Community Calendar

Justin Potter Library will host a Story Time on Friday, March 21st at 10:00 AM. Please join them at the library for a fun morning filled with stories. Each child that attends will receive a good bag. Contact the library at 615-597-4359, Facebook, Instagram or dekalblibraries.net for further information.

Join the DeKalb County Democrats at 9am on Saturday, April 5, 2025 in the DCHS lunchroom for coffee, donuts, and our reorganization meeting. Everyone is welcome, and they want to hear your ideas about how they can support the county and community! Please contact dekalbtndems@gmail.com for more information.

The DeKalb County Board of Education will meet in regular monthly session Thursday, March 13 at 6 p.m. at the Ernest Ray Education Center. A work session will be held prior to the meeting at 5 p.m.
The agenda is as follows:
Consider and act on extended utilization of school buses
Consider and act on Board policies 4.214, 4.603, and 5.118 on 2nd reading
Personnel report from the Director of Schools
Any other business by a board member
The consent agenda is as follows:
Approval of a general purpose budget amendment
Approval of the DCHS boys soccer team attending the Smokey Mountain Invitational Tournament March 21-23 at Gatlinburg
Approval of DeKalb West School applying for a grant
Approval of World Vision using the DeKalb West School campus as a start/end for a 6K run
Approval of Northside Elementary School applying for a grant
Approval of Project Raise
Approval of the DCHS FBLA students attending the State Conference April 6-9 in Chattanooga

A Spring Revival for Mount Pisgah Free Will Baptist Church at 7516 Short Mountain Highway Smithville Tennessee will be March 10-14. Brother Seth Presley will be holding the revival at 7 PM. Special singing will be nightly. The Pastor is brother Danny Bandy. For further information call 615-630-3056.

2025 DCHS Tigerette Softball Schedule:
Regular Season
March 11: Cumberland County*- Away : 5:30 p.m.
March 12: Oakland- Away: 5:00 pm
March 17: Watertown-Away: 5:30 pm
March 19: Macon County-Home: 5:30 pm
March 20: Stone Memorial*- Home: 5:30 p.m.
March 21-22: Wildcat Classic- Chattanooga
March 24: Green Hill-Away: 5:30 pm
March 25: Upperman*-Home: 5:30 p.m.
March 27: Livingston Academy*: Home: 5:30 p.m.

April 1: White County*- Away: 5:30 p.m.
April 3: Cumberland County*-Home: 5:30 p.m.
April 8: Stone Memorial*-Away: 5:30 p.m.
April 15: Livingston Academy*- Away: 5:30 pm
April 17: White County*-Home: 5:30 .p.m.
April 22: Upperman *-Away: 5:30 pm
April 24: Gordonsville-Home: 5:30 p.m.
April 29: Watertown (Seniors)- Home: 5:30 p.m.

POST SEASON:
May 2-9: District Tournament-TBA
May 12: Regional Semi-Finals-TBA
May 14: Regional Finals
May 16: Sectionals
May 20-23: State Tournament-TBA

2025 DCHS Tiger Baseball Schedule:
Regular Season
March 3: Franklin County- Away : 6:00 pm
March 7: Macon County- Home: 5:30 pm (JV)
March 10: Cannon County-Home: 5:00 pm (JV)
March 11: Cannon County-Away: 5:00 pm (JV)
March 14: Warren County- Away: 6:00 p.m.
March 17: White County-Away: 5:30 pm (JV)
March 18: White County- Home: 5:30 p.m. (JV)
March 20-22: WCI Tournament: TBA
March 24: Livingston Academy- Home: 5:30 p.m.
March 26: Livingston Academy-Away: 5:30 p.m.
March 27: Watertown- Away: 5:30 p.m. (JV)

April 3: Watertown- Home: 5:30 pm (JV)
April 4-5: Tournament: TBA
April 7: Upperman-Away: 5:30 pm (JV)
April 8: Upperman-Home: 5:30 p.m. (JV)
April 10: Franklin County- Home: 5:30 p.m.
April 14: Stone Memorial- Home: 5:30 p.m. (JV)
April 15: Stone Memorial- Away: 5:30 p.m. (JV)
April 17: Macon County-Away: 5:30 pm (JV)
April 18: Sequatchie County- Away: 5:30 pm
April 21: Cumberland County- Away: 5:30 pm (JV)
April 22: Cumberland County-Home: 5:30 pm (JV)
April 24: Westmoreland- Home: 5:30 pm (JV)
April 25: Central Magnet- Away:
April 28: Warren County- Home: 5:30 p.m.

POST SEASON:
April 30-May 7: District Tournament-TBA
May 9-10: Region Tournament-TBA
May 14-17: Sectional Series-TBA
May 20-23: State Tournament-TBA

March County Commission Committee Meetings

Public Works Committee

Date: 03/11/2025

Time: 6pm

Location: Arcade Room of the County Complex

Topic: Office Spaces

Purchasing Committee

Date: 0312/2025

Time: 12pm

Location: Lower Courtroom of the Courthouse

Topic: County Purchases

Revenue Committee

Date:03/13/2025

Time: 6pm

Location: Arcade Room of the County Complex

Topic: Saddle Club Land, County Building Codes, Revenue Research

Government Services Committee

Date: 03/17/2025

Time: 6pm

Location: Lower Courtroom of the Courthouse

Topic: County Policies

County Commission Workshop

Date: 03/24/2025

Time: 6pm

Location: History Room of the County Complex

Topic: Regular Business

County Commission Formal Meeting

Date: 03/31/2025

Time: 6:30pm

Location: Auditorium of the County Complex

Topic: Regular Business

Blood Assurance is giving you another opportunity to donate this month (March) in DeKalb County. The next blood drive will be Tuesday, March 25 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital at 520 West Main Street on the bloodmobile in the parking lot. You may schedule an appointment at www.bloodassurance.org/stt25. You may also call Trudy Cody at 931-239-9411 Remember to eat a good meal, drink additional water, avoid energy drinks and bring your ID. Blood Assurance is the sole blood provider for the local hospitals and your donation is needed for an adequate supply. One donation can save three lives. The Name of each donor will be entered into a drawing for a $500 Pot of Gold eGift card.

A restoration project is underway at the historic Smithville Town Cemetery established in 1838. Town Cemetery has been located directly east of the public square for nearly 200 years. It is in need of attention and restoration. A kick-off fundraiser campaign to enhance and restore the historic town cemetery is set for March 20 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Harvester Event Center. For more information and to donate visit www.fb.com/SmithvilleTCA or call 615-597-2000.

The annual meeting for Banks Cemetery in DeKalb County will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m. at Banks Cumberland Presbyterian Church. All parties interested in the cemetery are invited and encouraged to attend.

The next term of the DeKalb County Grand Jury will meet on Tuesday, March 11.

“It is the duty of your grand jurors to investigate any public offense which they know or have reason to believe has been committed and which is triable or indictable in the county. Any person having knowledge or proof that an offense has been committed may apply to testify before the grand jury subject to the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated 40-12-105. The foreman in this county is presently Ms. Katherine Pack, 1 Public Square, Room 201, Smithville, Tennessee, 37166.” said DeKalb Circuit Court Clerk Susan Martin.

“The grand jury will next meet on Tuesday, the 11th day of March, 2025, at 8:30 a.m.. You may be prosecuted for perjury for any oral or written statement which you make under oath to the grand jury, when you know the statement to be false, and when the statement touches on a matter material to the point in question,” she said.

A Kingdom Driven Men’s Conference will be Saturday, March 15 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. hosted by the Allen’s Chapel Church at 1037 Coconut Ridge Road, Smithville. Be the man God called you to be. Join them for a day of food, fellowship, praise, and digging into what God has called you to be