Another “Special Moment” from a Past Fiddlers’ Jamboree Festival (View Video Here)

June 26, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A Nashville girl won the top Jamboree award as the best fiddler in the National Championship for Country Musician Beginners during the 47th annual Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival in July, 2018.

Uma Peters won the coveted James G. “Bobo” Driver Memorial Award, named for the man who started the children’s competition during the 1980’s as part of the annual Fiddler’s Jamboree and Crafts Festival. Members of Mr. Driver’s family presented the award to Peters. She also won first place in the beginners five string banjo contest that year.

The video shown below is the latest in a series of Fiddlers’ Jamboree “special moments” from past festivals to be presented by WJLE through the 4th of July weekend.

June 26, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The Smithville Municipal Swimming Pool will open today (Friday, June 26).

Plans were to open the pool June 18 but it had to remain closed at that time due to a mechanical breakdown. The repairs have now been completed.

Pool hours will be from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from 1 until 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission remains at $2.00 per person.

June 25, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

One man died in a shooting Thursday afternoon at a residence on Carter Drive. The case is under investigation by the TBI

Sheriff Patrick Ray issued the following statement about the case.

“On June 25 at 12:28 p.m. Central Dispatch received a call of a shooting on Carter Drive in Smithville. This residence is located just outside of the city limits, approximately 240 yards, in the county. The caller stated someone had been shot.

When units from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and the Smithville Police Department arrived on the scene, they found one man lying on the front porch of a residence that had gunshot wounds. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The District Attorney’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation were notified and arrived on the scene a short time later.

Through the investigation, it appears the home owner and the deceased man exchanged gunfire and the homeowner shot the deceased man. The homeowner was not injured.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting. The deceased man’s identity has not been released.

No arrests have been made.

Sheriff Ray wishes to thank Smithville Police Chief Mark Collins and his Department for their assistance and Smithville Fire Chief Charlie Parker for bringing water for the Officer’s on the scene” and to Constable Mark Milam.

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