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Last Friday, two people sitting in a vehicle at the boat ramp at Grave Yard Point were soon in sheriff’s department custody for drug possession when deputy Jeremy Myers noticed something suspicious.

Myers was patrolling the area around 1 p.m. when he noticed the suspicious behavior of two people in a red jeep with Georgia tags.

Four dogs are dead and one woman is recovering from severe wounds following a Tuesday afternoon attack.

Around 1 p.m. Campbell County Sheriff’s deputy Darrell Mongar reported to the scene of a dog attack in Caryville. The offense report states two of the four Pit Bulls were locked inside the owner’s trailer on Enix Lane.

The owner of the residence left the animals in the trailer on Monday and had not returned home, the report states.

“The dogs got out, started biting the victim near her front porch,” said Mongar.

Travel budget increases and money for a jail addition were hot button topics at Monday’s budget and finance committee meeting.

Commissioners had questions for Richard Terry, deputy finance director, when he presented budget amendments that would increase money available for travel for school system employees and board members.

 When asked for an explanation Terry said the $5,000 increase for school system employees and $3,000 for board members was requested as a result of the travel needs both inside and outside the county being greater than anticipated.

While it has been nearly five years since Lester and Jenny Siler filed their multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit, it is as if time has stood still for the case.

Just as the litigation was set to begin in federal court, the trial date was postponed.

The $38 million suit was scheduled to be heard Tuesday. However, on March 5, United State District Judge R. Allan Edgar issued an order that has postponed the proceedings.

The most recent ruling is just one in a string of delays the case has faced on the state and federal level.