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Church Events: Liberty Baptist Church Vacation Bible School continues
The deadline for submitting Area Happenings, Church Events, Cemetery News, Reunions or Society items is Thursday at noon. See our website each week for a ...
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Hot meals for seniors; county takes on ETHRA funded programs
Hot meals for seniors are the net outcome of a somewhat confusing subject during the July meeting of ...
Middlesboro preacher follows baseball religiously
Padgett has visited all Major League Baseball stadiums, seen all teams play How many baseball fans have traveled ...
Petition drive on to keep convicted murderer in prison
Autumn Keck lost her father to a brutal murder when she was just three years old. Her father’s ...
IRS warns of child tax credit scams
The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division is warning taxpayers about Child Tax Credit-related scams, which criminals may ...
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Driving under the influence of technology
The phone rings. You answer it. After all, every call is important, right? Same thing with a text message, or an alert from social media. ...
by Jeff Moreland.
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Claiborne grand jury returns indictments
The Claiborne County Grand Jury returned several indictments during its latest session on July 16. Included in the batch were two separate true bills for ...
by Jan Runions, Wednesday, July 21, 2021 5:48 pm
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Tennessee Highway Patrol competes for best-looking cruiser award; Cast your vote here
Everyone in Tennessee knows the Tennessee Highway Patrol has the best-looking state highway patrol vehicle in the nation. Now we need your help to make ...
by Special to The Claiborne Progress, Wednesday, July 21, 2021 2:19 pm
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Road work to begin at the national park
Roads in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park will be getting a much-needed facelift over the next few weeks. The National Park Service and the Federal ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 4:25 pm
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Area Happenings: St. Julian to hold free dinner, Mobile Lifehouse to run
The deadline for submitting Area Happenings, Church Events, Cemetery News, Reunions or Society items is Thursday at noon. See our website each week for a ...
by Jan Runions, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 2:44 pm
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Just a day in the life: the Thin Blue Line
As the public rushes to jobs, schools and other pursuits, we often forget who keeps us safe to do so. The Thin Blue Line represents ...
by Jan Runions, Friday, July 16, 2021 4:28 pm
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McClure honored with scholarship endowment
The late Marc E. McClure spent a decade delving into his passion as a professor of history at Walters State Community College. McClure opened the ...
by Jan Runions, Thursday, July 15, 2021 1:11 pm
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Area Happenings: Midway Elementary Open House dates inside our calendar
The deadline for submitting Area Happenings, Church Events, Cemetery News, Reunions or Society items is Thursday at noon. See our website each week for a ...
by Jan Runions, Thursday, July 15, 2021 11:28 am
BREAKING NEWS
Bell Co. sheriff alerts public to scam
Bell County sheriff Mitch Williams has issued a warning to be on the lookout for the latest scam occurring in his Kentucky jurisdiction that could ...
by Jan Runions, Wednesday, July 14, 2021 3:40 pm
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Tazewell woman sustains brain injury, taken off life support
A Tazewell woman has left a community grieving her loss after a freak fall down a flight of basement steps left her with traumatic brain ...
by Jan Runions, Sunday, July 11, 2021 2:45 pm
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Commissioner Mullins: ‘county vehicles should carry proper markings’
The Claiborne Commission will be exploring the idea during its next monthly meeting whether to have all county vehicles carry proper departmental markings. Commissioner Zach ...
by Jan Runions, Friday, July 2, 2021 1:48 pm
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Student art goes virtual
The pandemic has produced one positive for those interested in local student art. While COVID-19 screening points are gone and masks are no longer required, ...
by Jan Runions, Thursday, July 1, 2021 12:56 pm
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Man fighting extradition in 2019 shooting now in Claiborne County Jail
What was initially thought to have been a traffic accident quickly morphed into the site of an alleged murder scene. First responders and various members ...
by Jan Runions, Wednesday, June 30, 2021 1:07 pm
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LMU-DCOM ranks high among U.S. News best grad schools
Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as #2 for schools that turn out the ...
by Special to The Claiborne Progress, Wednesday, June 30, 2021 7:31 am
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Area Happenings: The Claiborne Hunger Ministry is open in its new location
The Claiborne County Hunger Ministry is open at its new location of 1199 Cedar Fork Road in Tazewell. Food distribution occurs each Wednesday, from 10 ...
by Jan Runions, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 3:54 pm
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Commission nods to McNabb building purchase; 3 commissioners do 180 turn
It took a bit of time and a lot of talk, but the Claiborne Commission has finally said ‘yes’ to the purchase of the metal ...
by Jan Runions, Saturday, June 26, 2021 3:46 pm
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Local motel site of interstate drug trafficking; kidnap, assault part of scenario
A Tazewell motel was the site last year of the kidnapping and assault of two people held at gunpoint in retaliation to recover money and ...
by Jan Runions, Friday, June 25, 2021 6:30 pm
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Family Justice Center opens on July 1
On Aug. 1, a group of hard-working individuals began the arduous task of cleaning and repairing a county-owned building which had stood empty for a ...
by Jan Runions, Friday, June 25, 2021 4:24 pm
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County infrastructure gets shot in arm; work to begin on Powell River Bridge
Claiborne County infrastructure has been given a monetary shot in the arm via two grants. The combined funds will go to the $770,000 project to ...
by Jan Runions, Friday, June 25, 2021 1:19 pm
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Church Events: Mobile Lifehouse Food Pantry on June 26
Ongoing indefinitely Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church is holding nightly revival services beginning at 7 p.m. each evening. The King James version of the Bible ...
by Jan Runions, Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:18 pm
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Area Happenings: MEDIC Mobile to be at Value RX June 23
JUNE 23 MEDIC is in critical need of all blood types. All who donate will be in the running for a $1,000 e-gift card to ...
by Jan Runions, Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:12 pm
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Claiborne Habitat – ‘a hand up, not a hand out’
A house is more than just a home, especially when it’s earned by hundreds of hours of sweat equity alongside volunteers whose only mission that ...
by Jan Runions, Saturday, June 19, 2021 11:43 am
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Road rage nets altercation, firearms, drugs
A disgruntled driver decided to engage the occupants of a second vehicle in a public physical altercation following what was later determined as an intentional ...
by Jan Runions, Thursday, June 17, 2021 2:06 pm
Features
Roop rides 61 miles…with a little help from a friend
Riding 61 miles on HWY 58 from Harrogate, Tennessee, to Jonesville, Virginia, can be quite taxing considering that the mileage equals my current birthday age. ...
by Special to The Claiborne Progress, Thursday, June 17, 2021 7:09 am
BREAKING NEWS
Driver runs from police; goes on ramming spree
A high-speed chase around midnight has resulted today in the arrests of four people charged with attempting to outrun what would become a convoy of ...
by Jan Runions, Wednesday, June 16, 2021 4:34 pm
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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt earns top honors from U.S. News & World Report
Ranked No. 1 Children’s Hospital in Tennessee and the entire Southeast Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has once again been named a national ...
by Special to The Claiborne Progress, Tuesday, June 15, 2021 3:49 pm
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