Dowelltown City Lights Contest December 13-17

December 9, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The Town of Dowelltown will host the 21st annual City Lights Contest December 13-17.

“If you are a resident of Dowelltown and you want to be judged please have your Christmas lights on every night that week from 6 to 9 p.m. Judges will be driving by during that time. Awards will be announced on Saturday, December 18,” said Mayor Pam Redmon.

Winners will receive:

*1st, 2nd & 3rd Prize for Best Overall Scene
*1st, & 2nd Prize for Best Door or Porch
*1st & 2nd Prize for Best Window

The event is sponsored by DTC Communications, Wilson Bank & Trust, and by Liberty State Bank

December 8, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Margie Rigsby Miller, a Smithville attorney, has announced her candidacy for DeKalb County General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judge in the 2022 elections. She will be seeking the nomination of the DeKalb County Democratic Party in the Primary on May 3, 2022. The primary nominee will run in the County General Election in August 2022.

Miller’s formal announcement is as follows:

Ms. Miller was born and raised in the Jefferson Community of DeKalb County. She is the daughter of the late Jewell (Red) Rigsby and Margie Elizabeth Pascal Rigsby. Ms. Miller raised her three children, William Anthony Miller, Jason Lee Miller, and Christie Miller (deceased) in the Blue Springs Community. She raised her grandson, Ethan Beasley, after the death of her daughter, in the Keltonburg Community.

Ms. Miller graduated from DeKalb County High School in 1970. Twenty years later, she furthered her education and graduated from Belmont University where she obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration graduating with the highest of distinction as Summa Cum Laude. On June 7, 1997 she graduated from Nashville School of Law with a Doctor of Jurisprudence graduating in the top ten percent of her graduating class. In October 1997, Ms. Miller opened her first law office in Rutherford County, Murfreesboro, TN. Thereafter, her law office was located in Warren County, McMinnville, TN. Her law office is currently located in DeKalb County, Smithville, TN.

Miller has been in private practice for twenty-four (24) years and has had a broad and diverse practice of law. She has had years of experience in the General Sessions Court, Criminal Court, Juvenile Court, Circuit and Chancery Court and has had experience in the Tennessee Appellate Court. In addition, she is experienced and licensed to practice in both the Middle and Eastern District Federal Courts of Tennessee.

December 8, 2021
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A 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Smithville was struck and killed Monday, December 6 while he assisted a driver in a disabled vehicle on Interstate 5 near where he was stationed at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California.

Lance Cpl. Alberto Lucio was a 2019 graduate of DeKalb County High School.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Lucio, who served in the Marines as a military policeman, stopped after a Ford Edge crashed in the southbound lanes near Las Pulgas Road about 3:20 a.m. Monday.

The vehicle was in the traffic lanes without its lights on, according to the California Highway Patrol and San Diego County medical examiner’s office.

As Lucio assisted the driver and a passenger, a box truck crashed into him and the disabled SUV, the CHP said.

Lucio died at the scene.

Lucio was a member of the Security and Emergency Services Battalion at Camp Pendleton. His military awards included the National Defense Service Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Medal. In a statement, battalion commanding officer Col. John Black said Lucio “performed a noble and selfless act” when he stopped to provide “critical aid to a person in need.”

“Lance Cpl. Lucio gave his life in the service of others. His actions epitomized servant leadership and personified the very best in our emergency services personnel,” Black said. “Please honor Lance Cpl. Lucio’s memory through your actions, words and deeds.”

The SUV driver, a 36-year-old man, and his passenger, a 31-year-old woman, suffered major injuries and were taken to a hospital for treatment.

CHP Sgt. Nicole Pacheco said the SUV driver remained hospitalized Tuesday and is expected to be booked into jail when he is released from the hospital, but she did not say what charges he could face. She said the charges will be announced when he is arraigned.

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