LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – The call of a house fire came in to La Follette Dispatch Sunday night at 10:02. Firefighters with the La Follette Fire Department responded to the fire on North 14th Street, near the La Follette Medical Center. It was reported that the home was 75% engulfed upon arrival.
LONDON, KY (July 4, 2022) - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Marcus Stigall along with Deputy Dylan Messer arrested Brandy Keeling age 22 of Corbin on Sunday night July 3, 2022 at approximately 11:42 PM. The arrest occurred off McCracken Lane, approximately 7 miles...
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – A bizarre series of events, that included a drive by shooting and a home being set on fire unfolded in quick fashion on Friday evening in south La Follette. Just before 8:30pm, Campbell County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to a drive by shooting into a...
David Baker’s neighbors had finally had enough. Baker, 55, was arrested last week on two warrants and charged with criminal littering after the Bell County Sheriff’s Department received calls from his neighbors about litter on 35th Street in Middlesboro. Photos on the sheriff’s department Facebook page revealed piles...
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – WLAF’s Charlie Hutson shares some of the beauty of Pyro Shows Saturday night sky show with us on this 4th of July. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 07/04/2022-6AM)
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – It’s the 4th of July. Old Glory is showcased all across La Follette and Campbell County. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 07/04/2022-10AM)
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – As I sat and listened, I kept thinking how does he remember all of these stories, these details? He’s talking like it happened this morning. A couple of days later, it hit me. Everything is so vivid, because a part of H.R. Douglas never really left the jungles of Vietnam.
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Wet roads and a light rain were the conditions when two cars collided under the Towe String Road stop light on the four lane just before 1pm Sunday. One person, in the dark colored car, was injured. La Follette bound traffic was funneled into one lane. As a result, traffic was backed up for a couple of miles. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 07/03/2022-1:30PM)
CLAIBORNE COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol said a man was dead Monday in Claiborne County after he was hit by a car while directing traffic. They said Roger Estes, 77, from New Tazewell was directing traffic on Highway 33 while a car was driving south on the highway. They said Estes was hit by the car on Monday.
LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Bobby Jones arrested Charles Miracle age 67 of Corbin on Thursday night June 30, 2022 at approximately 10:11 PM. The arrest occurred on West Cumberland Gap Parkway. approximately 10 miles South of London after Deputy Jones...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A long battle between SEC East rivals in Tennessee and Kentucky ended in the Vols favor Sunday afternoon as a four-star corner comes home to Rocky Top. Cristian Conyer out of Bowling Green, Kentucky announced he’s committed to Tennessee. Conyer is the fourth defensive back...
TOP PHOTO: La Follette Police place Rodney Allen Partin, blue shirt, in handcuffs. “Partin’s going to jail today,” said LPD Det.-Sgt. Matthew Forsyth. LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Last week, La Follette Police arrested Randy Partin on multiple drug charges. See the related story HERE. Around daybreak Friday morning, the La Follette Narcotics Unit and Special Response Team raided the home where Partin’s father was located; 506 North 13th Street. The elder Partin, Rodney Allen, was the main target in today’s narcotics search warrant execution according to Detective-Sergeant Matthew Forsyth, and he was placed under arrest.
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Pyro Shows began early on Saturday morning getting ready for tonight’s big 4th of July fireworks show. The sky show begins at dark and will be launched from behind Bojangles near Woodson Mall. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 07/02/2022-10AM-PHOTO COURTESY OF WLAF’S CHARLIE HUTSON)
The dead period is currently underway for high school football in Tennessee, but before it started two rivals had the chance to break in their new turf fields. For the past several years David Crockett and Daniel Boone have been the last two schools in Class 4A and above playing on grass in Northeast Tennessee.