LUB plans search for new general manager

LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF)- Last night, the LaFollette Utilities Board decided how it would search for a new general manager.

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March is Music in our Schools month

WLAF features the eight music teachers of the Campbell County School System

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN (WLAF)- Campbell County is celebrating Music in our Schools month. Research shows that music education is linked to higher academic performance, better attendance, and long-term student success. Elementary music improves listening skills, attention spans, memorization and creativity.

Today, WLAF recognizes and thanks the school system’s eight music teachers.

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Massey goes from verbal altercation with couple to a fight with police

One officer treated at the La Follette Medical Center

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- Over the span of about an hour, an alleged intoxicated Jacksboro man went from a verbal altercation with a man and a woman to fighting with Campbell Sheriff’s Deputies. The event unfolded when Deputy Caleb McClure responded to the call of a suspicious man at a residence on Towe String Road.

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Watch the Campbell Flag Football Draft on demand

WLAF Producer Matthew Moore shares his coverage of the first live draft telecast

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF) – Nearly one hundred athletes were drafted in the annual Campbell County Youth Flag Football League Draft. While the event has been held virtually on WLAF-TV over the past couple of years, this year, it was opened up to a live audience and telecast. Young athletes stepped onto the Campbell High Auditorium stage and received their new jerseys and were introduced to their new coach.

You can watch the live telecast of each age group’s draft below.

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Campbell County General Sessions Court Docket March 31, 2026

There are upwards of 90 individuals listed on today’s docket

JACKSBORO, TN. (WLAF)- Below is today’s general sessions court docket.

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Legal notices March 31, 2026

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN. (WLAF)-CLICK HERE to view today’s legal notices.

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED 03/31/2026- 6AM- IMAGE FROM ar.inspiredpencil.com)

City of LaFollette’s event calendar is filling up, Easter Egg Hunt is Thu.

The annual City of La Follette Easter Egg Hunt is Thu., 5pm, at Liberty Park

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- At yesterday afternoon’s City of LaFollette Council workshop, City Administrator Stan Foust began the meeting with the announcement of several upcoming events. First was the announcement of the Easter Egg Hunt for this Thu., April 2, 5pm, at Liberty Park. The Dogwood Trail is scheduled to open on Thu., April 9, 10am, during a ceremony on the street at 207 South Tennessee Avenue. The City of LaFollette Food Truck Rally is slated for Tue., April 7 and Tue., May 5 from 5pm to 9pm. The Friday Frenzy 2026 is scheduled for June 5 and Oct. 9 from 5pm to 9pm. Rounding out the announcements was the Veterans Banner Dedication Ceremony scheduled for May in front of the municipal building at 207 South Tennessee Avenue.

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Cougars fall in an 11-7 battle with Karns on Brown-Archer Field

‘That’s a tough one to take. It was a really good baseball game’- Campbell Head Coach Adam Ellison

Cougar Baseball file photo from WLAF’s Jake Monday

By Jake Monday, Voice of the Cougars

JACKSBORO, TN- The Baseball Cougars fell at home to the Karns Beavers in a hard fought 11-7 District 3 Class 4-A contest on Monday evening. “We play the game hard. We play the game the right way. Good things are going to happen for this team. I just don’t know when,” said second year Campbell Head Coach Adam Ellison. 

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Time to nominate for the Chamber’s April “Business of the Month”

HOMEstretch is reigning “Business of the Month”

Stephanie Smith’s HOMEstretch is the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism March “Business of the Month”.

JACKSBORO, TN. (SPECIAL TO WLAF)- It’s time to nominate a business for the month of April in the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism “Business of the Month” recognition. If you haven’t submitted a nomination before, please consider sending your nomination this month.

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LaFollette accepting applications for codes officer

LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF)- The City of LaFollette will be taking applications for a full time Codes Enforcement/Permitting Officer.

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LaFollette Egg Hunt is Thursday, April 2, at Liberty Park
It was quite the turnout at the 2025 City of LaFollette Easter Egg Hunt in this Charlie Hutson photo.

LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF) – The annual City of LaFollette Easter Egg Hunt is April 2.

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Grief keeps grip on Adam Baird’s family as they hold out hope for news

‘He’s a wonderful person who got mixed up in the wrong things with the wrong people’- Belinda Powell, Baird’s sister

On April 3, 2019, the search for Adam Baird intensified by deploying the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team and K-9 division to the Big Four Rd. area. The sheriff’s office was assisted by the La Follette Rescue Squad, Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Aviation unit.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Another March 31 is here, and there’s still no sign of Adam Baird who vanished on this date seven years ago.  Baird would be 40- years- old.

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County finance department has job opening

JACKSBORO, TN. (WLAF)- The Campbell County Finance Department has a job opening for a Purchasing Manager.

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Food trucks coming back to LaFollette

LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF)- The food trucks will roll back into LaFollette on April 7.

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