Clairfield News

New Tazewell residents are still trying to get over the shock of learning their neighbor and former elementary school principal was busted in a child sex sting.

A retired Claiborne County elementary school administrator has been charged by federal authorities with attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.

A retired Claiborne County principal is behind bars after he allegedly showed up at a Morristown motel for what he believed to be a sexual encounter with an 8-year-old girl.

Hope for band programs in Claiborne County schools is not lost. It was standing room only for those gathered at Clairfield Elementary School last Thursday evening for the Claiborne County Board of Education meeting, which promised controversy on two different topics.

Pictured are students at Claiborne High School practice at band camp held last August in preparation for the marching band season.

Utility officials say copper thieves sawed down at least one utility pole in Claiborne County Sunday night, knocking out power to several communities.

About 50 miles north of Knoxville, in the small community of Clairfield, coal and timber are the main sources of income for hundreds of workers.

A group of volunteers from Knoxville will bring the holiday spirit this weekend to more than 250 families in the former coal mining town of Clairfield in Claiborne County.

News Sentinel staff Originally published 06:51 p.m., December 14, 2008 Updated 06:51 p.m., December 14, 2008 A Clairfield, Tenn., man was killed this morning in a one-vehicle crash in Claiborne County, ...

A Claiborne County man has died in a single vehicle crash on a mountainous road in the Clairfield community.