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Today's News

  • Pair arrested, second time in two weeks

     

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  • Cross-country teams fare well at HVA

    Campbell County High School’s cross-country teams finished among the leaders Thursday during a meet hosted by the Hardin Valley Academy.

    The Lady Cougars took third in the girl’s team standings and finished only two points (87) behind second place Heritage. Farragut (56 pts.) was girl’s team champion in a field that included 12 complete teams, 13 incomplete teams and 142 runners.

    Campbell County’s Lauren Evans and Carlie Childress placed among the top 10 runners overall. Evans finished fifth with a time of 22 minutes flat.

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  • Blue Devils ambushed by Bobcats

    Oliver Springs quarterback Garrett Miller had a hot hand and quick feet during Friday night’s homecoming game against Jellico.

    The 5-10, 180 lb. sophomore was involved in six of his team’s seven touchdowns as the Bobcats (3-0 district, 5-1 overall) routed the Blue Devils, 48-22. Miller rushed for three scores, passed for three more and personally accounted for 207 yards of total offense.

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  • Lady Owls start season

    The LaFollette Middle School girl’s junior varsity basketball team tipped off its season Monday night with a 37-24 win at county rival Elk Valley.

    Kendra King led the Lady Owls with 12 points, followed by Faith Evans with eight, Amber Guy seven, Katie Hamblin four; and Rachel Heatherly, Kassie Kibler and Sissy Bailey two each.

    Guy grabbed 10 rebounds; Bailey had nine. King made three steals and three assists.

    “Our team played real well considering that it was our first game,” said LaFollette coach Marsha Morton.

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  • Eagles flex their muscles in 36-8 rout of LaFollette

    In a battle of evenly matched middle school football teams, it was muscle that ultimately decided the outcome of the Jacksboro vs. LaFollette game Thursday night at Al Rotella Stadium.

    Seventh grader Paul Courdle rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown and made seven tackles to lead the Eagles (1-5 district, 2-5 overall) to a 36-8 victory over the Owls (0-5 district, 1-5 overall).

    The Eagles dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, which surprised LaFollette coach Steve Rutherford.

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  • Healing through Hope

      The upsetting truths of domestic violence can prompt some people to turn away from the realities of the problem. However, for the women who work daily to help the victims of the crime that sees no socio economic or gender divides, averting the facts is not an option. “Some of the people don’t have anybody,” said Melissa Davis, a House of Hope staffer of the people who come to the shelter for support. The House of Hope is Campbell County’s answer when a domestic violence victim doesn’t know where to go after leaving their abuser.

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  • Owner of Adult World refiles lawsuit locally

     A lawsuit questioning whether nude dancing is free speech has come back to the local court level. However, this time, there is money involved. In July Steve Hale, president of Adult World, LLC, sued the town of Caryville. Through his attorney Michael Hatmaker, Hale said Caryville and its officials were squashing his constitutional rights with its municipal code. At that time, Hale did not ask to be awarded any damages. Now he wants $10 million.

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  • Partin to be resentenced a second time

    For the second time in less than two years, Courtney Partin will be coming back to Campbell County for resentencing on his convictions for attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault. In July 2008, Partin was in Campbell County Criminal Court after the United States Supreme Court voided the guidelines he had previously been sentenced under.

    During that hearing, Criminal Court Judge Shayne Sexton lowered Partin’s sentence by seven years taking it to 22 years.

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  • County earns Three-Star status again

    In a time when there doesn’t seem to be enough good news to go around, Campbell County just got some.

    For the 18th consecutive year Campbell County has achieved certification under the state’s Three-Star program for excellence in economic development.

    Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matthew Kisber credited the hard work of county and city officials with for the achievement.

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  • Chancellor rules against former attorney

      A civil judgment has been entered against Tim Webb, an attorney who previously practiced law in Campbell County. Last week Chancellor Billy Joe White cited Webb’s lack of response to a $4 million lawsuit filed against him as the first reason he was ruling in favor Billy and Shirley Powell, the plaintiffs. In June, the Powells filed the lawsuit against Webb and his now defunct legal practice. The couple had alleged Webb engaged in “unfair and deceptive” actions in his dealings with them, according to their lawsuit.

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