There’s a FROST ADVISORY until 10am Thursday

LAFOLLETTE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF) – Temperatures continue cooling this morning. As a result, there is a FROST ADVISORY until ten o’clock.

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Property Assessor Brandon Partin hosts town hall meeting today at 6:30pm

Thu., March 28, at 6:30pm, at the courthouse

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF) – Campbell County Property Assessor Brandon Partin will hold a town hall meeting this evening. The purpose of the town hall is to explain the upcoming reappraisal process.

TOP PHOTO: Brandon Partin addresses the Campbell County Commission last month.

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Matthew has Moore about what’s happening around town

By Matthew Moore

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN (WLAF) – There is an always something to do in Campbell County. You can view them all right here!

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One dead in afternoon wreck on the four lane

Wreckage ended up right in front of Doyle’s Tire Shop

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – A wreck involving an SUV and a four door sedan has claimed a man’s life.

Not long before 4pm Wednesday two vehicles collided on the Jacksboro bound side of the four lane into the cut across, according to one witness.

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Blair given 35 years for attempted murder, other charges

JACKSBORO, TN. (WLAF)- Joshua Blair, the subject of a 72-hour manhunt in March 2022, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

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A dozen candidates, so far, return petitions to run on Aug. 1, 2024

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF) – A total of 21 petitions have been requested, to this point, to run in the August 1, 2024, General Election. Of those 21, 12 candidates have returned petitions to the election commission office.

The last day to return a petition is Thursday, April 4, 2024 at noon. Withdrawal deadline is Thursday, April 11, 2024, at noon.

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La Follette looks to spend nearly 50-thousand dollars on golf simulator

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Approving a beer license for The Corner Market and voting to buy a $46,990 golf simulator are a couple of the items on next week’s agenda for the City of La Follette Council and Beer Board meetings.

The meeting begins Tuesday at City Hall at 5:30pm.

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No more billboards in La Follette? Planning commission to discuss.

Last year, the City was looking to get into the billboard business

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Last spring, the City of La Follette proposed buying a billboard and spending more than a $100,000 in an effort to generate revenue. That is yet to happen. This spring, the City of La Follette Planning Commission looks to discuss the idea of banning billboards inside the City of LaFollette.

Since the city’s egg hunt is Thursday, the March planning commission meeting is set for today, Wed., Mar. 27, at 5pm at city hall.

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Rotarians learn about Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and funerals

By Charlotte Underwood

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Rotarians learned about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as well as funeral practices of the Civil War era at the club’s luncheon held at the LaFollette Methodist Church on Tuesday. 

Rotarian Caleb Leach, who is also the owner of Leach Family Funeral Home and Cremation, gave the interesting historical presentation. 

He went through the events of the evening and the aftermath of the assassination. 

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Vanderbilt’s new basketball coach has Coolidge roots

His great uncle, Elmer Longmire, was WLAF station manager

Mark Byington at the NCAA Basketball Tournament (COURTESY JAMES MADISON MEDIA RELATIONS)

NASHVILLE, TN (WLAF) – New Vanderbilt Head Basketball Coach Mark Byington never played ball for the Coolidge Cats, but his mother, Trula Longmire-Byington, did. “Mark grew up in Virginia, but he has Campbell County roots,” said the new Vandy coach’s uncle, Jess Longmire.

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Campbell County Divorces March 18- 22, 2024

LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF)- Divorces are public record.

They are public because divorces have an effect on a number of legal affairs. Property ownership, debts, taxes, etc. can all be effected when a couple divorces.

In its continuing effort to provide news that has implications on the community, WLAF will publish divorces each Wednesday.

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Good weather ahead as you search for the Golden Egg on Thursday

Expect sunshine and temperatures near 60-degrees for Thursday’s egg hunt

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 03/27/2024-6AM-IMAGE COURTESY OF THE CITY OF LAFOLLETTE)

Hop on in at Save- A-Lot for the specials

LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF)- Save-A-Lot’s sale this week has steals and deals on several products.

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Today marks 90 years for the affable Farmer John

John Griffith was born on a very snowy day in 1934

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – We all know Farmer John.  Whether you’ve bought vegetables from him at the Farmers Market or heard him on the WLAF Trading Post, you know exactly who we are talking about.

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