JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- A few members of the Campbell County High School Football team were guests on Jake Miller Sports Talk on Thursday. WLAF’s Charlie Hutson was on hand to snap photos while WLAF’s Matthew Moore produced and directed the telecast. WATCH HERE to see the Cougars segment with Jake Miller.

TOP PHOTO: Cougars Kiren Anderson, Braydon Graham, Sam Sexton, Silas Weaver, Max Boshears, Tyler Cook and Koalton Cupp visited Jake Miller (back) and were guests on Jake Miller Sports Talk.

See the photo gallery  HERE  from WLAF’s Charlie Hutson when some of the Cougars visited WLAF on Thursday.

Here’s your Campbell roster followed by the starting line-up and the 2026 schedule:

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TOP PHOTO: Alice Wolfe and her husband Andy Wolfe and Paul and Will Boyer.

By Charlotte Underwood

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN (WLAF)- Saturday, August 22^nd is National SATB2-Associated Syndrome (SAS) Awareness Day. This syndrome is an incredibly rare genetic diagnosis, with approximately only 800 individuals in the whole world who carry the genetics. The state of Tennessee has about six people who have been diagnosed with SAS and two of those live in Campbell County. If you’ve been to a Campbell County Special Olympics event, you may have seen two tall, handsome blond-haired young men, the outgoing one is named Paul and he also manages the Campbell County Softball team, while his twin brother, Will is a lot more shy, according to their mother, Alice Wolfe, who is an educational assistant in the Comprehensive Development Classroom at Jacksboro Elementary School.

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JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- Coach Taylor Ownbey’s Campbell County Cougars will be sporting a first-ever “The Hill” jerseys when they christen the new high school football season on Friday. The Cougars host the Lenoir City Panthers in a 7pm game to be played on Reynolds Field. WLAF has the live radio, television and internet coverage beginning at 6:30pm over the Lindsay’s Carpet & Paint Center video player.

See the photo gallery HERE from WLAF’s Charlie Hutson when some of the Cougars visited WLAF on Thursday.

Cougar Freshmen

Front row: 29- Lelan Sieber, 52- Bradley Cox, 23- Leland Webster. Back row: 24- Roger Murray, 8- Ryley Stell, 16- Colton Ford, 36-Coltyn Baker, 56- Deason Rubio, 64- Cooper McCarty, 44- Tyler Kennedy, 65- Tucker Nix.

Cougar Sophomores

Meet the Cougar Sophomores. Front row: 4- Kai DePuy, 80- Marcus Sharp, 51- Hunter Norman Middle row: 13- James Bowlin, 28- Mason Wilson, 37- Eli Ellison, 7- Titan Longmire Back row: 57- Landon Johnson, 6- Nicholas Rose, 34-Bailey Barnard, 62- Carter Walker, 63- Alex Gambill

Cougar Juniors

Front row: 81- Drew Croley, 60- Justice Evans, 54- Will Goins, 12- Braydon Graham, 32- Brody Smith Back row: 10- Max Boshears, 9- Kaleb Raynor, 25- Jack Stooksbury, 27- Koalton Cupp, 66- Timothy Russell

Cougar Seniors

Front row: 0- Kiren Anderson, 19- Sam Sexton, 77- Gage Fraley, 31- Hunter Walker Middle row: 2- Silas Weaver, 22- Tyler Kettlehake, 26- Cooper McQuitty, 52-Hayden Rice Back row: 72- Jacob Clark, 17- Lucas Ornellas, 1- Tyler Cook, 3- Owen Blankenblicker, 18- Landon Chadwell

Campbell High sports on WLAF is made possible by these outstanding corporate partners:

Alco Builders & Realty …-…

Allstate Insurance Agent Casey Allen …-…

Atlas Lending …-…

Boshears Paving …-…

Bowlin’s Auto Repair …-…

Builtwell Bank …-…

Byrge Screen Printing …-…

C & C Concrete …-…

C & L Metal Sales …-…

Citizens Bank …-…

Clayton Homes of Jacksboro …-…

Community Trust Bank Community …-…

Cumberland Equipment …-…

Local Realtor Gage Dopel with Wallace Real Estate …-…

Doyle’s Tire Shop …-…

E.E. Hill & Son Insurance …-…

First National Bank …-…

Five-O-Fades …-…

Grace Rehab …-…

Gray Insurance Group …-…

Hammer’s …-…

Holston Gases …-…

Jacksboro Body Shop …-…

Jacksboro GNC …-…

Kitt’s Paint & Body Shop …-…

La Follette Medical Center – Tennova Medical Group …-…

La Follette Mine Supply …-…

La Follette Nutrition …-…

Lindsay’s Carpet & Paint Center …-…

Litho-Craft Printing & Office Supplies …-…

LUB, La Follette Utilities Board …-…

McDowell Real Estate …-…

Michelle Osborne with Mortgage Investors Group …-…

PCUD, Powell-Clinch Utility District …-…

Peoples Bank of the South …-…

Preferred Homes …-…

Quality Lawn Sales & Service

Rice Oil …-…

Skeeter’s Tire Barn …-…

Smith’s Metal & Dock Sales …-…

TCAT …-…

Campbell opens the 2026 season at home in a 7pm kick-off, 6:30 air time on WLAF) with Lenoir City. WLAF’s coverage team of Matthew Moore (producer), Aaron Hopkins (camera), Derick Marlow (director), Les Martin (play-by-play) and Brent Allen (color) along with former Cougar Jake Miller (sideline) send you the coverage of Cougar Football in the 52nd season over the WLAF-Doyle’s Tire Sports Network which spans ten WLAF media platforms. Watch games live over WLAF TV-1089 on Xfinity, 1450wlaf.com, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch. Listen in over WLAF Radio AM 1450 & FM 100.9 and Amazon Alexa.

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-08/21/2026-6AM)

JACKSBORO, TN. (WLAF)-  A Campbell County jury returned guilty verdicts yesterday against Courtney Garvin Partin following a jury trial in the Criminal Court for Campbell County.

Partin was convicted of resisting arrest, two counts of assault, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

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CARYVILLE, TN (WLAF)- Going 12 miles an hour over the speed limit was just enough to ping a Caryville Police Officer’s radar. A little before 1am Thursday, a tan Toyota Camry was traveling on old Highway 63 when Officer Therman Pearson was alerted.

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JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- An odor coming from a donation to Goodwill on Thursday afternoon created immediate suspicion. “It could have been garbage or cleaning materials, but we’re waiting on test results,” said Jacksboro Chief of Police Daniel Smith.

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CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN (WLAF)- Three municipalities will have elections in November. Caryville, Jellico and La Follette will fill a total of 13 upcoming vacancies. When the noon deadline passed today 20 people had qualified to run for office.

The election is Tue., Nov. 3.

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TOP IMAGE: Scattered showers and storms are expected Friday in NE TN, SW VA and the East TN mountains. Elsewhere, like here in Campbell County, showers and storms will be more isolated. Drier, more comfortable late August weather will settle in for the weekend.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Having rain gear along for Friday’s Campbell Cougars home and season football opener is not a bad idea. Early evening showers and storms will pick their spots to pop up, and there’s a good chance the Cougars game could even go rain-free. It’ll be muggy and 75-degrees at the 7pm kick-off of Campbell hosting Lenoir City.

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CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN. (WLAF)- CLICK HERE to view today’s legal notices. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED 08/21/2026- 6AM)

LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF)- The monthly Campbell County Chamber of Commerce was held at Community Health of East Tennessee. A crowd gathered on the upper floor of the Independence Lane building.

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LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- More than 40,000 ball cards. Countless comic books. Lots and lots and lots of one-of-a-kinds. It all adds up to East Side Swap Shop. Owner Jeff Pace invites you by this weekend for lots of storewide specials Fri. and Sat.

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PIONEER, TN (WLAF)- Multiple agencies responded to an ATV accident Wednesday evening in an attempt to free the driver after being pinned under the unit.

TOP PHOTO: The Camel Expeditionary parking lot served as the landing zone (LZ) for the med chopper.

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By Charlie Hutson

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- What a difference 50 years makes. This week on this Throwback Thursday is a look at East Lafollette Elementary School and part of the play ground area back in 1976.

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RIDGEWOOD, TN (WLAF)- Firefighters with the Ridgewood Volunteer Fire Department were paged to the report of a structure fire at 2:20 on Wednesday morning. It was in the 1600 block of Cherry Bottom Road.

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