Judge Amy Hollars to face re-election challenge

May 5, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Circuit Court Judge Amy Hollars will be challenged for re-election in August.

William T. “Will” Ridley of Crossville ran unopposed in the Republican primary Tuesday for Circuit Court Judge Part I and received 19,247 votes district-wide in the seven county 13th judicial district. In DeKalb County Ridley got 1,511 votes.

A Livingston native, Judge Hollars was appointed to the bench by Governor Phil Bredesen on July 15, 2009, to fill a seat vacated by her father, retired Judge John A. Turnbull. She was elected to the court as a Democratic candidate in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Hollars is running this year as an Independent candidate. The term is for eight years.

The five other judicial candidates, all Republicans, won their primaries unopposed on Tuesday and will be re-elected unopposed in August.

Here are the results for them:

Chancellor- 13th Judicial District
Ronald Thurman (Incumbent) – 19,689 (district-wide) including 1,642 in DeKalb County

Criminal Court Judge Part I 13th Judicial District:
Gary S. McKenzie (Incumbent)-19,672 (district-wide) including 1,614 in DeKalb County

Criminal Court Judge Part II 13th Judicial District:
Wesley Bray (Incumbent)-19,140 (district-wide) including 1,568 in DeKalb County

Public Defender 13th Judicial District:
Craig P. Fickling, Jr. (Incumbent)-18,434 (district-wide) including 1,521 in DeKalb County

District Attorney General 13th Judicial District:
Bryant C. Dunaway (Incumbent)-19,950 (district-wide) including 1,607 in DeKalb County

May 5, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The 13th Judicial District will soon have a new judge.

Political newcomer Caroline Knight of Crossville ousted Incumbent Judge Jonathan Young of Cookeville Tuesday for the office of Circuit Court Judge Part II in the 13th Judicial District which includes DeKalb and six other counties.

Knight carried every county and won the Republican Primary district-wide 15,521 to 8,090. She will be unopposed in the August General Election. The term is for eight years.

Knight has been an Assistant District Attorney General for 10 years and has served as child crimes prosecutor district-wide for the last five years.

Here are the results in each of the seven counties from Tuesday’s GOP primary:
Clay: Knight 154, Young 79
Cumberland: Knight 6,244, Young 2,381
DeKalb: Knight 1,069, Young 741
Overton: Knight 1,381, Young 1,031
Pickett: Knight 643, Young 392
Putnam: Knight 3,168, Young 2,056
White: Knight 2,862, Young 1,410
Total: Knight 15,521, Young 8,090

Young received a public reprimand in October 2020 from the Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct following what was described as “inappropriate messages” sent to multiple women on various social media platforms from 2015-20. Young has served as the Circuit Court Part II judge since 2014.

May 4, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Scarlett is a fun-loving dog and if you are fun loving too you need to meet her.

Scarlett is the WJLE/ DeKalb Animal Shelter featured “Pet of the Week”

“She is an eight-year-old pitty,” said Shelter Director Emmaly Bennett. “She has been spayed and is up to date on all her vaccinations. Scarlett has been heartworm screened and is micro-chipped. This girl is fully housebroken and is great on a leash. She has lots of energy but must be the only dog in the household with no cats. She just wants to be on somebody’s couch. She is a super sweet girl and loves to play ball. Her adoption fee is $180,” said Bennett.

If you are interested in adopting Scarlett visit our website at https://www.dekalbanimalsheltertn.com/and fill out an adoption application. We will then call you to come in and meet her,” Bennett said.

The shelter is now open Monday-Friday from 8 to 4 and Saturday from 8 to 12 on Transfer Station Road behind Tenneco Automotive.

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