Circuit Court Clerk Begins Term with New Ideas for the Office

September 4, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County Circuit Court Clerk Susan Martin began her first day on the job Tuesday.

“I am excited but it is a little overwhelming,” she said.

Martin already has some ideas she would like to implement to make the office more user friendly for the public and her staff.

“One of the things I am really interested in is having a website for our office because it offers so many advantages. For example jury panels could look on there to see when they are needed for court. Also if someone had a ticket they could pull up the website and find their court date or check dockets coming out to see if they had a case on there. When it snows you could check and see if the courthouse is open that day. I would also want the website to offer an option for payment online for any type of ticket or fine someone may have,” she said.

Martin said she also wants to be able to send text messages to jurors concerning jury duty.

“I want to get it set up where anybody selected on a jury panel would have the option to receive text messages about when they would need to come in. That would provide more options. They would have a text message from us or they could still call in at the automated number or they could look on the website,” Martin continued.

“I would also like to have a scanner at the desk of each employee that way they could scan in files if somebody needed something pulled up right away. Instead of us having to go through files on three floors of the courthouse looking for something they could pull it up from their desk,” she added.

“I also want to start an in-house collection service so that we could contact anyone who has old debts owed for fines and court costs and maybe work out some kind of payment arrangement to help them get that reconciled,” Martin said.

September 4, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County Road Supervisor Danny Hale hit the ground running on his first official day at work Tuesday.

“We looked at a couple of roads this morning (Tuesday) that we are going to try and re-do before it gets too cold to do any tar and chipping. It gets to a point that you can’t do anything through the winter because of the cold weather. You can’t get any good result from it,” said Hale.

After the mowing season ends, Hale said he plans to keep busy right on through the winter with various projects.

“We’re about to get most of the mowing done as far as the sides of the roads but we have a lot cutting back to do especially with limbs hanging over the roads. This winter we will be bush hogging on the cutting back part. The sides of the roads don’t necessarily need mowing then but we will be cutting back limbs all winter long. We will also be pulling some ditches. You will see us out there so just watch for us and everybody be safe,” he said.

Asked if he plans to be a hands-on working Road Supervisor, Hale said “I plan on it. I have done that (work) all my life. That’s what I like. I like to be involved”.

September 4, 2018
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A 21 year old Kentucky man was seriously injured on Labor Day after falling off of the front of a moving pontoon boat on Center Hill Lake, near Mine Lick Creek.

The rental pontoon was carrying 14 vacationing passengers. After falling, the man was struck by the propeller of the moving vessel. He was not wearing a personal floatation device.

TWRA officers responded to the call just after 3:00 p.m. along with DeKalb EMS and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. The man was transported by life flight to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with serious injuries. The incident remains under investigation.

Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department and Sheriff’s Department set up the helicopter landing zone at the scenic overlook on Highway 56 north near Hurricane Bridge

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