February 2020

Obituaries / Pamela Sue Thompson, age 51, of Jacksboro

February 29, 2020 / Wlaf1450

Pamela Sue Thompson, age 51, of Jacksboro passed away Friday, February 28, 2020. She was a member of Bear Wallow Baptist Church. Preceded in death father, Charles Cross; grandparents, Bob…

News / Sports / Smoke detector and a neighbors quick thinking save the day

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 / Wlaf1450

LFD Firefighters made quick work of a kitchen fire on Friday afternoon at a home at the top of South Tennessee Avenue. LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – A small stove fire…

News / Sports / Car flips on its top; driver ejected

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 / Wlaf1450

This car ended up in a field off Mt. Paran Road Thursday night. JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF) – A car flipped onto its top Thursday night throwing its driver out of…

News / Sports / Day center for the homeless still seeing opposition

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 / ssharp

Melanie Cordell, director of the Tennessee Valley Coalition for Homeless, addressed the audience at Thursday’s La Follette Planning Commission meeting. LAFOLETTE, TN (WLAF)- A proposal to help the homeless in…

Obituaries / Deborah Lynn Murray, age 56, of Deer Lodge

February 28, 2020 / Wlaf1450

Deborah Lynn Murray, age 56, of Deer Lodge, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at her home. Deborah was born September 3, 1963 in Cherry Point, North Carolina. In…

Obituaries / Paul David Monday, age 65 of Clinton

February 28, 2020 / Wlaf1450

Paul David Monday, age 65 of Clinton passed Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Tennova North while surrounded by family and friends. He is preceded in death by wife, Becky Monday,…

Obituaries / Mary Ridgeway McIntyre Berry age 93 of La Follette

February 28, 2020 / Wlaf1450

Mrs. Mary Ridgeway McIntyre Berry age 93 of LaFollette passed away Friday, February 28, 2020. She was born July 2, 1926, in Stockton Heath, England. Mary was a WWII bride who…

News / Sports / Mama’s & Mini’s grand opening is Saturday

February 28, 2020 / Wlaf1450

TOP PHOTO: The official ribbon cutting was Friday at noon at Mama’s & Mini’s in La Follette. The owners’ family remodeled their new store for them. Hannah Kelly (left), Tanya…

News / Sports / TDH Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey update on Coronavirus preparedness

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 / Wlaf1450

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19— isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in…