Fatal Shooting Under Investigation

June 25, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

One man died in a shooting Thursday afternoon at a residence on Carter Drive. The case is under investigation by the TBI

Sheriff Patrick Ray issued the following statement about the case.

“On June 25 at 12:28 p.m. Central Dispatch received a call of a shooting on Carter Drive in Smithville. This residence is located just outside of the city limits, approximately 240 yards, in the county. The caller stated someone had been shot.

When units from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and the Smithville Police Department arrived on the scene, they found one man lying on the front porch of a residence that had gunshot wounds. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The District Attorney’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation were notified and arrived on the scene a short time later.

Through the investigation, it appears the home owner and the deceased man exchanged gunfire and the homeowner shot the deceased man. The homeowner was not injured.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting. The deceased man’s identity has not been released.

No arrests have been made.

Sheriff Ray wishes to thank Smithville Police Chief Mark Collins and his Department for their assistance and Smithville Fire Chief Charlie Parker for bringing water for the Officer’s on the scene” and to Constable Mark Milam.

June 25, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band became the fourth annual recipient of the Fiddlers’ Jamboree’s “Blue Blaze Award” during the 46th annual Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival in July 2017.

After receiving the award, the TMJ Band delighted a Fiddlers’ Jamboree audience with a session of rib-tickling old time tunes, jokes, and slapstick gags. The video shown below is the latest in a series of Fiddlers’ Jamboree “special moments” from past festivals to be presented by WJLE through the 4th of July weekend.

M2U02481 from dwayne page on Vimeo.

The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band includes guitar picker Mike Armistead, banjo player Leroy Troy, fiddler Dan Kelly, Ernie Sykes, Kent Blanton on the bass fiddle, and Dobro player Mike Webb. The overalls-clad band has appeared on the Opry, at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center, at The Station Inn and at numerous other venues, playing boisterous songs like “Too Old to Cut the Mustard,” “What a Waste of Good Corn Liquor” and “Slide Them Jugs Down the Mountain.”

Leroy Troy is a regular on the weekly Marty Stuart television show on RFD TV and the entire band is often featured on the show.

The Blue Blaze Award is designed to honor a group or individual that keeps the embers of bluegrass music glowing for future generations.

June 25, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Donny Green, County Executive Director for the DeKalb-Cannon County Farm Service Agency announces that the signup for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) began May 26 and will continue until August 28, 2020. As of June 22, Green says that his office has issued $1,037,853 to 198 livestock and crop producers in DeKalb and Cannon counties and, if you are a livestock or crop producer and haven’t signed up yet, you should make an appointment to get your application processed.

“America’s farming community is facing an unprecedented situation as our nation tackles the coronavirus. President Trump has authorized USDA to ensure our patriotic farmers, ranchers, and producers are supported and we are moving quickly to open applications to get payments out the door and into the pockets of farmers,” said USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue.

Livestock eligible for CFAP include cattle, lambs, yearlings and hogs. The total payment will be calculated using the sum of the producer’s number of livestock sold between January 15 and April 15, 2020, multiplied by the payment rates per head, and the highest inventory number of livestock between April 16 and May 14, 2020, multiplied by the payment rate per head. To clarify, both sold and unsold livestock are eligible for payment under this program.

Non-specialty crops eligible for CFAP payments include corn and soybeans. Producers will be paid based on inventory subject to price risk held as of January 15, 2020. A payment will be made based 50 percent of a producer’s 2019 total production or the 2019 inventory as of January 15, 2020, whichever is smaller, multiplied by the commodity’s applicable payment rates.

This program is a self-certification program, but approved applicants may be spot-checked and required to provide documentation to support the producer’s application and certification. To ensure the availability of funding throughout the application period, producers will receive 80 percent of their maximum total payment upon approval of the application. The remaining portion of the payment, not to exceed the payment limit, will be paid later as funds remain available. If funds are not sufficient to cover the 20 percent remaining amount needed for approved applications, a prorated payment factor will be applied to all applications. In other words, there is no funding advantage to be the first or last applicant if the application is received by the August 28, 2020 deadline.

USDA Service Centers are open for business by phone appointment only. While program delivery staff are in the office, they are working with producers by phone, email, and postal mail, and using online tools whenever possible. Persons wishing to conduct business with the FSA are required to call the DeKalb-Cannon County Farm Service Agency at 615-597-8225, Ext. 3 to schedule a phone appointment. More information can be found at farmers.gov/coronavirus.

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