VOL Network Coverage Expands to Two Hours Prior to Kickoff

September 1, 2022
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Vol Radio Network coverage of University of Tennessee Football expands to two hours prior to kickoff this season.

The pre-game show “Big Orange Countdown” which debuted as a new show last season beginning statewide network coverage at 5 p.m. Eastern / 4 p.m. Central on Thursday (September 1) prior to Tennessee’s season opener versus Ball State. The show is hosted by John Wilkerson, Brent Hubbs, former Vol wide receiver and team captain Jayson Swain (2003-06) and a rotating VFL special guest each week featuring former captain Will Overstreet (DE, 1998-2001) or Chris Brown (TE, 2004-07). For home games, Wilkerson, Hubbs, Swain and Overstreet or Brown will broadcast to a live audience at the amphitheater at Gate 21 outside Neyland Stadium. Fans can ask questions on-site or submit a question via Twitter @VolNetwork or e-mail via AskVolNetwork@gmail.com.

Following “Big Orange Countdown”, Bobby Rader hosts “Spotlight on the SEC” before handing things over to the game broadcast crew 25-minutes prior to kickoff. Bob Kesling begins his 24th year of calling University of Tennessee football games. He will be joined again by former Vol and NFL quarterback Pat Ryan who is entering his second year as color analyst. Network host John Wilkerson, spotter and contributor Brent Hubbs and sideline reporter Kasey Funderburg round out the in-game broadcast crew. Jeff Muir serves as the network’s ace statistician.

The “Big Orange Scoreboard and the Josh Heupel Show” provide complete postgame coverage. Vol Network programming is then capped each game with “The Final Scoreboard” hosted by Wilkerson, Rader and VFLs Troy Fleming (RB, 2000-03) and Erik Ainge (QB, 2004-07).

WJLE AM 1480 will broadcast the season opener and all the pre-game and post-game shows on the VOL Network tonight (September 1) starting at 4 p.m. (Smithville time). All remaining games this season will be broadcast locally on both WJLE AM 1480 and WJLE FM 101.7.

August 31, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Seniors Colby Barnes and Morgan Walker have been named Mr. and Miss DeKalb County High School for 2022-23.

Barnes is the son of Terri and David Kilgore and the late Joey Barnes and Walker is the daughter of Renee and Jason Walker.

“How this comes about is the teachers all nominate students, five boys and five girls for the honor and then the whole school votes for Mr. and Miss DCHS,” said Walker.

“To me it’s a big honor knowing that all the teachers like you enough to nominate you. Its pretty good,” said Barnes.

Both Barnes and Walker have excelled in high school both inside and outside the classroom.

”I am really enjoying my senior year,” said Walker. “Its really fun. The principals try to make the school year the best it can be and to include all the students in everything,” she continued.

“I am enjoying it and trying to make the most of it because its our last year here,” added Barnes.

In the classroom, Barnes and Walker say math is their favorite subject. Athletically, Colby is a running back and defensive end on the Tiger football team while Morgan is a centerfielder on the Tigerette fast pitch softball team and a Co-Captain on the Tiger football cheer team

Barnes is involved with the FFA club and Walker is a member of the Beta, FBLA, Science, and Literature Club.

As for future plans after high school, Colby said he is still undecided. “As of right now I don’t really know for sure. If I were offered a football scholarship, I would probably take it otherwise I would probably go to a trade school and become a mechanic,” he said.

Walker said she wants to further her education at Tennessee Tech University to major in business and accounting.

August 31, 2022
By: Leigh Fuson

The Executive Director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) in DeKalb/Cannon County, Donny Green, reminds foreign persons with an interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required to report their holdings and any transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

“Any foreign person who acquires, transfers or holds any interest, other than a security interest, including leaseholds of 10 years or more, in agricultural land in the United States is required by law to report the transaction no later than 90 days after the date of the transaction,” said Green.

Foreign investors must file Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) reports with the FSA county office that maintains reports for the county where the land is located.

“Failure to file a report, filing a late report or filing an inaccurate report can result in a penalty with fines up to 25 percent of the fair market value of the agricultural land,” said Green.

For AFIDA purposes, agricultural land is defined as any land used for farming, ranching or timber production, if the tracts total 10 acres or more.

Disclosure reports are also required when there are changes in land use. For example, reports are required when land use changes from nonagricultural to agricultural or from agricultural to nonagricultural. Foreign investors must also file a report when there is a change in the status of ownership such as the owner changes from foreign to non-foreign, from non-foreign to foreign or from foreign to foreign.

Data gained from these disclosures is used to prepare an annual report to the President and Congress concerning the effect of such holdings upon family farms and rural communities in the United States.

For more information regarding AFIDA and FSA programs, contact the DeKalb/Cannon County FSA office at 615-597-8225 or visit the USDA website at http://www.usda.gov.

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