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  • Click It or Ticket to Boost Seat Belt Use – Day and Night Campbell County 2013 High-Visibility Enforcement Campaign Begins May 20, 2013 05/21/2013As motorists take to the roads this Memorial Day holiday, Campbell County Sheriff’s Deputies are urging everyone to buckle up. Beginning May 20, 2013, law enforcement officials will be out in full force, taking part in the 2013 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization and cracking down on motorists who are not…
  • County commission hosts marathon session 05/21/2013It was a long meeting last night at the courthouse but a productive one. School security, insurance, and legislation from higher forms of government ruled the evening. A suspension of the rules early in the meeting brought chairman of the board of education Josh Parker before the county's governing body to speak about school security.…
  • FCCA “Rock N Roll” Spay/Neuter Program already making a difference in Campbell County 05/20/2013FCCA "Rock N Roll" Spay/Neuter Program is making a difference in Campbell County! The program offers low cost spay/neuter options for citizens, with qualifying families receiving assistance for the cost of the services. Our program schedules are staying booked a month in advance, and we are actively seeking out other options to offer. In the…
  • Video: CCHS Drama department presents Yearbook 05/15/2013http://youtu.be/4DxpoPUTh_4 http://youtu.be/18Fz3B4_oV8 http://youtu.be/Ld5UGvdgUKo
  • Video: Campbell County School Board May meeting 05/14/2013http://youtu.be/eadMsnpJrc8 http://youtu.be/SDkx5BM1rbw http://youtu.be/wtQxkd_2jTI
  • Ivey files lawsuit against Caryville 05/14/2013For almost a decade Cheryl Ivey served as the Caryville City Recorder. On April 22nd she was terminated from the position. Now she will be battling her former employer in a court of law. There a several instances where Ivey alleges that the mayor manipulated events to fire her. The lawsuit alleges misuse of city…
  • Summer fun at the Caryville Public Library 05/14/2013Looking for something fun and educational for your elementary age child to do this summer? Join us for our exciting (and free) summer reading program June 4-27. Our program will include Worm Day (yes, it’s hands on, yuck!), Knoxville Zoomobile (3 live animals), Pirates!, and Mr. Bond the Science Guy (real experiments kids help do).…
  • Meeting Set to Examine Tennessee Nominations to National Register of Historic Places 05/14/2013The State Review Board will meet on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, to examine Tennessee's proposed nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. Beginning at 9 a.m., the meeting will be held at the Tennessee Historical Commission, located at 2941 Lebanon Road in Nashville. The Board will vote on three nominations from across the state.…
  • LaFollette names new city administrator 05/08/2013LaFollette City Council approved Billie Russell as the city's new administrator Tuesday night. She replaces Cade Sexton who retired in January. Russell previously served in the county mayor's office after having worked at ORNL for twenty years. She is a 1982 graduate of Campbell County High School and a 2009 graduate of the University of…
  • CCHS Theatre Arts to present “Yearbook” 05/08/2013The CCHS Theatre Arts Spring Semester classes are proud to present their final play production of the year: YEARBOOK. This play will be presented in the auditorium on the CCHS campus on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Cost is only $5 per person, and tickets may be purchased in advance from Mrs. Ralston…
  • Fall Creek Falls Hosts Annual Spring Star Party May 10-11 05/06/2013Fall Creek Falls State Park, Cumberland Astronomical Society, Vanderbilt University’s Dyer Observatory and the Astronomy in the Parks Society announced today the Tennessee Spring Star Party will be held May 10-11 at the park. The program is designed to accommodate both beginning stargazers and experienced astronomers. The Tennessee Spring Star Party begins Friday evening with…
  • Jacksboro mayor serves as mediator for name-calling match 05/02/2013Jacksboro Mayor and Aldermen met briefly May 2 to conduct the town’s regular monthly business. However, one citizen’s complaints, insults and general contempt for the town’s council seemed to dominate most of the short meeting. Council began by addressing a list of complaints that had been filed with the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce…
  • LaFollette has list of City Administrator candidates at workshop 04/30/2013It has been a couple of months since Cade Sexton stepped down as interim city Administrator for LaFollette following an accident in a city vehicle with sitting council member Hansford Hatmaker on their way back from a meeting at a women's correctional facility in Memphis. Now a list of candidates for the full time position…
  • TBI Crime Report- Violent Crime against Persons, Property and Society DOWN in Campbell County for 2012 04/30/2013Campbell County Sheriff Robbie K. Goins is able to announce this week that the 2012 TBI crime results show a decrease in crime in Campbell County. We are more than pleased that the 2012 TBI Crime Report reflects the hard work and dedication of our entire office. Overall with our office, violent crime is at…
  • Katestock to happen tomorrow rain or shine 04/26/2013Tomorrow local and regional musicians will gather at the Jacksboro national guard armory for Katestock. The event will be held rain or shine. There will be a variety of bands and vendors. The proceeds of the event will got to the family of Katelyn Norman. The event begins at 9 AM and will last til…
  • Breaking: City of Jellico parks vehicles 04/26/2013The City of Jellico is having to park their vehicles due to lack of liability insurance. A call by the Volunteer Times to city hall did not get answered but a city employee speaking on the terms of anonymity confirmed that Jellico has indeed parked their fleet at this time. More on the story as…
  • Byrge’s suit against Campfield dismissed 04/26/2013Senator Stacey Campfield is no stranger to controversy. In 2008 when Roger Byrge was running on the Democratic ticket for the 36th District State Representative seat against Campfield's fellow Republican Chad Faulkner the Senator said he had mugshots and drug arrest records of who he believed to be Roger Byrge in his blog. It turned…
  • FCCA to host fundraiser 04/26/2013Friends of Campbell County Animals will be having a large fundraiser yard sale on Friday, May 3rd and Saturday, May 4th in the parking lot of Angel Square Business Complex on Beech Street in LaFollette. The Friends of Campbell County Pet Food Bank will be dispersing dry dog and cat food on Friday, May 3,…
  • Tennessee State Parks’ Junior Ranger Program Offers Outdoor Fun, Adventure and Educational Opportunities 04/26/2013Do you know a child, age 6 to 14, who loves fun and adventure, exploring and discovering nature’s secrets and spending time outdoors? The Tennessee State Parks’ Junior Ranger Program offers all of these, along with excellent educational opportunities, designed to foster a love of nature and to encourage a healthy lifestyle. There are two…
  • Dynamite scare proves to be false 04/25/2013A day after there were live World War 2 era bombs were found in Morgan county residents of Whitman Hollow had a similar scare. A call to 911 from a woman on Ginnie Lane stated that she had found a large quantity of dynamite and blasting caps. The general area was evacuated and the bomb…
  • TDEC Incentive Provides More Options for Pharmaceutical Drug Disposal 04/25/2013The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, in partnership with local law enforcement agencies across the state and the Tennessee Department of Health, announced today its plans to introduce 14 new permanent collection bins for Tennessee residents to properly dispose of used or unwanted medication. Today’s announcement will bring the total of permanent collection bins…
  • Breaking: Stanley fires Caryville city recorder 04/22/2013A quick phone call to Caryville City Hall has confirmed that Caryville Mayor Chris Stanley terminated the employment of Cheryl Ivey Monday morning. Ivey has been city recorder for going on ten years and took the position upon the retirement of previous city recorder Betty Jo Cotton. More on this story as it develops.
  • FCCA gets spay/nueter grant 04/22/2013Friends of Campbell County Animals (FCCA), today announced it has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Friends of Campbell County Animals (FCCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives of the animals in Campbell County by rescue, spay/neuter and education. Since October, 2012,…
  • Tillman sworn in as new Chancellor 04/17/2013A few short months ago long time Chancellor Billy Joe White passed away. Now we have a new Chancellor, Andrew Tillman is the new man in the 8th Judicial District. Tillman was appointed by Governor Bill Haslem after a search determined he was the best man for the job. He was sworn in at the…
  • Lynn’s Law passes, on its way to governor for signature 04/17/2013The state house has passed a bill that helps those unable to help themselves. Representative Dennis Powers introduced Lynn's Law, named after Lynn Cameron a developmentally disabled woman who was abandoned in Caryville by her mother last year, during the current legislative session. It makes it illegal to abandon a mentally challenged adult in the…
  • Commission breezes over animal control, votes down personnel policy change 04/16/2013With the recent uproar over Betty Crumley and the Adrion Baird Animal Shelter it was easy to believe that there would be a packed courtroom for the regular meeting of the Campbell County Commission Monday night. In fact the opposite was true. The meeting was lightly attended and only a couple of folks from the…
  • Environmental Show of the South 42nd Annual Solid / Hazardous Waste Conference & Exhibition Slated for April 24-26 in Gatlinburg 04/15/2013The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s Division of Solid Waste Management will host the Environmental Show of the South – the 42nd Annual Solid / Hazardous Waste Conference & Exhibition – April 24-26 in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Billed as the largest, most comprehensive environmental conference in the south, the annual meeting is designed to provide…
  • Friends of Campbell County Animals comments on the shelter 04/12/2013Friends of Campbell County Animals goal has never been to get the shelter closed for good, we want it operated in a humane manner, for rescues to be allowed to come in, and they are willing to do just that, good, reputable, rescues! Good local people will adopt, they shouldn't have to pay steep fees…
  • Animal shelter closed amid a myriad of allegations against director 04/12/2013It started months ago with rumors on the social networking sites on the internet. It escalated when a video on YouTube went viral, a video that has over 21,000 views.Then a former member of the advisory board of the shelter and a former worker there went on the local news stations and raised further questions.…
  • Video: Lisa Crawford sworn in as Caryville Alderman 04/10/2013http://youtu.be/_6XQXoT8pTY