Local Industry Evacuated After Bomb Threat Thursday Night

September 21, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

A bomb threat resulted in the evacuation of employees at SW Manufacturing Thursday night.

Smithville Police Chief Mark Collins said the building was searched but nothing suspicious was found. Employees later returned to work.

The threat was made by phone and the investigation continues. No arrests have been made.

The Smithville Fire Department joined Smithville Police in responding to the call.

September 25, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Unemployment rates in nearly all of Tennessee’s counties decreased in August. This marks the second consecutive month the jobless situation has improved in 93 or more of the state’s 95 counties.

DeKalb County’s jobless rate for August was 4.4%, down from 5.2% in July and below the August 2020 rate of 7.5%.

The local labor force for August, 2021 was 7,660. A total of 7,321 were employed and 339 were without work.

August unemployment rates were lower in 93 counties across the state. The rate in Williamson County remained unchanged from July at 2.6%. Unemployment increased in Maury County from 4.2% to 4.5% in a month-to-month comparison.

Seventy-nine counties recorded unemployment rates of less than 5% for the month. The remaining 16 counties had August rates of 5% or greater, but less than 10%.

Williamson County continued to have Tennessee’s lowest unemployment rate in August. Moore County recorded the second-lowest rate at 2.7%, which was down 0.2 of a percentage point from its July rate.

Shelby County had the month’s highest unemployment rate at 6.7%. While it was the highest in the state, the county’s new rate represented a 0.8 of a percentage point decrease from July.

Unemployment in Perry County was the second highest at 6.6%, but that accounted for a 4 percentage point drop from its July rate of 10.6%.

Unemployment statewide improved for the third consecutive month in August. The rate ticked down from 4.7% to 4.6%.

Nationally, the jobless rate also improved in August. It decreased by 0.2 of a percentage point from 5.4% to 5.2%.

Unlike the statewide and national unemployment rates, county unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted to factor in seasonal economic influences such as school breaks and severe weather conditions.

This week, there are more than 470,000 open positions across Tennessee. The state is working to help unemployed Tennesseans become TN Work Ready, so they can successfully rejoin the workforce. Job seekers can find a multitude of online and in-person resources by visiting www.TNWorkReady.com.

September 25, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Still dropping!

The number of positive cases of COVID in the DeKalb County School District and those under quarantine continued its downward trend for the week of September 20-24 compared to the previous week (9-13 to 9-17).  Cases9-24.pdf

The district reported 11 positive cases on Monday, September 20 compared to 23 on Monday, September 13. There were 34 cases on Tuesday, September 7, and 113 on Monday, August 30. By Friday, September 24 the number of positive cases stood at 11 which was down from 17 on Friday, September 17. There were 39 cases on Friday, September 10 and 92 on Friday, September 3.

The number of those under quarantine on Monday, September 20 was 88, down from 141 on Monday, September 13. There were 173 under quarantine on Tuesday, September 7 and 252 on Monday, August 30. By Friday, September 24 the number under quarantine had dropped to 61 which was down from 123 on Friday, September 17. There were 168 under quarantine on Friday, September 10 and 271 on Friday, September 3.

According to Attendance Supervisor Joey Reeder, the DeKalb School District reported 11 positive cases on Monday, September 20 with DCHS and Smithville Elementary each having the most at 4 followed by Northside Elementary 2, DeKalb West School 1, and DeKalb Middle School 0.. By Friday, September 24 the number of positive cases district wide was at 11 with DCHS having 5 followed by Smithville Elementary and Northside Elementary each with 3. DeKalb Middle and DeKalb West School had none.

The number of those under quarantine district-wide was at 88 on Monday, September 20. Smithville Elementary had the most under quarantine at 23 followed by Northside Elementary School at 19, DeKalb Middle School 18, and DCHS and DeKalb West School each with 14. By Friday, September 24, the number under quarantine district-wide had dropped to 61 with Smithville Elementary School again having the most at 15 followed by Northside Elementary 14, DCHS and DeKalb West School each with 12 and DeKalb Middle School had 8.

The district reported 14 absences among the staff on Friday, September 24 due to positive cases or quarantine. That’s up from 13 on Friday, September 17. There were 15 on Friday, September 10 and 27 on Friday, September 3. Smithville Elementary had the most at 6 followed by DCHS with 3, the transportation and cafeteria departments each with 2 and DeKalb Middle School had 1. There were none at Northside Elementary School.

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