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Today's News

  • ANIMAL SHELTER INVESTIGATION: Bite worse than bark

    A former animal advisory board member, who previously championed shelter director Betty Crumley’s leadership, is voicing his concerns. 

    It follows a six-minute viral video in which Crumley is heard speaking to an employee with concerns about euthanasia practices. Crumley dismisses it as the work of a disgruntled, former employee – others contend there are major issues.

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  • Animal shelter closed pending investigation

    The Adrion W. Baird Animal Center is closed pending an investigation into allegations against shelter director Betty Crumley.

    There is no scheduled date for the shelter to be reopened, according to the Campbell County Mayor's office.

    On Tuesday, an investigator from the Tennessee Department of Health was at the shelter for a tour and to speak with each employee about shelter practices.

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  • New law will penalize those who abandon helpless adults here

    Last week, the Tennessee General Assembly passed Lynn’s Law, named after 19-year-old Lynn Cameron, a mentally disabled Illinois woman who was abandoned in a Caryville bar last summer by her mother, Eva Cameron.
    “It’s something we’ve been working on for a long time,” Rep. Dennis Powers, R-Jacksboro said. “It’s not just a cruel and (inhuman) thing to do to these people...it costs the Tennessee taxpayers.”

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  • Powers passes three bills this session

    NASHVILLE—In addition to Lynn’s Law and the Breast Cancer Prevention Act, Rep. Dennis Powers managed to get three bills passed before the end of this years’ legislative session.
    The Cumberland Regional Agribusiness and Marketing Authority bill will allow the eight-county area serviced by Roane State Community College—that includes Campbell County—to apply for grants together. This will allow these rural counties to compete with metropolitan counties, like Knox County, in economic development.

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  • Weekend fire burns warehouse
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  • Judicial districts won’t see changes in coming election

    The state’s judicial districts will remain the same after the state house of representatives failed to pass a measure to change some of the boundaries.
    The news is welcome to state Rep. Dennis Powers and 8th Judicial District Attorney Lori Phillips-Jones. When the measure was first considered, Campbell County was on the list for potential changes – the first since 1984.

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  • Animal shelter inquiry continues

    An investigation into the Adrion W. Baird Animal Center continues.
    “Agents don’t work cases on a deadline so whenever all the facts are gathered the investigation will be considered complete,” Kristin Helm, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation public information officer, said in an e-mail.
    Last Tuesday, the county mayor’s office, along with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney’s office asked the TBI to look into allegations about shelter director Betty Crumley.

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  • $30k raised at local Children’s Center benefit luncheon

    About $30,000 was raised for the Campbell County Children’s Center at a luncheon April 17 at LaFollette Church of God. With close to 200 people in attendance, it was “the largest luncheon we held so far,” executive director Tracie Davis said.
    “It was truly an amazing event,” Davis said.

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  • Explosives assumed to be dynamite identified as road flares

    UPDATE

    1:19 p.m.

    The devices assumed to be dynamite turned out to be 35-year-old road flares. A fuse that went to blasting caps is what gave the flares the appearance of dynamite. The KPD bomb squad disposed of the devices. Residents were allowed back into their homes.
     

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    The Campbell County Sheriff's Department has responded to a home on Ginnie Lane where a woman reportedly found decades-old dynamite in a shed on her property.

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  • Help for the homeless

    Homelessness isn’t always the result of drug addiction or laziness.
    Several programs are offered to help homeless people in Campbell County regain stability. Community Health of East Tennessee, the Tennessee Valley Coalition to End Homelessness, the Campbell County Mayor’s Office, the Campbell County Veterans Affairs Office, Ridgeview and the Shepherd’s Home are some of the local organizations working together to help people escape the trap of homelessness.

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