Today's News

While the death of Wanda Cieslak’s child led to a search for her and subsequent felony charges, it also marked a first for the area.

The Campbell County Major Crimes Task Force was activated to pursue her and investigate the infant’s death. Created in June, the task force had yet to be activated until last week.

 In LaFollette and Jellico, kids can experience the fun of costumes, friends and candy in a safe environment at trunk or treat.

For trunk of treat, people decorate their cars and pass out candy from trunks as kids pass from car to car in a parking lot.

In LaFollette, the First Apostolic Church and the city of LaFollette are sponsoring a trunk or treat in the parking lot behind city hall from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

 Montclair Technologies, who has been working with the county and Jellico to put an oil refinery in the Taylor Machine Shop, is being delayed by problems raising money.

Tonight the chamber will host a night of food, music and fun at its annual community pig roast.

The chamber has already sold 200 tickets and had 50 commitments to come to the door, Campbell County Chamber of Commerce director E. L. Morton said.

“The crowd’s building, so is our momentum,” Morton said.

The pig roast is one of two fundraisers the chamber conducts throughout the year. Morton described it as a chamber team effort with all of the chamber members invited.