Another Smithville Landmark Coming Down

May 3, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Another Smithville landmark which many will remember from years ago as the old Knowles Hospital building is coming down.

Demolition began Monday on the 11,000 square foot facility which stood for decades situated on 1.25 acres overlooking Broad Street.

Chad Hale recently purchased the property with plans to re-sell it after the structure is removed. Over the years the building, which has not been in use for some time, has become outdated and damaged by vandals and thieves and it now poses more of a liability risk. A sizeable investment would have been necessary to rehabilitate the building and bring it up to codes. Hale said the property will be more valuable without the building than with it.

For years the building was home to Knowles Hospital until the 1980’s when it became Doctor’s Hospital with a change in ownership. After a while the medical facility ceased operations there. Over time the property has changed hands with different owners and uses.

April 6, 2021
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The TN Dept. of Education School Nutrition Program hosted the 3rd annual Junior Chef competition this year for high school students. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s competition consisted of a recipe contest where students submitted a recipe that will be judged by a team of experts. The first, second, and third place winning teams will receive scholarships from Sullivan University, and the first place team will then compete in the Southeast Regional Junior Chef Competition.

DCHS entered the contest with last year’s reigning champs, The Biting Tigers! The DCHS Biting Tigers consist of Jacklyn Kleparek (Sophomore), Sophia Angeletti (Junior), Kaitlyn Jackman (Junior), and coach/culinary teacher Linda Parris. They entered the recipe, Turkey Balls and Zoodles, which is comprised of spicy traditional turkey meatballs covered in a fresh marinara sauce topping over
zucchini cut noodles.

The Biting Tigers took 3rd place in this competition! Each team member received a $4,000 scholarship to Sullivan University in Louisville, KY. Congrats team.

May 3, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Another fatal crash

19 year old Savannah Buckley of Cookeville lost her life in a fiery wreck this morning (Monday) on Highway 70 at Liberty.

Trooper Chris Delong of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said Buckley was traveling east in a 2000 Ford Ranger when she lost control in a curve and crossed into the path of a westbound 2005 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 31 year old Ryan Robinson of Sparta. Buckley’s truck caught fire after impact. She died at the scene.

Robinson suffered minor injuries and was taken by DeKalb EMS to Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital where he was treated and released.

Trooper Delong said the highway was wet from the rain and may have contributed to the crash. He was assisted at the scene by THP Captain Wesley Stafford, Lieutenant Dewaine Jennings, and Trooper Brent Collier.

Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department rendered assistance and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and TDOT employees helped with traffic control. The Liberty station extinguished the fire and the Main Station performed extrication on Buckley’s truck in order for her body to be removed

Buckley’s death marks the third traffic fatality within the last month in DeKalb County. 18 year old Cassie Maxwell of Alexandria was killed in a crash Monday, April 5 on Highway 70 between Dowelltown and Liberty and a week later on April 12, 42 year old Thomas Higginbotham of Silver Point died in a wreck on Highway 56.

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