Over a 12-hour span, the Campbell County Rural Fire Service battled three fires in March 2019. 

LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF)- With 2019 coming to close, WLAF is looking back at the stories that made headlines for the year. Today, March and April are featured.

MARCH

A number of counterfeit $20 bills were  noticed by the United Cumberland Bank staff. “It has not been an abundance but some have come through,” said Rayma Daughtery, vice president, market leader at the Jacksboro branch at the time. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY.

The Campbell County Rural Fire Service battled three fires in 12 hours. CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY.

Lyndsay Craw was indicted on the sole count of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend, Billy Partin, Jr. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

More than 370 people went to the Ball Farm Event Center as the Pine Mountain Longbeards (Tennessee) hosted its annual fundraiser. PML President Billy Ball said the 18th annual event was “pretty well sold out – it’ll be our biggest crowd yet.” CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY.

APRIL

TBI Agents investigated a deadly officer-involved shooting in La Follette. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld a LaFollette woman’s nine-year prison sentence for among other things, stealing from a child. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY.

New voting machines made a debut for Jacksboro election. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

Zach Crawford, a man accused of using a horse riding crop and biting a child in order to “discipline” a little girl, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY.

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 12/27/2019 6AM)