DeKalb Local Option Sales Tax Collections Remain Strong

February 25, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County’s share of local option sales tax collections for January 2023 outperformed the same month in 2022 by over $28,000 according to the Tennessee Department of Revenue. For the county and the four cities therein, combined collections were up by over $76,000.

DeKalb County brought in $182,660 in January 2023 compared to $154,574 for January 2022.

All four cities within DeKalb County also hauled in more local option sales tax revenue.

The comparisons between the two months for each municipality are as follows:

Smithville: $418,757 (January 2023), $371,978 (January 2022)

Alexandria: $36,751 (January 2023), $36,561 (January 2022)

Dowelltown: $4,655 (January 2023), $4, 642 (January 2022)

Liberty: $13,799 (January 2023), $12,237 (January 2022)

NET COLLECTIONS (LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX): $656,624 (January 2023), $579,994 (January 2022)

January sales tax collections reflect previous month activity.

February 25, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

A man who damaged vending machines during a burglary at a local laundry mat last fall was sentenced Friday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.

27-year-old Cody Lane Lawrence Bogle of Students Home Road entered a plea by criminal information to burglary and vandalism over $2,500 and received a two-year sentence in each case all suspended to supervised probation to run concurrently. He was given jail credit from November 5-18, 2022 and from February 16-24, 2023.

On November 5, 2022, Smithville Police responded to Park N Wash Laundry Mat in reference to a vandalism where a Pepsi vending machine, a laundry detergent vending machine, and a change machine had been substantially damaged around the money collection area. After reviewing the video surveillance footage, police were able to determine that Cody Bogle had damaged the machines with what appeared to be a crowbar and a nursery spade. Upon incident to arrest, brass knuckles were recovered from Bogle’s backpack.

Meanwhile 50-year-old Steven Blake Goad entered a plea to a 2nd offense of driving under the influence and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to supervised probation except for 45 days to serve. He will lose his driver license for a minimum of two years. He was fined $600 and given jail credit of 28 days.

February 25, 2023
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The DeKalb County Democratic Party will hold a Reorganization Convention to elect new leaders on Saturday, March 11. The meeting will take place at the DeKalb County High School Cafeteria. Doors open for registration at 9:00 am. The convention start time is 10:00 am.

Local Democrats will elect a Chair, Vice Chair(s), Secretary, Treasurer and the Executive Committee members from all areas of the county for a two-year term. All Democrats who are residents of and who are registered voters of DeKalb County are urged to attend to discuss the party’s agenda and events for 2023-2024. During the Convention the voting delegation will adopt County Party bylaws and elect new leadership. We will also hear from TNDP Chair Hendrell Remus, who will address the convention.

The County Party Reorganization Convention welcomes all DeKalb County Democrats.

Attendees should arrive early to complete credentialing forms and be admitted to the Convention prior to 10:00 am, when the meeting will begin.

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