DMS Lady Saints Basketball Coach Josh Agee Gets 250th Career Win

November 18, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb Middle School Lady Saints Basketball Coach Josh Agee reached a milestone Monday night notching his 250th career coaching victory as his team defeated Cannon County in Smithville.

Coach Agee, who is in his 18th year as coach, has spent his entire head coaching basketball career as head of the Lady Saints program.

“I have been teaching 20 years and coaching 18 of those years. I have been in it a long time but I feel blessed to have been able to do it,” said Coach Agee.

As significant as this coaching achievement is for him, Agee hopes he has been able to teach his players more than just the game of basketball.

“I have been blessed with some great players over the last 18 years. Hopefully I have impacted them because that is what it is all about. Making them be responsible. Teaching them about life through the game of basketball. At the end of the day no one will remember the number (coaching record). Its really about building relationships and impacting people in the community,” said Coach Agee.

November 17, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The 26th Annual DeKalb County Angel Tree Project is underway and your support is needed to help make this holiday season merrier for 334 children.

Laura Stone said Angel Trees are located at bank locations in Smithville and Alexandria. Each Angel represents a child and his or her wish list for Christmas. Select an Angel from the tree, buy a gift for the child and return the gift to the bank where you picked up the Angel by December 4th.

“This is our 26th year serving children 12 and younger living in DeKalb County. Angel cards are located on Christmas trees in the local banks. People of the community can pick up an Angel and buy for a child. The wish list on each Angel is just a suggestion. It is what the child has specifically requested. Sometimes people will buy only what is listed on the card. In some cases they will buy additional things. It is not necessary that you buy everything on the list. It is your choice if you want to wrap the gifts. We need the gifts back by December 4th.”, said Stone.

“With this being our 26th year, we have seen a lot of faces grow up in the program. What warms my heart are those children who benefited from the Angel Tree when they were young. They are now adults and know the positive effect it had on their lives and will now support the Angel Tree and adopt Angels themselves. We have more than 20 new families this year so we are seeing the impact that this challenging year has had on everyone.”

Please consider adopting an Angel today or if you have no time to shop, donations can be made at Wilson Bank or any Smithville or Alexandria bank branch and the Volunteers will do the shopping for you.

November 17, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A joint investigation by Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department has resulted in the arrest of an Algood man, in connection to the drug-related death of a Smithville woman.

In June, Agents joined deputies in investigating the death of 45 year old Jennifer Leighann Jacobs . She was found deceased on May 22nd in her Smithville home of a drug overdose, with fentanyl determined as a contributing factor. The investigation revealed that on May 18th, the victim had purchased drugs by an individual identified as Patrick Goolsby.

On Monday, the DeKalb County Grand Jury returned indictments charging 41 year old Patrick Goolsby with one count of Second Degree Murder and one count of Sale and Delivery of a Schedule II Controlled Substance. TBI Agents arrested Goolsby yesterday and he was booked into the DeKalb County Jail on a $400,000 bond.

He is scheduled for arraignment in DeKalb County Criminal Court December 8.

Count 1 of the indictment alleges that “between the dates of May 18-22, 2020 Patrick Ryan Goolsby unlawfully and recklessly killed Jennifer Leighanne Jacobs by the unlawful distribution or unlawful delivery or unlawful dispensation of fentanyl, and the said fentanyl was the proximate cause of the death of Jacobs”,

Count 2 alleges that Goolsby, on or about the 18th day of May, 2020 unlawfully and knowingly sold a controlled substance, to wit: fentanyl, a schedule II controlled substance.

Count 3 alleges that Goolsby, or or about the 18th day of May, 2020 unlawfully and knowingly delivered a controlled substance, to wit: fentanyl, a schedule II controlled substance.

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