News
September 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
Students at DeKalb County High School have been celebrating Homecoming with Spirit Week activities and it will conclude today (Friday) with a parade and a football game tonight as the Tigers host the Cannon County Lions.
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The homecoming parade begins lining up at 12:30 p.m. today (Friday) at the high school and will depart at 12:45 p.m. The band will perform at Northside Elementary School at 12:45 p.m. The parade will arrive at Smithville Elementary School at 1 p.m. and then at 1:20 p.m. at Northside Elementary. From there the band will lead the parade to the public square. The parade will arrive downtown Smithville at 1:50 p.m. followed by a pep rally and a band performance.
Both DeKalb and Cannon County enter tonight’s game at 2-3 overall. The Tigers have losses to Warren County 35 to 21, Upperman 35 to 0, and Watertown 42-20 and wins over Stone Memorial 33-0 and Grundy County 49-12.
Cannon County has losses to White County 17 to 6, Sequatchie County 34 to 21, and Upperman 39 to 6. The Lions have defeated Warren County 20 to 7 and Community 53 to 14.
DeKalb County leads the all time series with Cannon County with 29 wins versus 5 losses and a tie and while the Tigers lost to the Lions last year Cannon County had to forfeit due to an ineligible player. Counting the forfeit win, the Tigers have won the last 11 meetings.
Coach Trapp says Cannon County has a similar look from last year.
“It’s the same offense we saw last year with some different wrinkles and some different position players out there. It’s not anything we haven’t seen before but they have changed their defensive scheme a little bit but again it’s not something we haven’t seen. I feel we have had a good week of preparation and this should be a really good football game tonight,” said Coach Trapp.
Kick-off will be tonight at 7 p.m.
WJLE’s pre-game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5 p.m. featuring former coaches Doug Matthews, Dave McGinnis, and broadcaster Larry Stone.
“Murphy’s Matchups” airs at 6 p.m. featuring the Guru of Tennessee High School Football Murphy Fair.
“Tiger Talk” begins at 6:30 p.m. featuring DCHS Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger Football Players Colby Barnes, Aiden Curtis, and Isaac Cross. John Pryor, the Voice of the Tigers, is the host of the program.
WJLE’s “LIVE” play by play coverage starts at 7 p.m. with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor and Luke Willoughby.
LISTEN LIVE ON WJLE AM 1480/ FM 101.7 and LIVE STREAMING at www.wjle.com.
Keith Packmayer to be featured on WJLE’s “Jammin’ at the 428” today with Jim Hicks
September 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
Singing and songwriter Keith Packmayer is the featured artist today (Friday) on WJLE’s “Jammin’ at the 428”
The program will air at 8:30 a.m. following the “Old Time Country Community Radio Show”.
(Click links below to hear this week’s program and previous shows)
Jammin at the 428 September 27
Jammin at the 428 September 19
Jammin at the 428 September 11
Jim Hicks, the host of the show, will interview Packmayer showcase his music on today’s program.
“Keith is a great songwriter and singer and a wonderful person to do a show with and I enjoyed having him on the program,” said Hicks.
Packmayer records at Rick Scruggs’ Studio in Smithville, also known as the 428.
Fire Destroys Home on Coconut Ridge. Two County Firefighters Treated for Exhaustion
September 26, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A fire destroyed a single story home at 2045 Coconut Ridge Road Wednesday afternoon. No one at the residence was hurt but two firefighters were treated at the scene and transported to Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital for exhaustion.
The home was fully involved in flames by the time firefighters could arrive and they were unable to save it.
According to the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department, the home belonged to Thomas Starkey of Nashville but his brother William Starkey lived there. Father-in-law Marvin Gesford was there at the time of the fire and he saw through the kitchen window flames on the back deck. Gesford tried unsuccessfully to extinguish the fire with a pitcher of water as the flames grew larger. Gesford made it safely out of the house and went next door to call for help but the neighbor was not at home. A passerby saw the blaze and called 911.
Members of the Main Station, Four Seasons and Cookeville Highway Stations along with the tanker , brush, and equipment trucks of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department responded as well as the Rehab Team, the Tennessee Division of Forestry, DeKalb EMS, and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.
The cause of the fire is undetermined.
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