Claire Matherly owns and operates Claire’s Grooming Salon. The 17-year-old business owner is also working on her high school diploma, her associate degree and her Eagle Scout rank in BSA Scouts. She is pictured here at a recent dog wash event she held to raise funds for her Eagle Scout project.
By Charlotte Underwood
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Want to pamper your pooch while helping out a young entrepreneur who’s growing her local business? Give Claire’s Grooming Salon a call and book your pet appointment today.
She offers grooming services of all types for all shapes and sizes of dogs and dog breeds; even a de-skunk treatment and nail painting, just to name a few extras.
(more…)Watch the town hall meeting on demand from WLAF
County Property Assessor Brandon Partin discussed the county’s property reappraisal plan and what it means to taxpayers at Thursday’s town hall meeting.
By Charlotte Underwood
JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF) – Campbell County Property Assessor Brandon Partin held a short town hall meeting on Thursday evening regarding the county’s property reappraisal plan.
He began the meeting by introducing his staff and saying he was proud that his office had received the Three Star Award from the state two times.
“We have 92-years combined property appraisal experience in this office,” Partin said.
During the townhall, he highlighted what goes into a reappraisal process.
TOP PHOTO: An audience of around ten people attended Thursday’s town hall meeting regarding the county’s property reappraisal plan.
Campbell County Property Assessor Brandon Partin held a townhall meeting on Thursday evening regarding the county’s property reappraisal plan. He is pictured with his full staff behind him. (Left to right) Chief Deputy Property Assessor Jeff Robbins, GIS Mapping Supervisor William Baird, Property Assessor Brandon Partin, Administrative Assistant Karen Brown (not visible), Chief Field Reviewer Greg Corea, New Construction Specialist Seth Ellison, Data Entry Specialist Chesni Bullman and Tennille Kennedy, who is also in Data Entry.
(more…)LAFOLLETTE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF) – Low afternoon humidity and gusty winds will produce increased fire danger levels for Campbell County and the northern half of the forecast area.
(more…)The Vols play Creighton Fri. at Detroit in the Sweet 16 at 10:09pm EDT on TBS/truTV
Courtesy of Vols Basketball
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Find your team listed with your name and opponent along with tip time and television network. Have fun in the WLAF-Charley’s Pizza Final Four Fun Run.
Here is the schedule for this year’s tournament.
- Selection Sunday: Sunday, March 17
- First Four: March 19-20
- First round: March 21-22
- Second round: March 23-24
- Sweet 16: March 28-29
- Elite Eight: March 30-31
- Final Four: Saturday, April 6
- NCAA championship game: Monday, April 8
NASHVILLE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF) – The House on Wednesday advanced a resolution calling for an American withdrawal from the United Nations.
House Joint Resolution 849, sponsored by State Rep. Dennis Powers, R-Jacksboro, urges the U.S. Congress and President Joe Biden to withdraw from the U.N. and instead strengthen ties with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
(more…)BSA Troop 310, volunteers and City of La Follette employees pick up pounds and pounds of litter
ll those helping to pick up litter on Thursday posed for a picture before their pick-up project began.
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Members and leaders with Boy Scout Troop 310, volunteers and city employees kicked off the City of La Follette’s April clean-up fix-up month campaign on Thursday morning.
(more…)One man will win a $600 JR’s Tires in-house credit (his) and one woman will win a $600 credit (hers)
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) -“New tires, service, accessories, March’s prize winners from JR’s Tires may use their prizes anyway they wish here at the center,” said Jeff Pace with JR’s Tires. For the month of March, JR’s Tires is giving away two of its largest prizes ever.
The drawing is Sat., Mar. 30, at 3pm live over WLAF.
(more…)LAFOLLETTE, TN. (WLAF)- With an election in August, WLAF will be hosting a Meet the Candidates forum.
(more…)Campbell falls 8-6 to cross-county Blue Devils
By Clayton Carroll
JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF) – Your Cougars baseball squad, searching for its first win of the season, stepped foot on the diamond at Brown-Archer Field on Thursday evening to take on the Jellico Blue Devils from North Campbell County.
Watch the game HERE on demand from WLAF.
(more…)CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN. (WLAF)- This week there are two lake front properties being offered just in time for summer.
(more…)EAGAN, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF) – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) hosts a Bluebird nesting house building event on Saturday.
(more…)Alex Harques, Violet Wilson and Braxton Miracle were three of the six golden egg winners
Braxton Miracle came away as a golden egg winner.
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Youngsters hustled gathering eggs under Thursday afternoon’s sunshine at Liberty Park. “We put out a thousand eggs,” said Johnny Byrge, Parks and Recreation Director for the City of La Follette. See all of Micaela and Charlie Hutson’s photos HERE.
TOP PHOTO: Kaylee Queener, far right, leads the one through four age group to the hunting ground on the field.
(more…)JACKSBORO, TN. (WLAF)- Joshua Blair, the subject of a 72-hour manhunt in March 2022, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
(more…)By Matthew Moore
CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN (WLAF) – There is an always something to do in Campbell County. You can view them all right here!
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