One Seriously Injured After Car Hits and Kills Horse on Sparta Highway

September 21, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A Sparta man was airlifted around midnight Friday after his car struck and killed a horse in the roadway and then plunged off an embankment on Highway 70 east near Ollie Billings Road.

According to Trooper Jonathan Burke of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 59 year old James Rice is in critical condition at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. A female passenger with Rice was not injured.

Trooper Burke told WJLE that Rice was traveling west on Highway 70 in a 1998 Honda Civic when he struck a horse standing in the roadway. The car then went off the left side of the highway and over an embankment. The car overturned on its top and came to a stop at the bottom of the embankment at Ollie Billings Road.

After the crash another motorist came upon the scene and struck the remains of the horse in the roadway. After the driver stopped and got out, he saw headlights shining from Rice’s car down the embankment and went to help. He cut the seatbelts loose from Rice and his passenger.

DeKalb EMS and members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department and Sheriff’s Department arrived on the scene. A helicopter landing zone was set up nearby and Rice was airlifted to Erlanger.

Meanwhile two people were injured in separate motorcycle crashes Saturday in DeKalb County

According to Trooper Chris Delong of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 26 year old Corey Spare of Smithville was traveling east on Highway 70 east (Sparta Highway) on a 1981 GVT Suzuki motorcycle and could not stop after vehicles in front of him slowed due to another automobile making a left turn. Trying to avoid a collision with the vehicle in front of him, Spare swerved and ran off the right side of the roadway. The bike then struck a ditch causing disabling damage to the motorcycle. Spare was wearing a helmet.

60 year old Dawn Walker of Murfreesboro was hurt in a motorcycle wreck on Dale Ridge Road (Highway 96) Saturday afternoon.

Trooper Troy Withers of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said Walker was traveling south on 2006 Honda VTX and went off the right side of the roadway and into the grass while trying to negotiate a curve. Walker was thrown from the bike as it overturned. After impact the motorcycle came to rest on its side, facing south off the right side of the roadway. Walker was wearing a helmet.

September 21, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Dollar General will soon be opening its 6th store location in DeKalb County.

Construction is underway for a new Dollar General on Highway 146 near Cecil Hale Road. The other stores locally at on Highway 56 south (McMinnville Highway), Highway 56 north (Cookeville Highway), South Congress Boulevard Smithville, Highway 70 at Snow Hill, and on Brush Creek Road (Highway 53) near Highway 70 in Alexandria.

In a statement to WJLE, Dollar General said “our customers are at the center of all that we do, and meeting customers’ needs is Dollar General’s top priority when choosing store locations. In selecting store sites, we take a number of factors into consideration, carefully evaluating each potential new store location to ensure we can continue to meet our customers’ price, value and selection needs. We further strive to provide convenience for customers who may not have affordable nearby retail options”.

“The store will employ approximately 6-10 employees, depending on the individual needs of the store. Anyone interested in joining one of America’s fastest-growing retailers with competitive wages and benefits, world-class training and development and the ability to further their career through our growing organization may apply for available positions online at www.dollargeneral.com/careers”.

Dollar General sells quality, name-brand and private brand merchandise such as foods, health and beauty products, home cleaning supplies, housewares, stationery, seasonal items and basic clothing. In addition to high quality private brands, Dollar General sells products from America’s most-trusted brands such as Clorox, Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark, Unilever, Kellogg’s, General Mills, Nabisco, Hanes, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola.

Dollar General gives its customers more than everyday low prices on merchandise as part of its mission of Serving Others. Dollar General is deeply involved in the communities it serves and is an ardent supporter of literacy and education through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, which awards grants each year to nonprofit organizations, schools and libraries within a 15-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center to support adult, family, summer and youth literacy programs. Since its inception in 1993, the DGLF has awarded more than $182 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 11 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education. For more information about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and its grant programs, visit www.dgliteracy.com.

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation also supports individuals in the communities that Dollar General stores serve who may be interested in learning how to read, speak English or prepare for the high school equivalency test. Referrals to a local organization that provides free literacy services are available online here or a postage-paid reply card that can be mailed in for information is available at the cash register of every Dollar General store.

September 21, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The Lady Saints soccer team went on the road twice last week to play Macon County on Tuesday night and Prescott Middle on Thursday.

On Tuesday, the Lady Saints found themselves in a barn burner with no score at halftime. Shortly after the second half started, the Macon County Lady Tigers found the back of the net to go up 1-0 and kept the lead for most of the half. With five minutes to go in the match, Kinsley Savage for the Lady Saints scored and the game ended in a 1-1 standoff. The Lady Saints Junior Varsity team lost 1-0.

Goal: Kinsley Savage
Assist: Tatum Young

On Thursday night, the Lady Saints got off to a good start and led 3-0 at halftime. They added three more goals in the second half to get the victory. The JV team also won 2-0

Goals: Addison Miller (2), Katherine Knowles (2), Tatum Young, Zoe Keys
Assists: Rosio Godinez, Tatum Young (2), Emily Robinson.

The Lady Saints now enter the last week of the regular season with an overall record of 5-2-2 and 4-0-2 in the conference. The Lady Saints will play host to Overton County in a battle for a first place conference finish on Tuesday, September 22nd at 5p.m.

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