Dustin Tunnell prepared: He ran every day, got his personal affairs in order, had conversations with Mom, Dad and friends.

Jerry Puckett looked up from the fireworks shell he was loading into a fiberglass tube behind DeVault Stadium on Friday afternoon, and smiled when someone asked if he had the best job on the planet this day – the eve of July 4th.

When the legendary, historic High Knob Observation Tower in Wise County was destroyed by arson, Rita McReynolds said, one thought was shared by countless people across the area: “We have to build it back.”

A local church is doing something about high grocery bills.

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