Jellico News

A Chicago man pleaded not guilty last week to charges of that he allegedly fled from Jellico police while intoxicated into Kentucky on I-75. Shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday, Whitley County Sheriff's Deputy Dennis Foley charged Pablo R. Vazquez, 44, with second-degree fleeing or evading police, possession of an open alcoholic beverage container in a ...

A former Jellico High School student is suing the Campbell County School System and more than a dozen students after he was severely beaten three years ago.

The Tenn. Department of Transportation is working a slide on Highway 25-W South of Jellico, before Chaska, in Campbell County.

A man remains hospitalized today after suffering severe electrical burns while allegedly trying to steal copper the night before in Jellico, Tenn., authorities said.

JELLICO, Tenn. -- A traffic crash has closed all southbound lanes of Interstate 75 near the Tennessee-Kentucky state line.

An accident involving a tractor trailer on Interstate 75 has closed all southbound lanes near the Tennessee-Kentucky border in Campbell County and slowed northbound traffic, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

A former Williamsburg Police Chief, who was named in a recent federal court lawsuit alleging that he helped another officer violate a Jellico woman's civil rights last year, wasn't even on duty when the incident happened, according to current Williamsburg Police Chief Wayne Bird.

Nearly a half-dozen members of the military with ties to the WBIR viewing area have died in Iraq or Afghanistan in the past year.

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.

I feel obliged to say a word for the late Pollyanna Creekmore, who died early last week.

WHITLEY COUNTY, Ky. a ' A 1.1 magnitude earthquake occurred Sunday afternoon along the Tennessee Kentucky border.

A Jellico woman is dead after the car she was driving slammed into the back of a tractor trailer.

The Campbell County Sheriff's Office is trying to figure out who cut down a utility pole to steal copper wire.

Traffic is back to normal, after a massive pile up on 1-75. There were nearly a dozen wrecks on the interstate sending several people to the hospital.

JELLICO, Tenn. - Police say slick conditions and fog on Interstate 75 in northeast Tennessee caused a series of collisions that snared at least 30 vehicles.

Here comes another weekend of wild weather swings. A snow storm is missing us to the north, but it will be close enough to give us another shot of cold Canadian air... AGAIN ! South winds increase through the ...

At one point in time or another we have all questioned our ancestry. Where did my family originate? Are there any outlaws in my family history? What occupations did my family work in? How long have they lived ...

SYCAMORE TWP. - Ruth Day and Tom Brock were teenagers when they met in church in 1937.

A retired minister cannot write lots of columns without at least occasionally telling stories about pastoral experiences.

The scene of a truck fire on I-75 is presenting dramatic images and slowing traffic, but thankfully, no one is injured.