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  • 2 days ago | wvlt.tv | Sam Luther

    MADISONVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - At the Monroe County Jail, two corrections officers are out of a job after being accused of bringing drugs into the jail for inmates. In May, Cody Harrill was fired after a TBI investigation alleged she brought contraband into the jail. This week, Joshua Duncan was arrested and charged, accused of smuggling drugs into the jail for inmates. According to Sheriff Tommy Jones, Duncan used a Bible to conceal Suboxone.

  • 3 days ago | wvlt.tv | Sam Luther

    LaFOLLETTE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A manufacturing facility that’s been open in LaFollette since 2004 will soon be closing its doors for good. DeRoyal Industries announced that its manufacturing facility will close at the end of 2024. Most employees will be let go at the end of September. 153 employees will lose their jobs once the business officially closes.

  • 4 days ago | wvlt.tv | Sam Luther

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - It’s been 18 years since Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23, were murdered in Knoxville after police said they were kidnapped after a carjacking. Lemaricus Davidson was one of the five people convicted of the murders and was given the death penalty. Davidson, who has already had dozens of court appearances over the years, will be back in court Wednesday morning as he once again asks for a reduced sentence. “It’s supposed to be through, done.

  • 1 week ago | wsmv.com | Sam Luther

    LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (WVLT) - More than two weeks ago, a group of more than 30 people from Two Rivers Church in Lenoir City embarked on a study trip to Israel with the goal of going to the same places that Jesus once went to. On the day they were supposed to fly home, air strikes began flying into the country, which shut down the airports. “When you first got the warning, if you looked out the hotel, you could see missiles flying over.

  • 1 week ago | wvlt.tv | Sam Luther

    LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (WVLT) - More than two weeks ago, a group of more than 30 people from Two Rivers Church in Lenoir City embarked on a study trip to Israel with the goal of going to the same places that Jesus once went to. On the day they were supposed to fly home, air strikes began flying into the country, which shut down the airports. “When you first got the warning, if you looked out the hotel, you could see missiles flying over.

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