Campbell County News

Three Pilot Flying J employees pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges of conspiracy and wire fraud.

The Campbell County mayor has no plans to reinstate embattled animal shelter director Betty Crumley during a meeting tonight in LaFollette, officials said.

A Lake City man on his way to a family reunion was arrested Sunday after he began to cry during a traffic stop in Campbell County.

A mother and daughter have been arrested after illegally soliciting funds for Jacksboro Middle School in Campbell County, according to Sheriff Robbie K. Goins.

A mother and daughter from Campbell County are facing charges, after the sheriff says they were taking money from local businesses for a fake school fundraiser.

It's the younger, smaller brother of what's called the world's longest yard sale, and it's under way through Saturday.

Two people suspected in the arson fire of a Campbell County home are recovering today at a Nashville burn center from injuries apparently sustained while using gas to ignite the retaliatory blaze, authorities said.

A whistleblower who tipped off state auditors to financial wrongdoing in the Powell-Clinch Utility District and was later fired in alleged retaliation has received a $120,000 payout to resolve his federal wrongful discharge complaint.

A research study by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville shows Volkswagen's assembly plant in Chattanooga is responsible for more than $643 million in annual income.

This year the Fourth of July celebrations in the city of Athens will be a little duller.

Roughly 8,000 people in the United States are bitten by venomous snakes each year.

This six-week-old kitten got caught under the Darrett's home, but there was no animal control for them to call.

Tennessee may have been part of the Confederacy during the Civil War. But East Tennessee was "Lincoln's Land," according to retired Dalton State College associate professor Larry W. Cooper.

It's been more than a month since a Campbell County animal shelter closed amid allegations that animals were improperly euthanized, but now, some residents said they are concerned because pets are being abandoned in their neighborhood.

A fundraising carnival will be held Saturday at Norris Elementary School for a Clinton man, diagnosed in January with Hodgkin's lymphoma, and his 5-year-old daughter, diagnosed with leukemia in April.

A new trial for a former student accused of killing a Campbell County assistant principal is scheduled to begin this fall.

CARYVILLE - Gov. Bill Haslam came to East Tennessee Tuesday to sign a bill into law designed to prevent people from being abandoned like one Illinois woman was in 2012.

Gov. Bill Haslam signed legislation in Monroe County today to reduce the state portion of the sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to 5 percent.

A Maryville College professor has been the first African-American woman to be awarded tenure at the school.