DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers Travel to Stone Memorial Tonight (Thursday, February 8)

February 8, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers will travel to Crossville tonight (Thursday, February 8) to face the Stone Memorial Panthers and Lady Panthers.

The girls game will tip off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game and WJLE will broadcast both LIVE.

In the last meeting on January 27 in Smithville, the Tigers lost to the Panthers 68 to 57 while the Lady Tigers were defeated 63 to 56.

The Tigers are now 10-16 on the season and 1-8 in the district. The Lady Tigers own a record of 9-17 overall and 0-9 in district play.

Meanwhile the regular season finale will be Saturday, February 10 as DeKalb County finishes with makeup games at Warren County starting with the girls game at 3 p.m. followed by the boys contest. Again, WJLE will broadcast LIVE.

February 8, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Beginning with the 2024 election cycle, DeKalb County voters will be casting ballots on new voting machines that will include a “Voter-verifiable paper audit trail.”

(See video below)

In 2022, the DeKalb County Election Commission voted to purchase the machines from the Microvote Company, an action to comply with a law passed by the legislature requiring that on or after January 1, 2024 “each voting machine used by a county election commission must produce a voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT).” As defined, a VVPAT means “a paper record that is marked either manually by the voter or with the assistance of a devise that includes human-readable voter selections that the voter may check for accuracy before the vote is cast.”

“This is the first election (March 5) using our new voting machines,” said DeKalb County Administrator of Elections Dustin Estes. “Thankfully, we have the same vendor from our previous voting machines so they are very similar with some minor upgrades”.

“The major difference is that the state now requires us to have a paper trail and that paper trail is contained inside a large black box that is locked and sealed inside the voting unit,” Estes explained. “ It is to the benefit of the voter to confirm when they are verifying who they have voted for through their selections and it will print that on paper inside the box with a window so that they (voter) can confirm that who they selected on the machine is now printed on paper. It is to the benefit of the voter as a double check that who they wanted to vote for is actually who they voted for. Once they cast their ballot, then that paper will roll up, and no one will ever know who they voted for,” said Estes.

“I want the voters to be aware that their name is not printed on that paper and there is no identification that could tie the voter to who they voted for. The secret ballot is intact. That is sealed for 22 months or six months depending upon the election and its held in case there is an audit or a court order for a contest of elections,” said Estes.

February 7, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb Prevention Coalition and the DeKalb County Health Department are partnering to offer a community baby shower on March 16 from 2 until 3:30 p.m. at the county complex in the UT Extension Office conference room.

Jennifer Matthews, Director of the DeKalb Prevention Coalition invites the public, especially expectant parents, to attend. Look for the balloons outside the UT Extension door entrance to the building and once you enter it is through the first door on the right.

“This is something we used to offer to the community pre-Covid but now with things getting back to normal we wanted to start it again,” said Matthews. “We will have light refreshments for expectant parents, free resources, information tables, and anything a new parent might need to help them. We will have resources about safe sleeping with infants, information about breast feeding, car seat safety, etc. The coalition is involved offering information about medication safety, how to lock up medication and we will have free medication lockboxes available that day to give parents who want to learn about how to keep their medication safely locked up in their home. We will also have door prizes and giveaways,” said Matthews.

“If you have a local business or are part of an organization that offers free resources or information which could benefit new parents and would like to participate contact Allison Keith at the DeKalb County Health Department at 615-597-7599. Vendors are welcome to attend but we need to have a head count in advance to make sure there is enough space,” Matthews explained.

“The DeKalb County Health Department also has a program called “Gifts” for parents. If you are pregnant and you smoke or vape, they offer a program to you for the first year of your child’s life. During your pregnancy you can be part of this program and if you participate in the right way, they will give you free diapers for the first year of your child’s life every month for the first twelve months. Again, call Allison at the health department for more information about that,” said Matthews.

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