Listen Fridays on WJLE for the Old Time Country Community Radio Show (View video promo here)

August 21, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

For local entertainment at its best including recorded music and comedy, listen Fridays at 8 a.m. for the Old Time Country Community Radio Show on WJLE featuring Chris Tramel, Reed Vanderpool, and Steve Quick. Check out this video promo of the show below

August 20, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Democratic Party has a new leader.

Liberty area farmer Jonathan Bradley was named last Monday by the local Democratic Executive Committee as Chairman of the party. He succeeds Billie Ann Tubbs-Trigueros who recently resigned as Chairman.

Bradley said he is excited about this opportunity and is anxious to get better acquainted with the people of DeKalb County.

A native of Georgia, Bradley and his wife Heather moved to Nashville in 1998 and then relocated to DeKalb County in 2014 where they started Quarter Spring Farm on a 64-acre homestead on Davis Hollow Road in the Liberty and Dowelltown area.

“Here at Quarter Spring Farm we strive to grow good, all-natural food for ourselves and our friends and neighbors in Middle Tennessee. We raise chickens, sheep, and veggies to eat, and we keep goats for milk and entertainment. We are always experimenting with new projects to make us more food independent, including everything from honey bees to shiitake mushrooms. Our methods are ecologically conscious and sustainable, and we are always trying to improve our relationships with the land and our community. I worked in restaurants for a long time and started to learn a pretty good bit about the industrial food system but I came to realize that industrial farming is not healthy for anyone involved: from the producer to the consumer to the plant or animal being so unnaturally grown. So we came out here to live a better alternative,” said Bradley.

“We first got into goats as a source for milk and cheese. But we quickly learned that goats are rowdy and entertaining, just like us. We started experimenting with making goat’s milk soap several years ago. Now we make all sorts of eco-friendly, goat-derived beauty products,” he continued.

“We usually have chicken, goat’s milk soap, eggs, and ducks to sell and I do a good portion of the soap business through my website but we are also at the farmer’s market on the square in Murfreesboro on Saturdays and we do big craft shows and fairs. We have done the Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree a couple of times,” Bradley continued.

Although Bradley had always been interested in politics, he hadn’t decided to get more personally involved until the events of January 6, 2021 in Washington DC.

“I just didn’t feel like I could stand on the sidelines anymore,” said Bradley

“As Chairman of the DeKalb County Democratic Party, one of the things I would like to do is share with the community at large where my values and the values of the Democratic Party come together in ways that can benefit our community,” he added.

August 20, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A late touchdown and two-point conversion propelled the DeKalb County Tigers to a come from behind 35 to 34 victory over the Warren County Pioneers in the season opener Friday night in Smithville.

The Tigers (1-0) will travel to Smith County next Friday night, August 26. The Owls will open their season tonight (Saturday) at home against Gordonsville. Warren County (0-1) will be at White County next week. The Warriors defeated Livingston Academy Friday night 48-0.

The Tigers went up 6-0 with 8:04 left in the 1st period as John Ellis covered a Holden Trapp fumble in the endzone. The score was set up on a 33-yard pass play from Quarterback Briz Trapp to Holden Trapp before the ball came loose. The drive covered 61 yards. The extra point attempt failed.

The Pioneers answered on a 76-yard drive as Nate Elrod scored on an 8-yard touchdown run with 2:19 left in the 1st period. Beckham Scott converted the PAT and Warren County took a 7-6 lead.

On the ensuing kick-off Holden Trapp raced 84 yards on the return for a Tiger touchdown with 2:04 left in the 1st period. The two-point conversion attempt failed but DeKalb regained the lead 12-7.

Warren County picked off a DC pass in the second period and started a drive from the Tiger 20-yard line which set up a go-ahead touchdown for the Pioneers on a 5-yard run by Braylon Grayson. Scott added the PAT and the visitors went back out front 14-12 with 5:53 left in the half.

The Pioneers extended their lead to 21-12 on a 7-yard touchdown run by Jaythan Pleasant with 10:05 left in the 3rd period capping a 65-yard drive. Scott tacked on the extra point.

The Tigers threatened later in the 3rd period but fumbled deep in Pioneer territory. The DC defense held to force a punt, but the snap sailed over the Pioneer kicker’s head and out of the endzone for a safety to make it a one score game at 21-14 in favor of Warren County with 3:20 remaining in the quarter.

On the free kick, Holden Trapp scored on a 68-yard return with 3:11 left in the 3rd period and the Tigers trailed 21 to 20 after the failed extra point attempt.

Warren County’s Nate Elrod scored on a touchdown run with 1:22 left in the 3rd period to extend their lead over the Tigers to 27-20. The Pioneers lined up for the PAT but after the Tigers jumped offside Warren County elected to go for the two-point conversion which failed.

The Pioneers recovered a DC fumble on the ensuing kick-off at the Tiger 18-yard line. Dawson Haley then scored on a 6-yard touchdown run with 11:55 in the 4th period to put the visitors on top 34 to 20 after the PAT by Beckham Scott.

DC answered on a 71-yard drive as Quarterback Briz Trapp found Malachi Trapp on a touchdown pass play with 6:46 left in the 4th period. Juan Ortega converted the PAT and the Tigers trailed 34 to 27.

After a stalled Pioneer drive, the Tigers got the ball after a punt on their own 32-yard line and drove it down field for the score on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Briz Trapp to Colby Barnes with 1:04 left in the game. The Tigers lined up for the extra point, but the Pioneers were flagged on an offside penalty, so DC went for and made the two-point conversion by Colby Barnes and DeKalb County went onto win 35 to 34.

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