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Stuff the Bus During Tax Free Weekend at Walmart

July 26, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

The Smithville Walmart store and the DeKalb County School Transportation Department will be joining forces to collect school supplies for students and teachers locally in conjunction with the Tennessee Tax Free Weekend Friday through Sunday

Transportation Supervisor Jimmy Sprague said a school bus will be parked in a designated area in front of Walmart and you can help “stuff the bus” by making a donation toward the cause inside the store. Supplies including paper, pens, pencils, glue sticks, folders, erasers, and more will be collected and later distributed to local schools.




Robinson Airlifted After Wednesday Crash

July 26, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

A Smithville man was airlifted after a pickup truck crash Wednesday afternoon on Highway 70 east of Sligo Bridge.

Mark Robinson was reportedly traveling east in a Dodge Dakota when he lost control and went off the highway. The truck overturned and came to rest in a ditch. Robinson was pinned in the vehicle.

Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department Rescue Team were summoned to performed extrication. Robinson was removed from the truck through the rear window opening.

He was treated by DeKalb EMS and then airlifted from near the scene by a helicopter ambulance and flown to Vanderbilt Hospital.

The crash was investigated by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department was also on the scene along with the Midway Station of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department.




Sisters Make Dean’s List at UTC

July 26, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

Madison Butler and Stephenee Clayton have made the Dean’s List at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

They enrolled in the fall of 2017.

Madison graduated as Senior Class President in May 2017 from DeKalb County High School. Stephenee entered the Coast Guard in 2010 and has been stationed away from her family until she moved to Chattanooga to attend UTC as a Junior the same semester Madison enrolled as a Freshman.

“It was not planned that they would attend school together but has been a true blessing. This is a true case of sibling rivalry at its best as they compete for grades,” said their mother, Ronda Butler of Smithville.




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