Community Urged to Support Upcoming Benefit for Baby Needing Heart Transplant

September 26, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The community is urged to rally around a baby in need of a heart transplant by supporting an upcoming benefit for him.

A music benefit and silent auction will be held for Hudson Mathis on Saturday, October 5 at the DeKalb County Complex from 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m.

The baby suffers from a congenital heart defect and is awaiting a heart transplant at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Hudson is the son of Chad and Brooke Mathis.

Special guests during this music benefit and silent auction will be Sadie Faith, Shelby Lee Lowe, Jake Hoot, and local artist Seth Willoughby will be performing.

All funds donated will go to help Hudson and his family.

September 26, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

A convicted felon who recently took a shot at someone with a rifle will find himself in court today (Thursday).

64 year old Kenneth Lee Johnson of Poss Road, Smithville is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and aggravated assault. His bond is $10,000.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on September 11 a detective from the sheriff’s department was called to Johnson’s home to investigate a shooting and learned that Johnson had fired one shot from a 30-30 Winchester rifle at his victim but missed. No one was injured. According to Sheriff Ray, Johnson admitted to firing the weapon.

Johnson, a felon from North Carolina, was convicted there in 1984 for possession of cocaine with intent to manufacture or deliver and he isn’t supposed to be in possession of firearms.

Meanwhile, 38 year old David Nathan Conaway of Liberty is cited for simple possession. Sheriff Ray said that on September 14 Conaway was arrested on a valid warrant out of Smith County. During the arrest, one oxycodone pill was found but Conaway had no prescription for the pill. His court date is October 3.

Mary Michelle Johnson of Smithville is cited for simple possession of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine), a schedule III drug (suboxone), and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Sheriff Ray said that on September 18 a deputy conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Johnson was a passenger. After a consent to search was granted, the officer found in Johnson’s wallet a napkin and baggies containing a small amount of methamphetamine (0.2 grams) along with four whole pills and a broken pill believed to be suboxone.

September 26, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

After sporting a record of 12-3 last week Chad Kirby has taken sole possession of first place as leader of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters.

Kirby’s overall record picking winners in college football after four weeks of the season is 38-22 followed by Dewain Hendrixson at 36-24, the guests 35-25, Darrell Gill, John Pryor, and the James Gang (Grant and Jeff James) 34-26, Jacob Parsley, Jared Davis, and Ricky Atnip 33-27, Will Graham 30-30, and Scott Brown 29-31

For the week, Chad Kirby and the guest Tom Duggin each had the best record at 12-3. Jared Davis was 11-4. Darrell Gill, Jacob Parsley, Ricky Atnip, and Dewain Hendrixson each went 10-5. The James Gang, Will Graham, and John Pryor were 9-6 and Scott Brown went 6-9

Two of the forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Dewain Hendrixson got on the board with 7 points as Colorado upset Arizona State 34-31 and Tom Duggin added 4 points to the total for the guests as USC knocked off Utah 30-23.

After four weeks, Scott Brown has 21 underdog points followed by Jared Davis with 17.5, the guests 14.5, Darrell Gill 8, Jacob Parsley 7.5, Dewain Hendrixson 7, and the James Gang 4.5 points.

Thursday the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

Duke at Virginia Tech, Arizona State at California, Washington State at Utah, Kansas State at Oklahoma State, Mississippi State at Auburn, Kentucky at South Carolina, Penn State at Maryland, N.C. State at Florida State, Iowa State at Baylor, Virginia at Notre Dame, Wake Forest at Boston College, Cincinnati at Marshall, USC at Washington, Northern Illinois at Vanderbilt, and the Tennessee Titans at the Atlanta Falcons.

Thursday’s special guest is DeKalb Fire Chief Donny Green

Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE Thursday at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.

The program is sponsored by Graham Services, the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Davis Auto Body, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Liberty State Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, and Domino’s Pizza.

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