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  • Local youth groups to deliver food to hungry

    Saturday evening, teenagers from local youth groups will serve meals to people in the county. Local youth leaders hope this will meet needs of hungry people and keep local teens interested in serving the community.
    “Give the kids an opportunity to get back together,” said Shane Carney, youth pastor at Indiana Avenue Baptist Church. “Keep the fire burning since (Disciple Now).”
    Disciple Now is a county wide event for teens held March 23-24.

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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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  • 'Dog gone' mess

     The Adrion W. Baird Animal Center is closed indefinitely and all animals have been removed after allegations about poor euthanasia practices surfaced about shelter director Betty Crumley. 

    On Tuesday, a joint press release from the Campbell County Mayor’s Office, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney General Lori Phillips-Jones called for a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe into the matter. 

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  • Facebook page creators cite ‘animal warriors’ for exposing shelter problem

    Embattled shelter director Betty Crumley thought it was an April Fool’s joke when she began receiving obscene and threatening phone calls from around the country on April 1.
    The calls came after a Facebook page, Exposing Betty Crumley – Information needed here, went viral.

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  • ATV ride to benefit domestic violence victims

    Start your engines to support victims of domestic violence.
    Community Health of East Tennessee’s Family Services Center will host an all-terrain vehicle charity ride 10 a.m., April 27. The goal is to raise $5,000 for the Family Services Center, according to Rebecca Herrill from the agency.
    “We’re looking forward to it,” LaFollette Police Chief Jimmy Jeffries said. “We hope it goes real well. Hopefully, this will be a good community building event.”

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  • Vigil to raise money for cancer stricken mother

    A mother’s dying wish is for her children to have bedrooms to live in.
    Heather Santana moved back to Campbell County from Greeneville with her two daughters in order to help care for her ailing father.
    Currently, she’s in a nursing facility, diagnosed with terminal cancer. She only has two months to live according to the “Praying for Heather Farmer Santana” Facebook page.
    “This family needs some help,” said Becky Bolton, family friend.

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  • Pinecrest fire coverage could be expanded

    Monday night, the Campbell County Commission unanimously approved the EMS committee’s decision to allow the Campbell County Rural Fire Service to assume responsibility for the Pinecrest community. For the past five months, no fire department has officially covered Pinecrest, but The CCRFS and Jacksboro Fire Department offered some fire protection to Pinecrest.
    Some residents complained about rising homeowners’ insurance rates. While many factors may have caused this, it could be a result of not having official coverage, CCRFS Chief Don McGuire said.

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  • Educators get boost for out-of-pocket expenditures

    CAMPBELL COUNTY—Traveling educators have a little more breathing room for accommodation expenses when they leave Campbell County for conferences and seminars.
    “When they go to these professional development conferences out of state, they’re having problems being reimbursed for the full hotel-motel fees because our policy limits them to $150 per night,” said Board of Education Chairman Josh Parker.
    In larger metro areas, even the least expensive hotel rooms are $250 per night, he said.

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