DeKalb Saints Open Football Season Thursday, August 5

July 31, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb Saints will open the 2021 football season at home Thursday, August 5 hosting Overton County. Kick-off is at 6:30 p.m.

Coach Justin Poteete sizes up this year’s Saints. “I look for our team to look pretty good. Our numbers definitely have been up for the past couple of years but that does not necessarily translate into success because effort has to be there. We have a lot of new faces this year so we will have to teach a lot but I expect for the most part the athletes in the county are out here. The numbers are good and the physicality has been okay. They have been working hard each and every day. Size wise we look to be pretty good but we have to be physical. We have played a lot of big teams that were pretty soft and a lot of small teams that were physical so that will be the determining factor for this team. We will have a little bit of speed, not very much but if we pop people in the mouth we will be alright and if we don’t then we won’t. We will have a new player at quarterback this year. John Hendrix hasn’t played in a few years. He is a decent sized kid with a very good arm. He is still learning the offense and the ends and outs of what we expect in football but he is out here busting his tail everyday with a very good attitude so look for some big things from him carrying and throwing the ball but we will need guys to step up and catch the ball,” said Coach Poteete.

The DeKalb Saints Football Schedule is as follows:
August 5: Overton County-Home 6:30 p.m.
August 12: Macon County*-Home 6:30 p.m.
August 19: Trousdale County*- Away 6:30 p.m.
August 26: Watertown Middle- Home 6:30 p.m.
September 2: White County* (Homecoming) 6:30 p.m.
September 9: Smith County*-Away 6:30 p.m.
September 16: Upperman Middle*-Away 6:30 p.m.
September 21: Prescott Middle* (8th grade night)- Home 6:30 p.m.
Post Season: September 25: (Conference Play-offs) TBA
September 30: Conference Championship/ Consolation : TBA

July 31, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad again presents Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad Gospel Hour Sunday night, August 1 from 5-6 p.m. on WJLE.

The program airs once a month, on the first Sunday night of each month, from 5-6 p.m. featuring recorded local talent performing gospel music.

Sunday night’s program will showcase the music of Elizabeth Wright and the Webb Sisters.

Tune in the first Sunday night of each month for the Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad Gospel Hour from 5-6 p.m. on WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7

WJLE is proud of our partner sponsors of religious programs each week and hopes you will tune in often and let them know you listen.

*7:00 a.m. Saturdays: Amazing Facts: A 15 minute program featuring Joe Crews presented by the Smithville Seventh Day Adventist Church.

•Got A Minute?: 60 second message presented by the Smithville Church of Christ with Dan Gulley-Twice a day Monday-Friday each week (various times morning and around noon).

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•Morning Devotion: A 5 minute daily devotional by a different minister each week Monday-Saturday at 7:25 a.m.

*What A Friend We Have In Jesus: A 15 minute program on Wednesdays at 8: 00 a.m. featuring Charles Arnold of the Smithville Seventh Day Adventist Church

The following are weekly sponsored Sunday programs:

•7:30 a.m.: Royce Moore of the New West Point Freewill Baptist Church (The Way of Life Ministry)

•8:00 a.m. Elders Joseph and Ricky Arnold for the New Bildad and Mount View Primitive Baptist Churches (The Firm Foundation)

•8:30 a.m. Outreach Baptist Church with Nathan Thomason (The Outreach Pulpit)

•9:00 a.m. The Keltonburg Missionary Baptist Church (Only Through the Blood)

•9:30 a.m. LOCAL NEWS

•9:35 a.m. Trent Colwell of the Smithville Church of the Nazarene (The Living Word)

*10:00 a.m. Jason Wheeley with the Old Fashion Missionary Baptist Broadcast

•10:30 a.m. Bobby Thomason of the Covenant Baptist Church (Fountain of Faith Ministries)

•11:00 a.m. Worship Services from either the Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian (Isaac Gray) or Smithville First United Methodist (David Lunsford) Churches

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*12:30 p.m.: House of Prayer with Zachariah Murphy

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•2:30 p.m. Billy Hale of the Christ Pentecostal Church of Brush Creek (The King is Coming)

•3:00 p.m. Prophet James Ferrell of the Church of Jesus Christ (The Word of the Lord)

•4:00 p.m. LOCAL NEWS

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•5:00 p.m. Fiddle Dee Dee on Broad Gospel Hour (1st Sunday)

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July 30, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Getting close!

The City of Smithville and the DeKalb Animal Coalition who have been at odds for several months over who is in control of the shelter may be close to an agreement.

In March the aldermen voted to terminate the city’s 99 year lease with the Animal Coalition to put the city in total control of the operation. The Coalition went to Chancery Court to challenge the decision and was granted a temporary stay or injunction pending a hearing. Since then the parties have been trying to come to terms on an amended contract subject to the court’s approval.

The mayor and aldermen were scheduled to act on the agreement during Thursday night’s special called meeting but Mayor Josh Miller said some finishing touches are still needed.

“I talked to (City Attorney) Vester Parsley this evening and I think it is best that we table this. There are a couple of items we need to talk about a little bit further. I will try to meet with Ms. (Sarah) Cripps (Coalition attorney) and Mr. Parsley sometime next week. We will probably need to have a special called meeting within the next week and a half to vote on something. We just did not feel comfortable taking that to a vote tonight,” said Mayor Miller.

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