Caryville, Jacksboro, Jellico, La Follette and Campbell County road crews work to keep roads safe

Left to right are some of the members of the Campbell County Highway Department- Donald Boruff, Jerry Baird, Tony Malone, Ron Dilbeck, Chris Burns, Greg Hatmaker, Lynn Lay, Ringo Nolan, Cecil Delk, Mike King, Rogers Monday, Lynn Gwin, Kevin Ayers, Bryan Oakes, Jason Boruff, Freddie Blankenblicker, Austin Brummitt.

Left to right are some of the members of the City of La Follette Public Works Department- Adam Hutson, Seth Dixon, Tim Hall, Steve Goins and Casey Boshears.

The Town of Jacksboro Street Department have three trucks running. A couple of the men behind the snow plows are Wesley McKamey (left) and T.J. Bolinger.

By Charlie Hutson

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- On Friday morning, I caught up with some of the men and women who coordinate and carry out the mission of the clearing of snow and ice from the city, towns’ and county roads.

Kelly Potter (above) and Katy Carmany (below) run the office at the Campbell County Highway Department.

“We’ll get the landing pads for Lifestar the and roads leading to them cleared first thing, at the hospital and airport here on Friday afternoon. From there, we’ll plow and treat the steepest, worst hills along with the four lane. We’re just going to try and stay ahead of it,” said Casey Boshears, Director for the City of La Follette Public Works.

County snow plows getting ready to move out on Friday morning.

The county has 870 roads that comprise 700 miles the Campbell Highway Department will be working. Using 17 plows, county crews will clear the roads putting down a salt and gravel mixture where needed, Road Superintendent Ron Dilbeck said. The Highway Department’s 30 employees will likely work all weekend.

The Saltdogg spreader is getting loaded up.

“Our main goal is to plow it (the snow) and get it off the roads,” Dilbeck said.

Gassing up at the pumps on the county highway department campus.

When the snow hits, county road crews will start clearing the main roads with snowplows attached to dump trucks then move to secondary roads using pick-up trucks with plows, according to Dilbeck

Tuesday, La Follette crews put new cutting edges on the plows.

“With a staff of 16 employees, five plow trucks, a grader and a backhoe, city crews will be tending to 70 miles of road. The city has around 400 tons of salt it plans to use as needed,” Boshears said.

One of the five La Follette plow trucks is getting a load of salt.

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-11/11/2025-10AM)

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