Noon Today (December 14) is the Qualifying Deadline for March 5th Primaries

December 14, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

If you want to be a candidate for the offices of DeKalb County Assessor of Property, Board of Education in Districts 5 & 6, Constable in Districts1-7, or Criminal Court Judge-Part III in the 13th Judicial District you have until 12 noon today (Thursday, December 14) to qualify for the March 5th primaries.

Both the DeKalb County Republican and Democratic Parties will be holding primaries simultaneously on Tuesday, March 5th for these offices. The primaries will be held in conjunction with the Tennessee Presidential Preference Primary.

Independents wishing to run for these same local offices must also qualify by noon today.

Party nominees and independents for these offices will run in the DeKalb County General Election on Thursday, August 1, 2024 and those elected will take office September 1, 2024.

December 14, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

A man charged in a Joint investigation by the Smithville Police and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Departments in a rash of Mini-Storage unit burglaries appeared for sentencing in DeKalb County Criminal Court on Wednesday, December 13.

46-year-old Robert Bradford entered a plea by criminal information to four counts of burglary and received a total of eight years all suspended to probation except for one year to serve. He was given jail credit from June 12 to December 13, 2023.

Bradford was arrested on Monday, June 12 after a search warrant was executed at his home where several stolen goods from the storage units were found along with other items believed to be stolen from May 23 through June 12.

23-year-old Mercedes Leighann Hegwood entered a plea by criminal information to aggravated burglary and received a three-year sentence all suspended to supervised probation. She is also under a restraining order to keep away from the victim. The offense occurred on November 1, 2023.

29-year-old Callie Marie Donna Combs entered a plea by criminal information to reckless driving and received a sentence of five months and twenty-nine days all suspended to probation to be supervised by the Cannon County Recovery Court. The sentence is to run concurrently with a Cannon County case against her.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on February 22, 2022 a deputy was summoned to a traffic accident and discovered that Combs was the operator of a vehicle involved in the crash. Combs was found to be drowsy, and her speech was slow. She also performed poorly on field sobriety tasks. Although Combs submitted to a blood test a search warrant was obtained for a blood draw from her. She was originally charged with driving under the influence.

December 13, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Who will be crowned the College Football Play-off National Champion?

Find out what the WJLE Fearless Forecasters think Thursday, December 14 at 4:30 p.m. during a special Bowl Game edition show.

The Fearless Forecasters will be picking winners in all 40 plus bowl games including the CFP semi-finals as well as the eventual CFP National Champion.

Grant James remains the leader among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking college football winners heading into the bowl season.

Grant has a record of 148-62 followed by Ricky Atnip at 145-65, Scott Goodwin 144-66, Jared Davis and John Pryor each at 143-67, Chad Kirby 142-68, Dewain Hendrixson 141-69, Scott Brown 138-72, and Darrell Gill 137-73.

For the week on the last show, Ricky Atnip, Scott Brown, Scott Goodwin, and John Pryor each went 10-5, and Darrell Gill, Grant James, Jared Davis, Chad Kirby, and Dewain Hendrixson were each at 9-6.

Two Fearless Forecasters hit their underdog picks on the last show. Grant James added six points to his total as Alabama defeated Georgia 27 to 24 and Chad Kirby picked up 9.5 points with Washington’s upset of Oregon 34-31.

Overall, Jared Davis still leads in underdog points with 47.5 followed Ricky Atnip with 33.5, Dewain Hendrixson 30, Darrell Gill 18, Chad Kirby 16, Scott Goodwin and John Pryor each at 12.5, Grant James with 9 points and Scott Brown 2.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE Thursday at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Davis Auto Body, and Domino’s Pizza.

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