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  • LaFollette man’s computer seized; arrested on child porn charges

    A LaFollette man was arrested on child pornography charges following an investigation by Det. Dan Schneider of the Internet Crimes Against Children taskforce.

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  • Woman arrested for allegedly pulling gun on Jellico utility worker

    An earlier incident at the Jellico Electric and Water System led to a warrant for an arrest last week.
    On April 25, Billy Rowe, the utility’s general manager, and Woody Swafford, the water department supervisor, advised Jellico Police Chief Chris Anderson about an incident in which an employee’s wife reportedly came to the building and threatened another employee.

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  • Statements reveal bank blunders for Jellico

     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. 

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  • TEACHER SURVEY: Parents just don't understand

     CAMPBELL COUNTY—Nearly half of district teachers say parents and guardians aren’t doing enough to promote academic success for their students. That’s according to one finding of a recent statewide TELL survey. 

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  • Improvements to sewer planned

    LaFOLLETTE—On Monday, the LaFollette Utilities Board awarded Improved Technologies Group a contract for sewer rehabilitation. Improved Technologies Group placed a bid of $305,403. LUB will use money from a Community Development Block Grant to finance the project. LUB applies for the grant every two years and has been using the money for sewer rehabilitation.
    The utilities board also approved a one-year extension to General Manager Kenny Baird’s five-year contract and approved the purchase of the Loby Blox property for $115,000.
     

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  • Bittersweet success

    ccannon@lafollettepress.com

    Twitter: @ChrisCannon89 

    Taylor McKeel knelt down, wiping the dirt from home plate.

    Knowing it would be his last performance on the Campbell County diamond, he kissed the plate following the Cougars’ 6-1 victory over Central to advance into the District 3-AAA tournament.

    “It was really bittersweet,” fellow senior Bo Farris said of the victory.

    Campbell County struck late, after they struggled with getting base runners home during the first four innings.

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  • CITY HIRES 2 OFFICERS
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  • The mice will play

    Dear husband,

    Whenever you part ways with the homestead to endure training for any length of time, things tend to take on a different form around here. The grass grows taller, the laundry pile is smaller, and the children are at a level of crazy of which even the best of scientists and parenting experts offer no explanation. So, allow me to grant you a small window into life as we know it in your absence:

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  • Race to the Finish

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    LaFOLLETTE—It was race day Saturday morning, as dozens of Cub Scouts from Campbell, Claiborne and Scott counties converged at First Independent MIssionary Baptist Church on Beech Street for the Cumberland District's Pinewood Derby racecar competition. Each hoped to take home top honors, but only one scout emerged with the checkered flag and a trophy to testify to their wood whittling skills.

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  • Third annual golf tourney benefits Shepherd’s Home

    It’s not too late to sign up for the Shepherd’s Home’s third annual golf tournament. People can sponsor four-member teams for $300 until tee time 1 p.m. May 15 at the Greens of Deerfield.
    “It’s a fun event,” said Larry Tanis, president of the Shepherd’s Home Board of Directors.
    The tournament is an 18-hole, four-man scramble with a shotgun start. This means each team will begin at a different hole so teams can begin at the same time. After each stroke, players will choose the best ball hit.

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