Judicial Commissioners Up For Appointment Again

November 23, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The county’s three judicial commissioner positions are up for appointment

During Monday night’s monthly meeting, the county commission will consider the re-appointment of judicial commissioners Tammy Ashburn and Joy Whitman to new one-year terms and the appointment of Gerald Bailiff to the third position replacing David Gash who recently resigned after serving almost two years as a judicial commissioner.

County Mayor Matt Adcock informed the county commission Tuesday night during a committee of the whole workshop meeting that Gash had resigned and that the county’s judicial committee met Tuesday, November 22 to make its appointment recommendations of Ashburn, Whitman, and Bailiff.

The county advertised the vacant position seeking applicants and three applied including Bailiff.

Duties of the Judicial commissioners include processing the following: Criminal summons for the general public; Orders of protections; signing all arrest warrants for the Smithville, Alexandria, and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Departments, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Edgar Evins State Park Rangers, and TWRA Officers; signing search warrants and search warrants for blood draws; signing Mittimus; setting bonds; speaking with every person who has been arrested; answering any and all calls from the public; and attending certification classes three days each year with no pay for hours attended.

Judicial Commissioners are subject to call at all hours of the day and night when on duty. Only one judicial commissioner works at a time during a one-week period on call for 168 hours. They rotate their weeks one week on duty and two weeks off.

The county commission has the sole authority in appointing judicial commissioners and terms may be from one to four years according to state law. For several years the county has had a judicial committee to vet and recommend applicants for appointment to the county commission. The committee is made up of Sheriff Patrick Ray, County Mayor Matt Adcock, Circuit Court Clerk Susan Martin, General Sessions/Juvenile Court Judge Brandon Cox, and Assistant District Attorney General Greg Strong.

Each judicial commissioner is paid $14,900 per year.

November 23, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Ricky Atnip remains the leader among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking college football winners.

Atnip has the best overall record at 133-47 followed by Jared Davis at 129-51, Grant James 127-53, John Pryor 122-58, Scott Brown 119-61, Darrell Gill and Scott Goodwin each at 118-62, and Chad Kirby 116-64.

For the week, Jared Davis and Scott Goodwin tied for the best record at 10-5 followed by Darrell Gill, Grant James, Ricky Atnip, Chad Kirby, and John Pryor each at 9-6 and Scott Brown at 8-7.

Two Fearless Forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Ricky Atnip added 6 points to his total with Houston’s 42-3 win over East Carolina and Chad Kirby got on the board with 16.5 points as Navy defeated UCF 17-14.

Overall, Ricky Atnip leads in underdog points with 32.5 followed by Jared Davis with 23.5, Scott Goodwin 21.5, Darrell Gill 17.5, Scott Brown and John Pryor each with 17, Chad Kirby 16.5, and Grant James with 11.

Today (Wednesday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

Notre Dame at USC, N.C. State at North Carolina, Florida at Florida State, Michigan at Ohio State, Oregon at Oregon State, Washington at Washington State, Louisville at Kentucky, Oklahoma at Texas Tech, Baylor at Texas, Tulane at Cincinnati, LSU at Texas A&M, Arkansas at Missouri, Mississippi State at Ole Miss, Tennessee at Vanderbilt, and in the NFL the Cincinnati Bengals at the Tennessee Titans.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Wednesday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Davis Auto Body, and Domino’s Pizza.

November 23, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Lady Tigers have run their season record to 4-0 after defeating the Cannon County Lionettes at Woodbury Tuesday night 56 to 53.

The game between the Tigers and Lions went right down to the wire with Cannon County scoring the winning bucket in the closing seconds handing DeKalb County a 44 to 42 defeat, the first of the season for the Tigers who are now 3-1.

DeKalb County will host Warren County Friday night in Smithville. The girls game will tip off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game and WJLE will have LIVE coverage.

The Lady Tigers trailed Cannon County 9 to 4 after the 1st period before grabbing a 25 to 22 advantage by halftime. The Lady Tigers maintained the edge leading 38 to 37 after the 3rd period and went onto claim a 56 to 53 victory.

Ella VanVranken scored 18 followed by Avery Agee with 12, Dare Collins 8, Tess Barton 7, Maddison Martin 5, Chloe VanVranken 4, and Cadee Griffith 2.

The Tigers led 19 to 14 after the 1st period of the boys game and held a 29 to 26 lead at halftime. DC led 38 to 35 after the 3rd period but Cannon County outscored the Tigers in the 4th period 9 to 4 and won 44 to 42.

Stetson Agee scored 12, Robert Wheeler 10, Conner Close 9, Elishah Ramos 8, and Zach Birmingham with 3.

2022-23 DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers Basketball Schedule

District – 7AAA Games
Date -Time -Opponent- Home/Away

NOVEMBER
Fri, 11/25- 6:00pm- Warren County- Home • Non-District

DECEMBER
Fri, 12/2-6:00pm-Watertown- Home • Non-District
Tue, 12/6 6:00pm- Smith County- Away • Non-District
Fri, 12/9 6:00pm-Stone Memorial- Away • District
Tue, 12/13 6:00pm- White County- Home • District
Fri, 12/16 6:00pm- Cannon County- Home • Non-District
Mon, 12/19-TBA-Adidas Shootout-Riverdale • Non-District
Tue, 12/20-TBA- Adidas Shootout- Riverdale • Non-District

JANUARY
Tue, 1/3-6:00pm-Livingston Academy-Away • District
Fri, 1/6-6:00pm-Macon County- Away • District
Sat, 1/7-3:00pm-Warren County- Away • Non-District
Tue, 1/10-6:00pm-Watertown-Away • Non-District
Fri, 1/13-6:00pm-Cumberland County-Home • District
Tue, 1/17-6:00pm-Upperman-Away • District
Fri, 1/20-6:00pm-Stone Memorial-Home • District
Tue, 1/24-6:00pm-White County-Away • District
Fri, 1/27-6:00pm-Livingston Academy-Home • District
Mon, 1/30-6:00pm-Smith County-Home • Non-District
Tue, 1/31-6:00pm-Macon County-Home • District

FEBRUARY
Tue, 2/7-6:00pm-Cumberland County-Away • District
Fri, 2/10-6:00pm-Upperman-Home • District
Game times listed are the start of the Lady Tigers game. Tigers games to follow.

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