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Today's News

  • Appeals court upholds verdict in battery case

    After almost four years, Travis Burris must now begin serving two years of probation and 45 days behind bars.

    This comes after the state court of criminal appeals upheld his 2005 sexual battery conviction following a trial.

    Burris had appealed the jury’s verdict claiming there was not sufficient evidence to support he had committed the crime for his own gratification.

    However, the presiding judge, Joseph M. Tipton held a different view.

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  • LaFollette facing charges for game theft

    A LaFollette man has learned crime isn’t all fun and games.

    Last week, Andrew Charles Chapman, 18, 126 Tyson Lane, was arrested on aggravated burglary, theft over $500 and vandalism.

    The charges stem from a home invasion that occurred earlier the same day he was arrested, according to LaFollette Police Officer Dennis Chadwell’s report.

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  • Baird calls House of Hope rumors false

    The rumors were swirling last week.  But like most rumors, the one involving Mayor William Baird’s veto of the commission’s $300,000 donation to the House of Hope was fueled by a few facts mixed with a whole lot of speculation.

    In his absence last week the mayor’s office fielded a barrage of calls concerning the status of the resolution passed last month to help fund a new location for Community Health of East Tennessee’s (CHET) domestic violence center.

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  • Ramsey arrested again

    After being caught allegedly breaking into the home of a woman he transported to the hospital, a former ambulance service employee made more trouble for himself allegedly covering his tracks.

    On March 1 LaFollette Police Officer Josh Vann was called to the Campbell County EMS to investigate a burglary.  Witnesses informed Vann that former employee Garrett G. Ramsey, 40, of 411 Eagle Bluff Road, had “unlawfully entered the business.”

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  • Art class continues winning tradition

    Georgea Green runs a tight ship.  

    To outsiders she is often labeled as the tough teacher with high expectations.  And while both of these descriptions are accurate there is a little more to the story than meets the eye.

    With more than 30 years of teaching experience under her belt, Green has learned that keeping her standards high is one of the most effective ways to encourage her students to rise to their potential.

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  • Commissioner raises concern about School travel

    When members of the commission’s education committee met last week the sole agenda item was discussion of the Jellico Elementary School lighting project.  But conversation quickly turned concern about the travel habits of school system personnel.

    The Board of Education had previously voted to upgrade Jellico Elementary’s lighting using capital outlay dollars.  The initial cost of the project was approximately $65,000. However, the number of fixtures needing replacement was miscalculated.  

    When the project was rebid the new price was $106,696.

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  • Talks of jail addition back on

    After a veto by County Mayor William Baird in late 2008, talks about a proposed justice center were silenced.  

    That is until Monday when the jail committee resurrected the notion of expanding the current jail facility.

    Plagued with fires and other structural problems the kitchen and laundry facility, located in what is known as the “old jail,” has long been discussed as a liability rather than asset for the county.

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  • Wilson arrested for bad check

    A trip to court on similar charges meant more trouble for a LaFollette woman this week.

    Last Tuesday in general sessions court Sandra K. Wilson, 43, of 184 Sandy Hill Road, was arrested by LaFollette Police officers on an outstanding warrant stemming from a February incident.

    On Feb. 9 Det. Lt. Monty Miller and Officer Pam Jarrett investigated criminal activity that occurred at LaFollette Utilities.  

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  • Play depicting the life of Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong to show at LaFollette Middle

    A play paying homage to Campbell County’s famous son Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong will be performed at the LaFollette Middle School auditorium tomorrow night at 7 p.m.

    Completed just last year, it is a musical work paying respect to Armstrong and his place in American String Band history.  The play will be performed by The Carpet Bag Theatre ensemble based out of Knoxville.

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  • Caryville deals with business big and small

    At Monday night’s mayor and aldermen meeting board members discussed various aspects of town business both big and small.  

    The topics ranged from cutting hay, to listening to a presentation on the prevention of child abuse, to donating funding to the Louie Bluie Festival.

    The council began by voting to once again allow Jerry Foust to cut hay at the industrial park.

    “He cut it last year and it saves our guys from having to do it,” said Mayor Bobby Stooksbury.  

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