Fallen Firefighter Memorial Bike Ride Passes through Smithville (VIEW VIDEO HERE)

September 13, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

From Sparta to Bell Buckle, motorcycle bikers set out on a journey Saturday morning to raise funds and honor Tennessee Firefighters who have made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty while protecting citizens.

Shady Brady Tennessee Fallen Firefighter Memorial ride from dwayne page on Vimeo.

Dozens of bikers participated in the 7th annual Shady Brady Tennessee Fallen Firefighter Memorial ride which passed through Smithville on Highway 70 from Sparta and then onto Highway 56 south toward McMinnville enroute to Bell Buckle on the campus of the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy where the memorial is located.

The bikers got a law enforcement escort through town and members of the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department and others greeted them with waves as they passed by while displaying a huge American flag from the department’s ladder truck parked near Food Lion.

September 12, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Please support an online auction underway today (Saturday) benefitting the Ladet children in memory of their mother Tori Haywood who was recently killed in a California car crash.

Items available in the auction include a Steven Jennings signed baseball cap, baseball card, and cleats. Jennings is a member of the Greensboro Grasshoppers, a minor league team of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Log on at www.biddingowl.com/ladetfamilyfundraiser using your phone or computer.

September 12, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A motorcycle operator was taken into custody Friday after a pursuit which started in DeKalb County and ended with him crashing his bike in Warren County.

Mark Petty is charged with driving under the influence, evading arrest, and reckless endangerment among other offenses.

Lieutenant Dewaine Jennings of the Tennessee Highway Patrol spotted Petty operating a motorcycle on Allen’s Ferry Road without his headlights on during foggy conditions. He also noticed that the bike had no license tag.

As he tried to stop it, Lieutenant Jennings said the bike took off turning from Allen’s Ferry Road to Holmes Creek Road and Golf Club Drive and then back onto Allen’s Ferry Road to Highway 56 where the bike headed north. Petty then turned around at a church on Cookeville Highway and traveled back toward Smithville on Highway 56 before turning onto Smith Road and later Midway Road and then back onto Highway 70 toward the city. The pursuit continued into Cannon County from Short Mountain to West Greenhill Road in Warren County, and back into DeKalb County on Seven Springs Road, before Petty re-entered Warren County and crashed at the intersection of Capshaw Road and Highway 56.

After being taken by EMS from the jail to the emergency room of Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital, Petty left on foot while being treated but he was quickly apprehended by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department near the intersection of Riley Avenue and West Main Street.

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