driver was taken to Tennova Medical Center in LaFollette after a train clipped his car.

On April 29, the teen was pulling into the driveway at 1471 Highway 16 in Caryville. The driveway crosses the Norfolk Southern railroad and is marked with stop signs.

According to the report, the teen ran the stop sign and his back bumper was clipped by an oncoming train. The impact caused the teen’s vehicle to spin around and come to rest on the east side of the tracks.