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Jarica Mae Province Johnson, age 79, of Lake City, Tennessee, passed away peacefully at Cumberland Village Nursing Home in LaFollette, Tennessee. Born on June 1, 1946, in Lake City TN,…
Continue ReadingLizzy is missing in Tackett Lane, Butter & Egg Road area JACKSBORO, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF)- Lizzy went missing on Tackett Lane off Butter & Egg Road, and her owner…
Continue ReadingWLAF’s recognition of 100 year or more old businesses continues LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- WLAF continues celebrating local businesses that have been a part of the community and in business for…
Continue ReadingSince 1919, Camel Manufacturing, now Camel Expeditionary, has been in business PIONEER, TN (WLAF)- “My grandfather, B.A. Bower, founded Camel as Cloth World at Market Square in Knoxville in 1919,”…
Continue ReadingBank began in 1904, survived The Great Depression and rebuilt from a fire By Charlotte Underwood LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Community Trust Bank/First National Bank has been serving the community since…
Continue Reading‘We’ve embraced the community, and the community has been very good to us’- Lansden Hill LAFOLLETTE, T (WLAF)- E.E. Hill, Elbert Ellison, had an automobile dealership in downtown La Follette…
Continue Reading‘We could be one of the oldest, continuous running businesses around’- George Hackler JELLICO, TN (WLAF)- George Hackler grew up in Jellico and so did his parents, grandparents and great…
Continue ReadingSince 1911 in Jellico JELLICO, TN (WLAF)- In those early days, Llewellyn Funeral Home was above the Llewellyn Furniture on the second floor. “We did all the preparation there, and…
Continue Reading‘To follow in my grandfather and father’s footsteps is special’- David Reynolds‘ LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Peoples Bank of the South’s roots run deep, deep on the corner of West Central…
Continue ReadingLAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Riggs Drug continues a successful run that dates back more than 100 years, 1898, according to the late Terry Ratcliff. “Allen M. Riggs started Riggs in the…
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