Opinion

 To the editor: 

The Campbell County Cancer Association extends sincere appreciation to everyone for our successful Telethon held April 6 on WLAF Channel 12. More than $32,000 in pledges were made during the program to help local cancer patients. 

 It’s been interesting around the Caryville town hall in the past few weeks. Very interesting. 

Since Mayor Chris Stanley took office in November, he’s declined to give raises to two police officers because he said the previous mayor —Robert Stooksbury — didn’t have the authority to promise them a pay increase.  

The officers — Mike Caudill and Gary Johnson — were supposed to receive a raise after their 90-day probationary period, but that didn’t happen under Stanley’s directive.