County Mayor Announces New Hours for Garbage Collection Convenience Sites

October 20, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Starting October 30 and going forward all 12 DeKalb County Garbage Collection Convenience sites will be closed on Sundays but open Mondays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.

County Mayor Matt Adcock said he has made this decision to give the 24 part time employees who man the convenience sites Sundays off and to bring more uniformity to the operating hours during the week. Each of the employees will be scheduled to work 27 hours per week.

“I believe our county convenience site employees deserve the opportunity to have Sundays off with their families and if they want to attend church everyone has the same opportunity. Even if they attend church on Saturday, it can be accommodated for them. Under this schedule, each employee will work three days and be off four days,” said County Mayor Adcock.

“Many sites are closed on different days and the hours of operation were all different. This is a uniform strategy to have all sites open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. This gives the majority of the people the opportunity and convenience of disposing of their trash after they get off work. No matter which end of the county they are on that day, you can expect that the days and hours of operation will be the same. Please be patient with us as we implement this change. This will take effect October 30th,” said County Mayor Adcock.

October 20, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The U.S. 70 improvement project continues on schedule in DeKalb County between Liberty and Alexandria from State Route 96 to State Route 53.

TDOT Public Information Officer Rae Anne Bradley told WJLE about how this project is progressing.

“This job includes the grading, drainage, and construction of retaining walls and box culverts and paving from near State Route 53 to near State Route 96. Construction began on this project in May, 2021 and the contractor is Twin K. Construction. The cost of the project is $30,875,122. The scheduled completion date is June 30, 2024. When the project is complete there will be five lanes total and that will be two lanes in each direction with a dedicated center turn lane. There are no anticipated major traffic impacts or shifts as part of this project. Drivers should expect minimal delays for intermittent lane closures throughout the duration of this project”, said Bradley.

October 19, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A total of 792 people have cast ballots in DeKalb County on the first six days of early voting for the State and Federal November 8 elections.

According to the local election commission, 113 voted in person and 36 by absentee for a total of 149 on Wednesday. On Thursday, 142 voted including 140 in person and 2 by absentee; Friday, 140 cast ballots including 138 in person and 2 by absentee; On Saturday, 91 voted including 90 in person and 1 by absentee; on Monday 122 voted including 110 in person and 12 by absentee; and on Tuesday, 146 in person and 2 by absentee.

Early voting is underway through November 3 at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Smithville and for one day at the Fairgrounds in Alexandria.

Sample Ballot

Times for early voting are as follows: Mondays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Thursdays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. until Noon.

The early voting date at the Fairgrounds is Thursday, Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m..

The hours for voting at the 12 precincts on Election Day, November 8th are 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Voters will be making their selections for Governor, Congressman and State Representative and voters in the 4th district only will have a candidate for Constable to fill an unexpired term. In addition, voters will be making their choices on four constitutional amendments.

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