Inflation Pushes Social Security COLA to 8.7% in 2023, Highest Increase in Four Decades

October 21, 2022
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The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for 2023 will be 8.7%, the US Social Security Administration announced Thursday, adding approximately $145 a month to the average check for the more than 70 million Americans receiving benefits.

The adjustment reflects the largest increase to Social Security since 1981, when the COLA was 11.2%. It is determined by year-over-year increases in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the third quarter.

In July, the CPI-W dipped from 9.1% to 8.5% and dropped to 8.3% in August. On Thursday, the US Department of Labor Statistics announced the CPI for September dipped again to 8.2%.

The average monthly Social Security check for 2022 has been $1,681, according to AARP, the nonprofit group that advocates for retirees. That reflects a 5.9% COLA, equal to about $93 more a month on average from last year.

The increase for 2023 “will provide much-needed relief to millions of Americans,” AARP Chief Executive Officer Jo Ann Jenkins said in a statement.

“The guaranteed benefits provided by Social Security, including the annual COLA, are more crucial than ever as high inflation remains a problem for older Americans,” Jenkins added. “The automatic adjustment is an essential part of Social Security that helps ensure the benefit does not erode over time due to rising prices.”

The bump goes into effect with December’s benefits, which appear in checks going out in January 2023.

October 21, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tigers will step outside the region tonight (Friday) traveling to Goodpasture to face the Cougars. Kick-off will be at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage.

https://www.wjle.com/tiger-talk/

DeKalb County will be hoping to shake off a heartbreaking 17-16 overtime loss to the Upperman Bees at Baxter last week.

Mistakes and missed opportunities contributed to the loss and Coach Steve Trapp said those things matter especially in a close game.

“It was a tight football game and we knew it would be like that. Our defense played extremely well. We were able to hit a few big plays on offense but in the end the team that makes the most mistakes limits themselves for the opportunity to be successful and win and we just came up a little bit short. We just need to execute better on things we can control,” said Coach Trapp.

The Tigers enter tonight’s game with an overall record of 6-2 while Goodpasture, a private school, is 5-3.

Coach Trapp said the Cougars will be a quality opponent.

“It’s a good football team. Last year they came in here with a losing record and beat us but we told our guys we have to understand who they play on their schedule like David Lipscomb and all the alphabet schools up there like CAK (Christian Academy of Knoxville), CPA (Christ Presbyterian Academy), and BGA (Battleground Academy) so they have a really good football team. They are very disciplined defensively. They fit everything right and fly to the ball a lot like Upperman. Offensively they are very multiple like us. They can get it in there tight and run the ball. They can spread it out. They will put their running backs at quarterback and run the ball with them so they do a lot of things offensively and defensively. For us it’s been a challenge to make sure we are ready to go for everything we can see that they do but I have confidence in our guys and how they have prepared. They (Goodpasture) have waited until week 10 to play their homecoming game so if we need to use that as motivation then so be it. This is a longer trip for us and we have been on fall break. Some people see that (fall break) as a negative but we had 100% attendance on two of our (practice) days and on the others only one was out and we knew where he was so these guys have come to work and done what we asked them to do and they are chomping at the bit to get that taste out of their mouth from last week,” said Coach Trapp.

WJLE’s Pre-Game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5:00 p.m. featuring former UT assistant coach Doug Matthews with former coach and Tennessee Titans Radio Play by Play Color Analyst Dave McGinnis and 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” airs at 6:30 p.m. with Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger football players Tyler Estes, Josh May, and Shadie Rankhorn.

Kick-off is at 7:00 p.m. with play-by-play coverage on WJLE AM 1480 and WJLE FM 101.7 from Luke Willoughby. You may also listen on the LIVE Stream at www.wjle.com

The DCHS 2022 Football Schedule is as follows:
REGION OPPONENTS (*)
August 19: Warren County-(Tigers won 35-34).
August 26: Smith County-(Tigers won 17-14)
September 1 (THURSDAY): Macon County*- (Tigers lost 21-13).
September 9: Watertown-(Tigers won 26-14)
September 16: Cumberland County* (Tigers won 48-13)
September 23: Cannon County- (Tigers won 55-7)
September 30: Livingston Academy* (HOMECOMING)-(Tigers won 48-0)
October 14: Upperman*- (Tigers lost 17-16).
October 21: Goodpasture-Goodpasture 7 p.m.
October 28: Stone Memorial* Smithville 7 p.m.

WJLE will have LIVE coverage of each week’s games and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.

October 20, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Starting October 30 and going forward all 12 DeKalb County Garbage Collection Convenience sites will be closed on Sundays but open Mondays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.

County Mayor Matt Adcock said he has made this decision to give the 24 part time employees who man the convenience sites Sundays off and to bring more uniformity to the operating hours during the week. Each of the employees will be scheduled to work 27 hours per week.

“I believe our county convenience site employees deserve the opportunity to have Sundays off with their families and if they want to attend church everyone has the same opportunity. Even if they attend church on Saturday, it can be accommodated for them. Under this schedule, each employee will work three days and be off four days,” said County Mayor Adcock.

“Many sites are closed on different days and the hours of operation were all different. This is a uniform strategy to have all sites open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. This gives the majority of the people the opportunity and convenience of disposing of their trash after they get off work. No matter which end of the county they are on that day, you can expect that the days and hours of operation will be the same. Please be patient with us as we implement this change. This will take effect October 30th,” said County Mayor Adcock.

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