Anslee Daniel

2 weeks ago | wjhl.com | Anslee Daniel

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL)- The Unicoi County Animal Welfare Board met Tuesday to discuss future operations and proposals. It comes nearly a month after the board voted to remove the animal shelter’s directors. In a 5-2 vote on May 22, the board chose to remove shelter director Cody Walker and animal control officer and assistant director Pam Harris from their positions. The board says conditions at the shelter that’s still closed are poor, despite spending $72,000 on repairs and cleanup fees.

2 weeks ago | wjhl.com | Anslee Daniel

BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares made a stop at the Bristol, Virginia Police Department on Monday to talk about the law enforcement partnerships on combating crime against the most vulnerable populations. Miyares was joined by Bristol, Virginia Police Chief Byron Ashbrook, Sheriff Tyrone Foster and Del. Israel O’Quinn.

3 weeks ago | wjhl.com | Anslee Daniel

ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) — 81 years ago, World War II allies invaded Normandy, liberating France and Western Europe, and laying the path to victory. “We came in on a landing craft with the front down, and we jumped into the water,” Army veteran Don Parker recalled of landing on Utah Beach a few days later. “They had some – we’ll call them cannons, they may have been 88s. That’s what finally hit me. Well, it wasn’t exactly comfortable, I don’t know how else to describe it.

4 weeks ago | wjhl.com | Anslee Daniel

GATE CITY, Va. (WJHL)- World War II veteran Hubert McClellan just turned 100 years old on Tuesday, May 27. “I was in the infantry in the platoons. We carried the mortar weapons,” he said. McClellan spent most of his time in Rome after he was drafted into the Army. “We were following a tank corps, and we were moving so fast that the German tank corps passed… They captured it,” he said. “We used the same spring [as the Italians] for water. They’d fire shots. Nobody would fire at each other.

1 month ago | wjhl.com | Anslee Daniel

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Memorial Day weekend is the “unofficial start” to summer, with many taking the extra day to go out on the water, get together with friends, or spend time with their family. But Joyce Crosswhite wants people to remember what the holiday is all about – honoring people like her twin brother, Roy Neal, who was killed in the Vietnam War. “He never questioned when he got his draft,” said Crosswhite. “Our father died when we were in high school.