Children Enjoyed Another Fun Day at the Library Thursday (VIEW VIDEOS HERE)

June 20, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Children were read stories, learned about June Dairy Month, and got to make paper spaceships during Thursday’s Summer Reading Club Program at Justin Potter Library.

Lisa Cripps, Coordinator of the DeKalb Prevention Coalition, read two picture story books to the kids including one called “We are all Wonders” which helps teach children to be seen for who they truly are.

In conjunction with this year’s summer reading program theme about space and June Dairy Month, 4-H agent Leigh Fuson and DeKalb June Dairy Month Chairman Lily Martin shared a picture story book called “Space Cows” and showed objects representing food items like cheese, rice, fruit among others and asked the kids to identify which of them were actually dairy products.

Elise Driver, Coordinator of the DeKalb County Coordinated School Health Program and Megan Kinslow of the DeKalb County Health Department helped the kids prepare paper cutouts of space ships which they colored and assembled.

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This year’s summer reading activities will conclude next Thursday, June 27 with a final party at the DeKalb County Complex auditorium starting at 2 p.m. featuring Scott Humston’s Music, Magic, and Comedy show and children will be given an opportunity to be recorded for a WJLE radio interview to be aired on Saturday morning, June 29th at 9 a.m.

June 20, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

A man arrested for burglarizing a Love- Cantrell Funeral Home van while a chapel memorial service was in progress appeared for sentencing Tuesday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.

41 year old Ernest R. Mashburn Jr. entered a plea by criminal information to auto burglary and theft over $1,000. He received a 2 year sentence in each case to run consecutively for a total of 4 years. He will be on TDOC probation. Mashburn was given jail credit from April 19 to June 18, 2019.

The case against a co-defendant 28 year old Heather L. Standridge remains pending in court.

Police were called to Love-Cantrell Funeral Home April 19 in reference to a theft. Upon arrival the officer noticed that someone had scattered items around inside a van belonging to the funeral home. The owner informed the officer that witnesses spotted a man (Mashburn) suspiciously walking around the backside of the funeral home where the van was parked. Video surveillance from the funeral home showed a man (Mashburn) and a woman (Standridge) entering the van and taking items out of it. Police later located the couple walking in front of Omega Apparel and placed them in custody.

Police recovered items taken from the van including a Ruger 22 handgun, Oakley sunglasses, key fob, radio remote, touch screen radio, FM transmitter, cassette adapter, 2XL US shirts, headphones, phone chargers, cold weather face mask, and 2 packs of baseball cards. The total value of the stolen items was $2,280.

June 19, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County High School is in search of a new baseball coach.

Jon Adam Kefauver has resigned as coach and Wellness and Physical Education teacher to become assistant principal at Cookeville High School.

Kefauver came to DCHS in 2016 after serving three years as head baseball coach and as a Wellness and Physical Education teacher at Stone Memorial High School in Crossville.

In his three seasons at DCHS, Kefauver compiled an overall record of 50-37 and 23-11 in the District with one regular season District Championship.

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