DeKalb County Can’t Get the Upper Hand on Upperman

December 16, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers paid a call on Upperman Tuesday night at Baxter but couldn’t swat the Bees in either game.

The Tigers were outscored 16 to 12 in the 1st period and trailed 28 to 22 at halftime. Upperman led 40 to 32 after the 3rd period and went on to defeat the Tigers 57 to 45.

Elishah Ramos scored 19 followed by Evans Jones with 13, Luke Jenkins 9, and Stetson Agee with 4.

In the opener, the Lady Tigers fell behind 16 to 6 by the end of the 1st period and never recovered trailing 36 to 20 at halftime and 55 to 32 after the 3rd period before falling to the Lady Bees 75 to 40.

Kadee Ferrell and Ella VanVranken each scored 11 for DC followed by Madison Martin with 9, Megan Cantrell and Gracie Griffin each with 3, Xharia Lyons 2, and Cadee Griffith with 1.

Both the Tigers and Lady Tigers drop to 3-3 on the season. In the district the Tigers are 1-1 and the Lady Tigers are 0-2. Games scheduled for Friday night at Livingston Academy have been cancelled but will be rescheduled.

December 15, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A 50 year old Smithville man has been charged with arson and vandalism.

Royce Avon Foster is scheduled for a court appearance on February 18. Bond for Foster was set at $60,000 on these charges but his bond in a previous vandalism case has been revoked so he remains in jail.

According to Detective Brandon Donnell of the Smithville Police Department, a witness saw Foster break eight windows out of a camper parked at the former location of the Regions Bank Drive-Thru at 509 South Mountain Street before setting fire to a nearby trash can which spread to the camper. Due to the vandalism and arson, the camper sustained more than $5,000 in damage. Although the blaze came close to a propane tank on the camper members of the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department who were summoned to the scene got the fire under control before it reached the tank.

The incident occurred Wednesday, December 9 at 8:30 a.m.

December 15, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Due to increasing active numbers of COVID-19 locally, the DeKalb County Courthouse and County Complex County Offices will be closed to in-person business starting Wednesday, December 16.

“The DeKalb County Government continues to monitor developments and updates from federal and state public health officials related to the coronavirus. There is a rising concern with the increasing number of positive cases of COVID-19 throughout DeKalb County as well as the State of Tennessee,” said County Mayor Tim Stribling.

“Beginning Wednesday December 16th, the DeKalb County Courthouse and the main entrance of the County Complex County Offices will be locked in response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in DeKalb County,” he said

“Employees are still reporting to work but residents who need to do business with them are urged to call first. Signage is posted on doors with phone number of each office for people to call. They will inform you how your business will be handled. The County Clerk’s drive thru window is open”.Stribling continued.

County Complex County Offices:

County Clerk 615-597-5177

Register of Deeds 615-597-4153

Trustee 615-597-5176

Assessor of Property 615-597-5925

Courthouse Offices:

County Mayor 615-597-5175

Circuit Court Clerk 615-597-5711

Clerk and Master 615-597-4360

Election Commission 615-597-4146

Recovery Court 615-215- 8690

“There is a high level of awareness to get this pandemic under control. We must renew our efforts to protect each other through social distancing, sanitation, hygiene, and masks as we all take steps to undo this spike in COVID cases. It is the right thing to do. No one is safe. I cannot stress enough how serious this pandemic is and everyone needs to do their part in helping to limit the spread of this virus,” said County Mayor Stribling

« First ‹ Previous 1 1120 1210 1218 1219 12201221 1222 1230 1320 2455 Next › Last »