LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- At least one person was injured in a late night wreck on Friday. The three vehicle accident happened right before 10:30 pm in front of Sonic on West Central Avenue.

TOP PHOTO: These two cars were involved as was a third car, in the distance, between the LFD units.

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- The Campbell County Cougars are home tonight for a 7:30 football game with Cherokee of Rogersville, and WLAF has the live telecast over the Lindsay’s Carpet & Paint Center video player. (TOP PHOTO COURTESY OF WLAF’S CHARLIE HUTSON)

Campbell comes in 0 & 1 after a 56-30 home loss to Lenoir City while Cherokee opened with a 34-0 home win over Pigeon Forge. The Chiefs won last year’s meeting with Campbell 33-0.

The series dates back to 2017 with this being the fourth meeting. Campbell holds a 2-1 edge.

See 2026 Campbell County High School Football starting lineups and roster below.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Three Tennessee Highway Patrol Units, three Campbell Sheriff’s cruisers and a Campbell EMS ambulance responded to an accident on the General Stiner Highway (Hwy 63) on Friday afternoon.

TOP PHOTO: One of the two vehicles involved in this Friday afternoon wreck sustained serious damage.

FRATERVILLE, TN (WLAF)- Firefighters with the Caryville Volunteer Fire Department were paged out at 10:44am Friday to provide mutual aid to battle a structure fire in the Fraterville community of Anderson County.

By Charlotte Underwood

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN (WLAF)- Thursday evening marked a milestone for TCAT Jacksboro students as they donned cap and gown to walk across the graduation stage and start the next chapter of their lives.

TCAT Jacksboro has grown so much that this year, graduation ceremonies were split into three events, with the first set of grads walking on Tuesday, the next set on Thursday and finishing up with the nursing program Friday evening at 6pm. This year marks the largest class yet with approximately 200 students receiving diplomas and certificates.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- A routine traffic stop for a light out resulted in a double drug arrest for La Follette Police. Late Wednesday night, LPD K-9 Sergeant Robert Cobb saw a car with a non-working license plate light. The silver 2000 Chrysler 300 was traveling west on Jacksboro Pike.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- The rider of a motorcycle was injured in a late Thursday afternoon wreck on the four lane near Woodson’s Mall.

By SUSAN SHARP

JACKSBORO, TN. (WLAF)- Last week another Campbell County inmate died. That brings the total deaths at the county jail to five in just over two years. As with the others, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating.

Below is the audio of the Aug. 20 page from Central Dispatch requesting an ambulance at the Campbell County Jail. The inmate was transported to the hospital where she later died.

Under the previous administration, Sheriff Robbie Goins, there were two deaths in 12 years, records said. Going further back, there were no deaths under Sheriff Gary Perkins who served from 2006-2010.

TOP PHOTO: Charlotte Underwood is second from the left in this TCAT graduation photo.

Publisher’s note:

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN (WLAF)- Thursday’s graduation was also a momentous occasion for WLAF journalist Charlotte Underwood, who has spent the past two years attending the Power Sports Program at the Technical College two days a week. Underwood said the experience had been a “surreal one” as she navigated working full time and learning “more about repairing motorcycles and small engines than she had ever known before.”

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN. (WLAF)-  CLICK HERE  to view today’s legal notices. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED 08/28/2026- 6AM)

Connect  HERE to watch anytime; the  WATCH link is on the top page black tab of WLAF’s website

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Thanks to the genius of Todd Overbay and the late Frank Payne, the WLAF’s Ben Rogers Building Camera became a reality and is now showing you live looks of Downtown La Follette. Terry’s Pharmacy is the sponsor for the WLAF Ben Rogers Building Camera.

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN. (WLAF)- The Campbell County Board of Education is hereby soliciting bids for the installation of gymnasium flooring at Jacksboro Elementary School.

TOP PHOTO: A look at the new entrance to the Jacksboro Elementary School Gym.

LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF)- Morgan Kennedy, formally of Pet Sense, is now at Grooms and Rooms Pet Salon. Kennedy is accepting new clients at her new location.

LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF)- There will be an estate sale in the back of LaFollette Nutrition. Items from blankets to glassware to china will be available for purchase.