Today's News

Citizens gathered at the LaFollette Church of God Friday with one thought on their minds-the betterment of the community through two organizations.

Though Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington was the guest speaker, there wasn’t much football talk going on at the Community Health Foundation reception. Instead, Pennington spoke of the importance of giving back to the community.

There’s a new vinyl and sign business open in town. However, Wrap World is much more than that, according to owner, Justin Hofmann.

“We do anything to do with signs and graphics,” Hofmann said.

From vehicle wraps, yard signs, banners, as well as business cards, flyers and even post cards, Wrap World does it all.

At Tuesday night’s meeting, representatives from the Jellico Hospital appeared before the board of mayor and aldermen asking for a lease amendment.

The current lease is set up on a two year revolving lease with a required one-year notice for breaking the lease. Hospital Administrator David Butler informed the board the hospital’s parent company, Adventist Health, was requesting the lease be amended to a one year automatically renewing lease. The board agreed to amend the lease.

This is the second lease amendment for the hospital in the past year.

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Along the hallways at Valley View Elementary are blue and green colored earths and happy birthday Earth posters. These warm wishes to the planet are part of the schools extended Earth Day celebration.

Teachers at Valley View have taken the holiday to a new meaning by creating fun class projects where preserving the Earth’s resources are the main objective.