Today's News

 Candidates gathered in the lower courtroom of the Campbell County Courthouse Friday to speak to Campbell County’s veterans.

Kevin Walden, director of Campbell County Veteran’s Affairs Office was the moderator for the forum, and retired Gen. Carl Stiner introduced the candidates.

 This weekend, The Tennessee Department of Revenue will offer back to school shoppers a Sales Tax Holiday. The Sales Tax Holiday begins 12:01 a.m. on Friday and ends 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. During the Sales Tax Holiday, any person purchasing clothing items $100 or less, computers $1,500 or less and school supplies $100 or less in the state of Tennessee will be exempt from state and local sales taxes, according to tnsalestaxholiday.com.

Today is the last chance to cast a vote in the 2011 state primary and county general election.

“Like to encourage everyone who didn’t early vote to go out to the polls and cast a vote,” Campbell County Administrator of Election Ann Ayers-Colvin said.

In Campbell County’s 21 precincts, polls open at 9 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.

They’ll be clowning around at the Christian Women’s Connection outreach event on Aug. 8.

Patches the Clown will be on hand to entertain women and their children or grandchildren from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Indiana Avenue Baptist Church

“We’re trying to reach people who would not normally come,” said Annette Lang, one of the event’s organizers.