County Mayor Announces Appointment of Solid Waste Director

November 28, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A full-time solid waste director has been appointed for DeKalb County.

James Goff has been picked by County Mayor Matt Adcock to fill the new position. Adcock made the announcement during last Tuesday night’s county commission committee meeting of the whole.

“I had a lot of people apply for this position but after conducting interviews, I chose James for this position. He has worked as a co-manager/manager for several Walmart stores including Cookeville and Memphis and is very comfortable with budgets and working with the public,” said County Mayor Adcock.

“I wanted to find someone who had leadership abilities and a business background who had worked with a lot of employees. After the first set of interviews, I found three high scoring people and selected James for this position after the second interview process,” Adcock continued.

In September, the commission adopted a budget amendment as recommended by the county mayor to transfer $15,000 within the solid waste budget to create this full-time solid waste director position at a salary of $40,000 per year. The county formerly had a supervisor in the department at a salary budgeted of $25,000 per year but he recently resigned.

“Instead of replacing someone in that position, I felt like this was a great opportunity to make a solid waste director to be over the transfer station, landfill, and convenience sites and he would report to the commission just like any other department head on revenue, equipment and maintenance,” said Mayor Adcock at the September County commission meeting.

No new money will be needed to fund the full-time position.

November 26, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County firefighters and the Tennessee Division of Forestry spent Thanksgiving afternoon working to control a wildland fire on Center Hill Lake. Shortly after 2:00 p.m., crews were dispatched to the area of Indian Creek and Fuson Hollow where they discovered approximately 50 acres of steep forestland burning out of control.

The Tennessee Division of Forestry crew was able to contain the fire using fire lines, while the DeKalb County Fire Department used its fire boat to extinguish fires near the shoreline. The Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad was also on the scene to provide boat transport for the forestry crews.

The fire is believed to have originated near the Indian Creek boat ramp. No structures were damaged or immediately threatened.

November 26, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tigers defeated the visiting Warren County Pioneers 68 to 66 Friday night in Smithville while the Lady Tigers suffered their first loss of the season falling to the Lady Pioneers 78 to 53.

DeKalb County will travel to Watertown Friday night, December 2. The girls game will tip off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game and WJLE will have LIVE coverage. Both the Tigers and Lady Tigers are now 4-1.

The girls game saw Warren County open up a 21 to 11 lead over the Lady Tigers after the 1st period. The Lady Pioneers held a 37 to 28 lead at halftime and a 60 to 39 advantage after the 3rd period before taking the 78 to 53 victory over DeKalb County.

Ella VanVranken led DC in scoring with 27points followed by Maddison Martin 9, Cadee Griffith 6, Dare Collins and Tess Barton each with 4 and Chloe VanVranken with 3.

In the boys game, the Tigers led the Pioneers 23 to 12 after the 1st period and 36 to 33 at halftime. Warren County took a 48 to 46 lead after the 3rd period but the Tigers outscored the Pioneers in the 4th period and won the game 68 to 66.

Conner Close led the Tigers with 28 points followed by Zack Birmingham with 14, Elishah Ramos 11, Stetson Agee 9, Alex Antoniak 4 and Ean Jones with 2.

2022-23 DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers Basketball Schedule
District – 7AAA Games
Date -Time -Opponent- Home/Away

DECEMBER
Fri, 12/2-6:00pm-Watertown- Home • Non-District
Tue, 12/6 6:00pm- Smith County- Away • Non-District
Fri, 12/9 6:00pm-Stone Memorial- Away • District
Tue, 12/13 6:00pm- White County- Home • District
Fri, 12/16 6:00pm- Cannon County- Home • Non-District
Mon, 12/19-TBA-Adidas Shootout-Riverdale • Non-District
Tue, 12/20-TBA- Adidas Shootout- Riverdale • Non-District

JANUARY
Tue, 1/3-6:00pm-Livingston Academy-Away • District
Fri, 1/6-6:00pm-Macon County- Away • District
Sat, 1/7-3:00pm-Warren County- Away • Non-District
Tue, 1/10-6:00pm-Watertown-Away • Non-District
Fri, 1/13-6:00pm-Cumberland County-Home • District
Tue, 1/17-6:00pm-Upperman-Away • District
Fri, 1/20-6:00pm-Stone Memorial-Home • District
Tue, 1/24-6:00pm-White County-Away • District
Fri, 1/27-6:00pm-Livingston Academy-Home • District
Mon, 1/30-6:00pm-Smith County-Home • Non-District
Tue, 1/31-6:00pm-Macon County-Home • District

FEBRUARY
Tue, 2/7-6:00pm-Cumberland County-Away • District
Fri, 2/10-6:00pm-Upperman-Home • District
Game times listed are the start of the Lady Tigers game. Tigers games to follow.

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