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The United Fund of Cumberland County will take over the courthouse lawn Friday for the August Friday at the Crossroads event.

An increase in white oak poaching comes amid popularity of Tennessee, Kentucky booze Updated 8:18 PM; Ben Benton; Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn. (TNS) Apr. 4—When National Park Service Ranger Justin Young saw the stark stump of a poached white oak tree on the slopes of Lookout Mountain last fall, it wasn’t the first theft of the species he’d seen. Over the last several years, Young has investigated a few thefts involving large trees, but the last two involved white oaks, at least on...