Shaun Tubbs Elected Chairman of School Board (View Video Here)

September 9, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Board of Education has a new chairman.

During Thursday night’s regular monthly meeting, Seventh District member Shaun Tubbs was elected to serve as chairman for the next twelve months. He will succeed First District member Danny Parkerson who has served as chairman for the past two years. Parkerson will remain a member of the board.

Meanwhile, Third district member Jim Beshearse was elected Vice Chairman of the Board while Sixth District member Jason Miller will serve as the board’s Tennessee Legislative Network (TLN) representative.

The board re-organizes each September electing officers to serve for the year.

In other business, Director of Schools Patrick Cripps gave his monthly personnel report.

Jaimie Bloise has been hired as an Educational Assistant at Smithville Elementary School to replace Melinda League who has resigned from that position.

Those granted a leave of absence as requested were Vickey Barrett from DeKalb West School; Megan Carroll and Kristen Rowland from Northside Elementary School, and Joseph Green and Jessica Griffith from DCHS.

September 9, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

An intense situation unfolded on Sligo Bridge early this morning (Thursday) as a suicidal man threatened to jump.

Highway 70 at the bridge was closed for two and a half hours as officers tried to talk the man out of it. He was later safely taken into custody and transported to the hospital for a mental evaluation. The name of the man has not been disclosed.

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department issued the following media release:

“Today September the 9th, 2021 the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a possible suicidal male wanting to jump off the bridge at 4:32 A.M. After officers arrived on scene at 4:39 A.M. they came into contact with a middle aged male standing on the bridge. As officers attempted to talk to the individual he became very irritated and emotional and stepped up onto the ledge of the bridge. Officers notified TWRA, and the DeKalb Rescue Squad to be on standby under the bridge and in the area as a precaution. This caused Sparta Highway to be shut down for approximately two and a half hours. Several THP officers were also on scene and helped officers of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department take the male individual safely into custody. The male individual was transported to the DeKalb ER for a mental evaluation. We would like to thank TDOT, TWRA , The DeKalb Rescue Squad, Central Dispatch, and the Tennessee Highway Patrol for their assistance in this incident”.

September 9, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Five of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters tied for having the best record picking winners during last week’s debut show for the college football season.

Grant James, Ricky Atnip, Jared Davis, Chad Kirby, and John Pryor each compiled a record of 9-6 last week. Scott Brown went 8-7 while Darrell Gill and Scott Goodwin were each at 7-8.

Two forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Grant James got 3 points as Maryland defeated West Virginia 30 to 24 and Jared Davis got on the board with 3 points with Georgia’s 10-3 win over Clemson.

Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

Utah at BYU, Washington at Michigan, Iowa at Iowa State, Air Force at Navy, Illinois at Virginia, Georgia Southern at Florida Atlantic, San Diego State at Arizona, Oregon at Ohio State, South Carolina at East Carolina, N.C. State at Mississippi State, Missouri at Kentucky, Texas at Arkansas, Vanderbilt at Colorado State, Pittsburgh at Tennessee, and Arizona at the Tennessee Titans.

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Davis Auto Body, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Dominos Pizza.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.

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