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Today's News

  • $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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  • Sports News 4-25-13

    April 25

    Campbell County Tennis

    The Campbell County High School tennis team will host Central High School on Thursday. The home match is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

     

    Jellico Middle School Baseball

    The Jellico Middle School baseball team will travel to Whitley County, Ky. The teams will face off at 5 p.m.

     

    Campbell County Baseball

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Ah-choo: Allergies in bloom

     Bless you, allergy sufferers. That sneezing-wheezing-coughing-itching, hard-to-focus-on-anything time of year is back with a vengeance. Symptoms associated with allergies are annoying for most. But for others, allergic reactions may lead to more serious conditions such as asthma and sinus infections. If left untreated, a patient’s quality of life may suffer. An estimated 26 million Americans — roughly 20 percent of the population — are affected by seasonal allergies, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 

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  • 'Dog gone' mess

     The Adrion W. Baird Animal Center is closed indefinitely and all animals have been removed after allegations about poor euthanasia practices surfaced about shelter director Betty Crumley. 

    On Tuesday, a joint press release from the Campbell County Mayor’s Office, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney General Lori Phillips-Jones called for a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe into the matter. 

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  • Pinecrest fire coverage could be expanded

    Monday night, the Campbell County Commission unanimously approved the EMS committee’s decision to allow the Campbell County Rural Fire Service to assume responsibility for the Pinecrest community. For the past five months, no fire department has officially covered Pinecrest, but The CCRFS and Jacksboro Fire Department offered some fire protection to Pinecrest.
    Some residents complained about rising homeowners’ insurance rates. While many factors may have caused this, it could be a result of not having official coverage, CCRFS Chief Don McGuire said.

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  • Pinecrest fire coverage could be expanded

    Monday night, the Campbell County Commission unanimously approved the EMS committee’s decision to allow the Campbell County Rural Fire Service to assume responsibility for the Pinecrest community. For the past five months, no fire department has officially covered Pinecrest, but The CCRFS and Jacksboro Fire Department offered some fire protection to Pinecrest.
    Some residents complained about rising homeowners’ insurance rates. While many factors may have caused this, it could be a result of not having official coverage, CCRFS Chief Don McGuire said.

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  • ATV ride to benefit domestic violence victims

    Start your engines to support victims of domestic violence.
    Community Health of East Tennessee’s Family Services Center will host an all-terrain vehicle charity ride 10 a.m., April 27. The goal is to raise $5,000 for the Family Services Center, according to Rebecca Herrill from the agency.
    “We’re looking forward to it,” LaFollette Police Chief Jimmy Jeffries said. “We hope it goes real well. Hopefully, this will be a good community building event.”

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