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Today's News

  • DEFENSE: Bartley school shooting trial should be moved

    JACKSBORO—School shooter Kenneth Bartley will get a new trial, but it may not be in Campbell County.
    In a motion filed by defense attorney Greg Isaacs, he maintains a change of venue is needed because of “inflammatory media coverage” of the events surrounding the Nov. 2005 shooting at Campbell County High School that killed Ken Bruce and wounded two others.
    The lengthy motion for a venue change was filed in Campbell County Criminal Court on July 11.

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  • County officials approve minimum for schools

    JACKSBORO—The Campbell County Budget and Finance Committee approved the minimum $9 million for schools—requiring no tax increase.
    “The school budget, for the county commission, is a funding issue only,” Campbell County Finance Director Jeff Marlow said. “When the school budget is reviewed, the thing you’re concerned with is how much money you are going to provide for them.”

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  • A FINAL RESTING PLACE: COUNTY PAYING PRICE FOR ‘PAUPERS’

    The casket is lowered into the grave. The dirt falls. No flowers are laid on the mound. No tears are shed. Besides a county employee and a representative from the funeral home, there are few mourners. Most of what is said is a short prayer. This is the funeral many receive because it’s all they—or their families—can afford.
    “When they really can’t afford anything at all, that’s when we step in,” Campbell County Deputy Mayor David Young said. That’s our responsibility.”

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  • Apparent drowning victim identified

    POWELL VALLEY—The Campbell County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a man whose body was recovered from Norris Lake Thursday afternoon.

    Ralph Ward, 65, of 205 Sharp Lane, LaFollette, is believed to have drowned. His body was spotted floating in a cove off Cliffside Drive near Powell Valley Marina about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, according to reports from the sheriff's office. 

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  • Town in Turmoil: JELLICObstacles

    NASHVILLE —The state comptroller told Jellico officials today (Tuesday) he is uncomfortable with inflated revenue projections and would need to further review the town’s budget before it could be accepted by his office.
    “I’m very nervous about these revenue estimates,” said Justin Wilson, Tennessee’s Comptroller, who oversees government spending in the state and its municipalities. ”…the entire [budget] and particular the fines and forfeitures.”

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  • JELLICO BANK ROBBED

    JELLICO—The Knoxville FBI office is investigating after a man walked into First State Financial in Jellico just before 11 a.m. on Monday.
    The suspect is a white male, approximately 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8 and 130 to 145 pounds. He is estimated to be in his early to mid 20s and was wearing a camouflage hoodie, camouflage shorts, and sunglasses.
    When he entered the bank, he gave a note to employees demanding money. The employees complied and the suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of money.
    There were no reports of the suspect carrying a weapon.

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  • 1 caught, 1 sought for sunken, stolen Nissan

    LaFOLLETTE—Campbell County Sheriff’s detectives Brandon Elkin and Freddie White are looking for the last suspect in a four-perp crime.  The group is accused of stealing a car, destroying it and sinking it in the lake. Two juveniles in the case have already been arrested.
    Suspects Andrew Dalton Kitts and Christopher Roy Stone reportedly went to Lafollette Estates on Brook Place Lane on June 10 where the victim reported she woke up approximately 4:30 p.m. and saw that her 1991 Nissan 2LS was missing.

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  • Jacksboro man arrested after connection with mass burglaries

    JACKSBORO—A Jacksboro man is behind bars after police connected him to a string of thefts at the end of May.
    Dustin Dewayne Boshears, 25, 619 River Rd. Jacksboro, was arrested June 21 after the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office investigated two thefts.
    On May 25, another Jackboro man said he hired Boshears to perform some work on his farm. The next day, the victim noticed $1,610 worth of farm equipment missing, according to police.

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  • Brother convicted in 2008 meth-related murder at Eagle Bluff seeks new trial

    NASHVILLE—Convicted murderer Phillip Pack deserves a new trial, according to his attorney, Greg Isaacs.
    Pack was convicted in 2010 for the 2008 murder of Jayne Love in Jacksboro.
    The jury was told Pack, along with his brother Russell Pack, Michael Wilson and Love went to the top of Eagle Bluff where they used methamphetamine. Prosecutors said Love died of an overdose after Pack gave her a syringe full of meth.

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  • LaFollette passes $8.94 million budget

    LaFOLLETTE—LaFollette officials approved an $8.94 million budget this year that includes new vehicles for the police department, equipment for the public works department and a new vehicle for City Administrator Billie Russell.

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