Sheriff Announces D.A.R.E. Officers for 2021-22 School Year

June 22, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The D.A.R.E program will resume with the 2021-22 school year.

Sheriff Patrick Ray has announced that School Resource Officer Joseph Carroll will be teaching D.A.R.E. at Northside Elementary School and School Resource Officer Billy Tiner will be the D.A.R.E. instructor at DeKalb West School.

“These two School Resource Officers will be a great asset for the Sheriff’s Department’s D.A.R.E. Program and the Students and Staff of DeKalb West School and Northside Elementary School,” said Sheriff Ray.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education is an education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, membership in gangs, and violent behavior. It was founded in Los Angeles in 1983 as a joint initiative of then-LAPD chief Daryl Gates and the Los Angeles Unified School District as a demand-side drug control strategy of the American War on Drugs. The program’s mascot is Daren the Lion. The course is 10 weeks long to 5th grade students. Students learn the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco use. Students will also learn about bullying and what to do if you are bullied.

June 21, 2021
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Donny Green, in DeKalb and Cannon counties, reminds producers to report planted, prevented planted, and failed acres to establish or retain FSA program eligibility.

For planted crops, the following acreage reporting deadlines are applicable for DeKalb and Cannon counties for the 2021 crop year:

July 15: corn, soybeans, cucumbers, okra, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, squash, strawberries, tomatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes, peas, and perennial forage (hay and pasture)

July 31: hemp

Aug. 15: green beans

Dec. 15: fall-seeded small grains (wheat)

The following exceptions apply to the above acreage reporting dates:

• If the crop has not been planted by the above acreage reporting date, the acreage must be reported no later than 15 calendar days after planting is completed.

• If a producer acquires additional acreage after the above acreage reporting date, the acreage must be reported no later than 30 calendars days after purchase or acquiring the lease. Appropriate documentation must be provided to the county office.

• If a perennial forage crop is reported with the intended use of “cover only,” “green manure,” “left standing” or “seed,” the acreage must be reported by July 15, 2021.

Producers must report crop acreage they intended to plant but, due to natural disaster, were prevented from planting. Prevented planting acreage must be reported on form FSA-576, Notice of Loss, no later than 15 calendar days after the final planting date, as established by FSA and the Risk Management Agency. According to Green, the final planting date for corn is May 20, 2021 and the final planting date for soybeans is June 15, 2021.

Producers with failed acres should also use form FSA-576, Notice of Loss, to report failed acres. For losses on crops covered by the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program and crop insurance, producers must file a Notice of Loss within 15 days of the occurrence of the disaster or when losses become apparent. Producers must timely file a Notice of Loss for failed acres on all crops including grasses.

Please contact the DeKalb/Cannon County FSA office at 615-597-8225 to schedule an appointment to file your crop year 2021 crop acreage report. To find your local FSA office, visit www.farmers.gov.

June 21, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

A man accused in a Saturday night kidnapping and sexual assault in Cookeville was found and arrested in Smithville Sunday.

29 year old Tyler Hall is charged with one count of aggravated sexual battery and two counts of aggravated kidnapping.

According to a press release from the Cookeville Police Department, the kidnapping occurred at the Sam’s Club in Cookeville but Hall then forced his victims to drive to Sparta.

“At approximately 11:56 p.m. on Saturday, June 19, the Cookeville Police Department was contacted by the White County Sheriff’s Office in reference to an incident that had originated at Sam’s Club in Cookeville. At approximately 10:34 p.m., two Sam’s Club employees were standing in the parking lot when they were approached by a white male, later identified as Tyler Hall. Hall then displayed a black pistol and ordered the pair into the female victim’s car. Hall ordered the male victim to drive them to White County. Near Walmart in White County, the male victim was able to wrestle the gun away from Hall. Hall then ran from the scene”. At that time he was wearing a red shirt, white shorts, and a gray hat. He was also carrying a camouflage backpack. Police said Hall was known to frequent homeless camps in the Cookeville area.

Hall was found in Smithville at the Dollar General Store Sunday afternoon and taken into custody by Smithville Police.

In a follow up press release Sunday, the Cookeville Police Department reported that “ At approximately 5:46 p.m. Sunday, June 20 the Cookeville Police Department was notified by the Smithville Police Department that Tyler Hall was in custody for four outstanding warrants. Officers with the Smithville Police Department had located Hall at the Dollar General Store in Smithville. Hall was transported to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department for booking.”

No other details were provided.

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