Its Your Lucky Day! (View Video Here)

March 14, 2025
By: Dwayne Page

Its your lucky day?

With St. Patrick’s Day on the way, the DeKalb Animal Shelter has the perfect pet to make you feel lucky! Meet “Murphy”, the WJLE featured “Pet of the Week”.

Although Murphy is unable to hear, he is full of love and anxious to share it with a forever family.

Murphy is four years old and he is neutered, micro-chipped, and fully vaccinated. For the month of March he is sponsored by the Friends of the DeKalb Animal Shelter and his adoption fee is only $50.

If you are interested in meeting Murphy, fill out an application on the animal shelter website or come in. Visit https://www.dekalbanimalsheltertn.com/ or call 615-597-3647.

The shelter is open Mondays-Fridays from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Transfer Station Road off Highway 70 east behind Tenneco.

March 14, 2025
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Board of Education’s regular monthly session Thursday night was brief with only routine business on the agenda.

The board approved the extended utilization of four school buses, adopted board policies as recommended by the state, and Director Patrick Cripps announced the resignation of Erica Garrett, Pre-K Assistant at DeKalb West School.

When asked by Board member Jim Beshearse, Director Cripps said that Mike Hollingshead of Hollingshead Materials, LLC (Smyrna Ready Mix) recently made a $20,000 donation to the school district.

The board also approved the DCHS boys soccer team attending the Smokey Mountain Invitational Tournament March 21-23 at Gatlinburg, approved DeKalb West School and Northside Elementary School applying for a grant, approved World Vision using the DeKalb West School campus as a start/end for a 6K run, and approved the DCHS FBLA students attending the State Conference April 6-9 in Chattanooga

March 14, 2025
By: Dwayne Page

Eighty-two of Tennessee’s 95 counties reported unemployment rates below 5% in January including DeKalb County even as most counties saw an uptick in their rates over the previous month, according to newly released data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).

DeKalb County’s rate for January was at 4.3%, the same as December 2024 but up slightly from 4% in January 2024. The local labor force for January was 7,916. A total of 7,575 were employed and 341 were without work.

In 87 counties, January’s unemployment rates were up compared with December 2024’s rates. Rates remained the same in six counties and decreased in two counties, Cannon and Monroe.

Williamson County reported the lowest unemployment rate for the month at 2.8%, the same rate as the previous month. Rutherford and Macon counties followed at 3%. Rutherford’s rate was the same as in December, and Macon’s rate was up one-tenth of a percentage point.

Perry County had Tennessee’s highest unemployment rate at 7.6%, a 2.3 percentage point increase over the previous month.

Pickett and Cocke counties had the next-highest rates at 7%. Pickett’s rate was up 1.9 percentage points over December, and Cocke’s was up 2 percentage points.

Data released last week showed that Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January was 3.7%, the same as December’s revised rate. The national rate was 4%.

While statewide unemployment rates are adjusted to consider the impacts of seasonal labor, county rates are not.

Career specialists are ready to assist job seekers at American Job Centers across the state at no cost. Find the AJC closest to you.

Older Tennesseans can find meaningful work through the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). The program serves those who are 55 and older, currently unemployed, and in need of updating their skills. Participants are placed in a paid community service position that matches their personal goals. They receive training while working an average of 20 hours a week. Contact a program in your area and get started today.

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