By Charlotte Underwood 

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- The Campbell County Chamber of Commerce held its Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet at the Ball Farm Event Center at 9am on Thursday.

WLAF’s Charlie Hutson shares his photo gallery HERE.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- A special called La Follette Council meeting is planned for Monday at City Hall.

Resolution 2026-07 pertaining to La Follette Utility Board members and the appointment of LUB board members.

THP, other agencies to stage on Demory Road at White Bridge and Lonas Young Park

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- The Tennessee Highway Patrol is conducting Sobriety Checkpoints around the region during the month of June, and a second June checkpoint is scheduled for Campbell County, namely La Follette, Friday (June 19) evening around dusk.

Eagle donates to Campbell Rural Fire Service supporting local disaster preparedness efforts

TOP PHOTO: Dustin Hammond, Team Lead at Eagle Distributing Company, and Don McGuire, Board President of Campbell County Rural Fire Service , right, stand before the 2,352 cans of emergency water at Station 1 on Fire Rescue Lane near La Follette Middle School. McGuire is also the CCRFS grant writer.

KNOXVILLE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF)– Anheuser-Busch and Eagle Distributing joined forces with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) to deliver more than 14,000 cans of emergency drinking water to the Campbell County Rural Fire Service, Roane County Rescue Squad, and Oakdale Area Volunteer Fire Department, as part of the brewer’s larger effort to provide 1.5 million cans to volunteer fire departments across the country. 

“It is a huge help to our department with this grant award. With this, we are able to have plenty of hydration for all of our apparatus. This also allows us to take extra drinking water when we go and assist other departments on emergencies to help supply the other departments if needed,” said Campbell County Rural Fire Service Chief Daniel Lawson.

LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF)- Daniel Peters will be performing at Greeneview Farms Market this Saturday. He will bring his soulful, spirit filled, acoustic music to 294 Holstein Dr. in LaFollette for this special performance. Peters recently took part in CMA Fest in Nashville.

The Postons will not performing. Instead, Caden Post and his group ‘His Blood Said It All” will take the stage at 4pm.

The free concert kicks off at 7pm.

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN. (WLAF)-  Get ready for the concert of the summer.

June 20 is Rock Ridge Resort’s annual summer bash with Ryan Daniel as the headline performer. It promises to be an unforgettable night of country music and family fun with no admission fee.

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- The Campbell County Board of Education will meet in a recessed session meeting on Thursday.

NASHVILLE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF)- The National Federation of Independent Business Tennessee (NIFB), the political action committee (PAC) of the state’s leading small business advocacy organization, has endorsed State Representative Dennis Powers (PHOTO ABOVE) in the 36^th House District race. The NFIB Tennessee PAC is comprised exclusively of NFIB members.

La Follette Chief Matthew Forsyth vowed to continue to exhaust all efforts to apprehend Canchola

KNOXVILLE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF)- On June 15, 2026, U.S. Marshals arrested fugitive Alejandro Mancera Canchola. Canchola was wanted for attempted first-degree murder stemming from an incident on December 17, 2024, in LaFollette.

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN. (WLAF)-CLICK HERE to view today’s legal notices. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED 06/19/2026- 6AM)

CARYVILLE, TN (WLAF)- Phase two of the Caryville Cares Playground has started. Heavy equipment is present and the through street is closed.

Jellico’s Mike Reynolds, Campbell County’s Jason Kitts and Brad Honeycutt share comments regarding the new shot clock coming to high school basketball by 2030

By Clayton Carroll

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF) – A major change is coming to Tennessee high school basketball by the 2029-2030 season. The TSSAA announced that a 35-second shot clock would be slowly installed this season and fully in effect by the 2029-2030 season.

Lots of activities are planned for Friday, Saturday and beyond. See details below.

By Matthew Moore

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN (WLAF) – There’s always something fun or interesting going on in Campbell County, and you can learn about it all right here!

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN (WLAF)- Local award-winning author Carol McClain invites you to celebrate the launch of her newest book, Choices We Make. The launch is this Saturday, June 20.