A Cutsie “Bootsie”! (View Video Here)

February 16, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

A cutsie “Bootsie”!

For only $50 you can take home from the DeKalb Animal Shelter today a beautiful cat sure to give you and your family years of love and companionship.

“Bootsie” is the WJLE/DeKalb Animal Shelter featured “Pet of the Week”.

“Bootsie is a five-and-a-half-year-old spayed female,” said Laura Parsley of the DeKalb Animal Shelter. “ She is up to date on her vaccinations and flea and tick deworming, so she is ready to go home with you today. She loves being out in the Catio and sunbathing on pretty days. Bootsie tolerates the other cats and she doesn’t seem to mind the dogs when we are out walking them around. She would be a pretty good addition for a home with other pets. Her adoption fee is only $50 because she is one of our sponsored pets,” said Parsley.

“If you are interested in adopting Bootsie, please check out the adoptable pet’s link on our website to fill out an application at https://www.dekalbanimalsheltertn.com/ and we will call you to come in and meet her,” Parsley said.

The shelter is open Monday-Friday from 8 to 4 and Saturday from 8 to 12 at 186 Transfer Station Road. Phone 615-597-3647.

February 16, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department awarded the Clyde Thomas Family with its highest honor, Honorary Lifetime Membership at its January awards banquet.

Jan Thomas, daughter of the late Clyde and Bobbye Page Thomas, made a generous donation to the Fire Department for new additions to its training grounds. The Fire Department intends to add new training props that will enable firefighter training to be more prepared when arriving on scene.

“We are so appreciative of this donation from the Clyde Thomas Family to better prepare our firefighters to respond to the needs of our community,” said Chief Donny Green. “Training is extremely important in the fire service and we have maintained a high level of training in our department over the past 15 years. This donation will enable us to take our training to a new level by providing live scenarios to train and view multiple scenarios that we may encounter as we respond to calls. We are grateful for this donation and Ms. Jan’s support of the DeKalb County Fire Department.”

“It is an honor to be able to support the DeKalb County Fire Department to enhance their training capabilities,” said Jan Thomas. “My father (Clyde Thomas) was a true servant leader and it is a blessing to be able to continue his legacy in support of firefighter training. He would be so proud to see his legacy continue to better equip individuals who serve our communities.”

Once the training facility is completed, the department will hold a ribbon-cutting and open house to be announced at a later date. There will be a plaque at the Main Station of the Fire Department to display the support from the Clyde Thomas Family.

If you would be interested in making a donation to the DeKalb County Fire Department, DeKalb Fire, Inc. (501c3 non-profit) in honor or memory of an individual, or if you would like to donate or provide labor for the DCFD Training improvements, please contact Chief Donny Green, (615) 464-7176.

February 16, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

For the third time in 15 days, the DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers will face Livingston Academy today (Friday, February 16), but this time its in the first round of the District 7 3A basketball tournament at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville and it’s a must win if they are to keep their post season hopes alive.

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Both the Tigers and Lady Tigers are the 6th seeds in their respective brackets of the tournament and will each face Livingston Academy, the 3rd seeds. The Lady Tigers will meet the Lady Wildcats  today (Friday) at 4 p.m. followed by the Tigers game with the Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. WJLE will have LIVE coverage of both on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and on the live stream at www.wjle.com. WJLE’s Tiger Talk program will air at 3:40 p.m. featuring DCHS coaches Brandy Alley and Joey Agee and players Conner Close, Alex Antoniak, Ella Van Vranken, and Cam Branin. John Pryor is the host of the program.

The winner of the girls game between DeKalb County and Livingston Academy will advance to the semi-finals against Upperman, the 2nd seed on Saturday at 4 p.m. The winner of the boys contest will take on Stone Memorial, the 2nd seed in the semi-finals on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

The Tigers completed the regular season last Saturday at 10-18 overall and 1-9 in the district. The Lady Tigers finished at 9-19 overall and 0-10 in district play. According to Coach T, the Livingston Academy girls completed their regular season at 18-10 and 5-5 in the district while the Wildcats finished at 18-11 and 6-4 in district play.

In the last meeting on February 5, the DCHS girls were defeated by Livingston Academy 43 to 35 while the Tigers were handed an 82 to 56 loss. On Thursday, February 1 the Lady Tigers lost at Livingston Academy 56 to 44 and the Tigers were beaten 85 to 42.

On the other side of the girls district tournament bracket, Cumberland County, the 4th seed, will face Stone Memorial, the 5th seed on Friday (February 16) at 7 p.m. with the winner to take on the number 1 seed White County in the semi-finals on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Meanwhile for the boys, White County, the 4th seed, will meet Cumberland County, the 5th seed at 8:30 p.m. Friday (February 16) and the winner will advance to the semi-finals to face the number 1 seed Upperman Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

The girls consolation game will be Monday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m. followed by the championship game at 9 p.m.

The boys consolation game will be Tuesday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m. followed by the championship game at 9 p.m.

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