Election Commission Releases Sample Ballot for March 5 Primaries (View Sample Ballot Here)

January 12, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Election Commission has released a sample ballot for the March 5 DeKalb County Republican and Democratic Primaries and the Tennessee Presidential Preference Primary.

Sample Ballot

The DeKalb County Assessor of Property race is contested. The candidates are Republican Incumbent Shannon Cantrell and GOP challenger Amy Clare Lockhart. The winner of the DeKalb Republican Primary in that race will be unopposed in the August 1, 2024 DeKalb County General Election.

The only other local race to be contested in March is in the 5th district for the Board of Education (School Board). The candidates are Republicans Megan Moore and Tom Walkup. Incumbent 5th district member Jamie Cripps is not seeking re-election.

Names of candidates for other local offices in the March 5 GOP primary are as follows:

Board of Education: District 5- Megan Moore and Tom Walkup

Board of Education: District 6- Jason Miller (Incumbent)- Unopposed

Constable: District 1-Tyler Cripps –Unopposed.

Constable: District 2-Danny Adamson- Unopposed.

Constable: District 3-Travis Bryant (Incumbent)-Unopposed.

Constable: District 4-Lane Ball (Incumbent)-Unopposed

Constable: District 5-Mark Milam (Incumbent)-Unopposed

Constable: District 6- No Candidate.

Constable: District 7-Jeremy Wayne Neal-Unopposed

Criminal Court Judge-Part III (13th Judicial District)- Shawn Fry of Cookeville- Unopposed

The DeKalb County Republican and Democratic Primaries will be held March 5 in conjunction with the Tennessee Presidential Preference Primary. Party nominees for local offices on March 5 will run in the DeKalb County General Election on Thursday, August 1, 2024 and those elected will take office September 1, 2024.

The voter registration deadline for the March 5th primaries is February 5 and the early voting period will be Wednesday, February 14 through Tuesday, February 27. The Absentee ballot request deadline is Tuesday, February 27, 2024.

The presidential field is set in Tennessee for the March 5, 2024, Super Tuesday Presidential Preference Primary. On Super Tuesday, 15 other states will join Tennessee in helping decide each party’s presidential nominee.

The following candidates are on Tennessee’s March 5, 2024, ballot:

Republican Primary Ballot:
•Ryan Binkley
•Chris Christie
•Ron DeSantis
•Nikki Haley
•Asa Hutchinson
•Vivek Ramaswamy
•David Stuckenberg
•Donald J. Trump

Democratic Primary Ballot:
•Joseph R. Biden

January 12, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

A convicted felon who led sheriff’s department deputies on a pursuit from DeKalb County into two other counties before being forced off the road into a ditch in April had his day in court Tuesday, January 9.

40-year-old Warren Brandon Glasby entered a plea to possession of a schedule II drug methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams and possession of a schedule II drug (ANPP) for sale. He received an 8-year sentence in the meth case and 3 years on the other charge to run concurrently with each other and with a Wilson County TDOC sentence against him. Glasby must serve at least 30% of the sentence before his release eligibility date. He was fined $2,000. Glasby was given jail credit of 273 days.

The passenger with Glasby, 30-year-old Katelyn Luann Goodwin of Allens Ferry Road, Smithville was also charged. Her case remains pending in court.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Monday April 10 a deputy was patrolling Woodbury Highway when he spotted a red Ford Mustang failing to maintain its lane of travel. He said the Mustang almost hit another vehicle. The officer turned around and caught up with the Mustang at the intersection of Woodbury Highway and Nashville Highway, but when he turned on his emergency equipment, the driver of the Mustang, Glasby fled into Cannon, Wilson, and then back into Cannon County.

During the pursuit, Sheriff Ray said Goodwin threw objects out of the passenger side door including a large cooler apparently trying to slow the deputy and another officer which had joined the chase.

According to Sheriff Ray, Goodwin also handed Glasby a firearm which he pointed at the officers from the driver side window of the Mustang before throwing it to the ground during the pursuit. Goodwin also handed Glasby other objects during the chase which he threw out of the car window placing the pursuing deputies in imminent danger. Those objects were later recovered including numerous baggies, clothing and the firearm.

As the pursuit continued, Sheriff Ray instructed the officers to force Glasby off the road due to the increasing risk to the public as Glasby had posed a danger to other vehicles and a pedestrian along the way.

After the Mustang was forced off the roadway into a ditch, Glasby got out of the car through the driver side window and fled on foot through a creek and into a field before he was taken forcibly to the ground and handcuffed by officers. Goodwin remained at the car and was also taken into custody.

During a search, deputies found inside Glasby’s front pocket a grocery bag which contained 1.95 ounces of a crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine and 10 grams of a white powdery substance thought to be cocaine. A background check through central dispatch revealed that Glasby’s driver license was revoked.

In other cases, 21-year-old Kobe Cantrell entered a plea by criminal information to possession of methamphetamine over 0.5 grams for sale and aggravated assault. He received an 8-year sentence in the meth case and 3 years for the aggravated assault. The two sentences are to run concurrently with each other, and all suspended to supervised probation except for 201 days of time served. Cantrell was fined $2,000.

35 year old Maranda Smith entered a plea to possession of methamphetamine over 0.5 grams for sale and received an 8 year sentence all suspended to supervised probation. She was fined $2,000

31-year-old Ashley Mingle entered a plea to theft over $1,000 and received a two year sentence all suspended to probation. She was given jail credit of six days.

January 11, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office has announced a temporary change in office hours from January 19 to April 1 in order for the staff to participate in some mandatory training.

“The State of Tennessee is requesting for now, requiring in the near future, that all Clerk’s Offices implement a new juvenile case system called Quest that will be a paperless system in the near future,” said Circuit Court Clerk Susan Martin. “This new system will “go LIVE” on April 1 here in DeKalb County. Every week from now until April 1st we will close the office for 90 minutes to attend this mandatory training,” she said.

Below are the dates that the office will be closing at 3:00 p.m. for staff to attend the required training:

January 19, 2024
January 22, 2024
January 31, 2024

February 9, 2024
February 13, 2024
February 23, 2024

March 1, 2024
March 8, 2024
March 15, 2024
March 22, 2024
March 28, 2024

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