Lady Tigers Seek Region Tournament Title Tonight (VIEW VIDEO HERE)

February 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Lady Tigers are in the hunt for a Region Tournament Championship and they can get it with a win tonight (Wednesday) over 4^th ranked Macon County.

The Lady Tigers (22-10) and Macon County (28-5) will do battle starting at 7:00 p.m. at Cumberland County High School in Crossville. WJLE will have LIVE coverage with the Voice of the Lady Tigers John Pryor. Listen to the game following Tiger Talk at 6:45 p.m. as Pryor interviews Coach Danny Fish and Lady Tiger Maddison Parsley.

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It’s been 35 years since the Lady Tiger program has earned a ticket to the sub-state but win or lose tonight, DeKalb County is in and a win against Macon County would mean hosting a sub-state game Saturday night, March 2. A loss and the Lady Tigers would have to make a road trip for the sub-state Saturday night.

After taking down two basketball giants in a row in Cumberland County and Upperman in the tournament, the Lady Tigers will perhaps have their toughest test yet against Macon County tonight. DeKalb County is 0-2 against Macon County this season having lost 61 to 36 in Lafayette on January 11 and 63 to 32 in Smithville on February 5.

“They (Macon County) are very good. We have to slow them down. We have a couple of matchup problems. They have the most valuable player in the district on their team Keely Carter. She has been very good this year but Jalynn Gregory is just as good. She gives us a matchup problem with her length and Abby Shoulders is kind of a motor for them. We’re going to need some things going right for us but Macon County will need some things going right for them too because we’re playing pretty well right now and as well as we’ve played all year. We’re peaking at the right time so I am hoping and expecting us to play really well and give ourselves a chance to come back here and host the sub-state,” said Coach Fish.

February 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

A prisoner at the DeKalb County Jail has been charged with bringing contraband into the facility and assault for biting a correctional officer.

20 year old Sy James Gohs of Foster Road, Dowelltown is under a bond of $11,500 and his next court date is March 7.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Tuesday, February 19 Gohs intentionally bit a correctional officer on the right knee during an altercation at the jail. He also had a shank where prisoners are housed.

54 year old Jack Davis Taylor of New Home Road, Dowelltown is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $3,500 and he will make a court appearance on March 7

Sheriff Ray said that on Thursday February 21 a deputy was called to a residence on New Home Road due to a physical domestic. Upon arrival he spoke with a woman who said that Taylor had assaulted her with his fist in the back of her head causing visible red marks. He also struck her in the forehead causing a small mark which began to bleed. The woman said she and Taylor were in a relationship and lived together.

February 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Can the county assess a hotel/motel tax on local halfway houses?

Seventh district county commissioner Bruce Malone raised the question during Monday night’s regular monthly meeting of the commission.

Malone had already brought this matter to the attention of County Mayor Tim Stribling who sought an opinion from Ben Rodgers of the UT County Technical Assistance (CTAS).

Under a private act authorized by the state legislature, the county commission can levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in any hotel of each transient in the amount of five percent (5%) of the consideration charged by the operator. Such tax is a privilege tax upon the transient occupying such room and is to be collected as provided in this act.

“Hotel” means any structure or space, or any portion thereof, which is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist camp, tourist court, tourist cabin, motel or any place in which rooms, lodgings or accommodations are furnished to transients for a consideration.

“Transient” means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy for any rooms, lodgings or accommodations in a hotel for a period of less than thirty (30) continuous days.

“If a person stays there less than 30 continuous days, it would appear that the halfway house might be subject to hotel/motel tax.  However, unlike a “hotel, inn, tourist camp, tourist court, tourist cabin, [or] motel,” a halfway house is not open to the public, and although it is not expressly stated in the private act, the implication is that the taxable rooms are open to the public.  We think a halfway house might be considered more in the nature of a hospital than a hotel, and while we have found no caselaw in Tennessee on the subject I did find one in Iowa where the court determined that the hotel/motel tax did not apply to hospital sleeping rooms,” wrote Rodgers in response to County Mayor Stribling.

“We have found no caselaw or attorney general opinions on this in Tennessee. While I cannot say with certainty, it is my opinion that a court would not extend the application of the tax to a halfway house,” added Rodgers.

County attorney Hilton Conger said the residents of the halfway houses, typically ordered by the court to be there, usually stay for longer than 30 days at a time.

Malone said since treatment services offered are not under the same roof as the halfway houses here and since residents can be ejected for rules violations at any time, he felt the halfway houses might be considered lodging homes and perhaps subject to the tax.

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