DCHS Tiger Football Kicks Off Friday Night

August 14, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County High School Tigers will open the football season Friday night at home against Warren County.

Kick-off is at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor.

WJLE’s Pre-Game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5:00 p.m. featuring former coaches Doug Matthews and Dave McGinnis with broadcaster Larry Stone talking Tennessee and SEC football.

“Coach to Coach” is followed by “Murphy’s Matchups at 6:00 p.m., a look at Tennessee High School Football from Murphy Fair with commentary on games and coaches interviews.

“Tiger Talk” debuts at 6:30 p.m. with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor interviewing Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger football players.

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The game kicks off at 7:00 p.m. with play by play coverage on WJLE with John Pryor .

WJLE thanks our sponsors of Tiger football:
*Wilson Bank & Trust
*Caney Fork Electric Cooperative
*Gill Automotive

*Charles D. Atnip Realty & Auction Company
*DTC Communications
*Liberty State Bank
*DeKalb Funeral Chapel
*Curtis Supply
*St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital
*Bert Driver Nursery
*Alexandria Auto Parts
*Woodbury Insurance Agency
*Bumpers Drive-In
*Optimus Pest Solutions

*DeKalb Prevention Coalition

Tiger Talk sponsors:
*Woodbury Insurance Agency
*Kilgore’s Restaurant
*Creations by Donna
*A Degree Above Heating & Cooling
*Belk Grocery and Sporting Goods

“Coach to Coach sponsors:
*Stonehaus Winery

*Three Star Mall

August 13, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

The newly elected Alexandria Mayor and Aldermen have been sworn into office.

Five days after their election on Thursday, August 2, Mayor Bennett Armstrong and Aldermen Lloyd Dyer, Bridgette Rogers, and Shane Blair took their oath of office prior to a special meeting on Tuesday, August 7 at city hall. City Attorney Vester Parsley Jr. administered the oath.

Two other vacancies on the council were also filled during the meeting with the appointment of Linda Dickerson and Cindy Overstreet. They too were sworn into office. The other alderman already on the council is David Cripps.

Although the results of the August 2 election were not officially certified by the election commission until Monday evening, August 13, the newly elected city officials were apparently authorized to take office right away according to the Town of Alexandria’s city charter which states as follows in Article II section 2.01

“The terms of office of Mayor and all Aldermen shall commence at 12:01 p.m. on the next day following their elections, and they shall serve until their successors have been elected and qualified”.

Mayor Armstrong won a write-in campaign for re-election August 2 to a second four year term. Armstrong defeated Donna Davis 34 to 28. She also ran as a write-in candidate. No one qualified to get their name on the ballot to run for mayor.

Three aldermen were elected in Alexandria August 2 but only one of them qualified to get his name on the ballot, Lloyd Dale Dyer. He was elected to a four year term with 130 votes. Two other persons mounted a write-in campaign for alderman including Shane Blair, an incumbent, who won a four-year term with 19 votes and Bridgette Rogers, who was elected with 11 votes to a fill a two-year vacant term.

August 13, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

A McMinnville woman was airlifted after a two vehicle crash Monday morning at the intersection of Highway 70 and Dale Ridge Road on Snow Hill.

According to Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol 44 year old Sarah Murphy was traveling west on Highway 70 in a 2014 Chevy Equinox when her vehicle was hit in the passenger side by a 2005 Chevy Tahoe, driven by 31 year old Kyle Mecham of Lancaster who was turning east onto Highway 70 from Dale Ridge Road and failed to yield the stop sign. Four minors were passengers with Mecham.

After hitting the Equinox, Mecham’s Tahoe then went across all lanes of travel and over a steep embankment. She was cited for failure to obey a traffic control device and violation of financial responsibility.

Murphy was airlifted from near the scene and flown to Vanderbilt Hospital. No one else was transported to the hospital.

Members of the DeKalb EMS, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, and DeKalb Volunteer Fire Department were on the scene.

Meanwhile a Smithville man is facing charges after a truck crash Thursday on Allen Ferry Road.

According to Trooper William Jackson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol 46 year old Mark A. Mason, Jr. was east on Allen Ferry Road in a 2002 Chevy S-10 when he failed to maintain the proper lane and ran into a ditch off the left side of the roadway striking a fence line and a utility pole. The truck came to a final rest in a pasture.

Mason was not believed to have been seriously injured and reportedly refused transport by DeKalb EMS to the hospital. Members of the DeKalb County Fire Department and Sheriff’s Department were also on the scene

Mason was charged with failure to exercise due care, failure to carry and exhibit drivers license on demand, and violation of financial responsibility.

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