Dump Truck Overturns on Highway 70 at Snow Hill

October 1, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

A driver escaped injury when his dump truck loaded with rock overturned on Highway 70 at Show Hill near North Driver Road Monday morning.

According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 57-year-old Terry L. Bullard, driving for the Luke Prichard Excavating and Trucking Company, was traveling east on Highway 70 in a 2024 Peterbilt dump truck when he ran off the right side of the roadway, struck a guardrail, and overturned onto its left side. The truck was loaded with rock that spilled onto the roadway.

Bullard was wearing his seatbelt and was not hurt.

October 1, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

A Smithville family was devastated by a fire Monday morning which swept through their home causing extensive damage and the loss of two dogs.

The residence of James and Stephanie Baggett at 403 North Mountain Street caught fire while the couple was away however Baggett’s father was home at the time.

According to Smithville Fire Chief Charlie Parker, neighbors spotted the blaze and phoned it in.

Smithville Police quickly arrived on the scene. Knowing someone was inside, officers banged on the door until Baggett’s father answered it. He made it outside safely but was taken after a fall to the hospital to be checked and released. No one was injured.

Chief Parker said the fire appeared to have started in the rear of the home but the cause has not been determined.

The Smithville Fire and Police Departments were joined at the scene by DeKalb EMS.

September 30, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The Smithville Recovery House#1 is now open!

The City of Smithville now has a new transitional housing program for up to eight females who are in recovery from substance abuse. Two women have already been placed and six openings remain.

A ribbon cutting was held last week at the home located at 415 Wade Street.

“There is an application process to be placed but the main purpose of the home is to provide safe, affordable housing for those in long term recovery. The key is that they have to come out of some type of program and be on the road to recovery. There is no on-going treatment that would take place inside the home. Its all-post recovery,” said UCDD and UCHRA Executive Director Mark Farley.

“Most of the women will be working with certified peer recovery specialists and that is part of their recovery, staying in contact and making sure they have the support system around them that they need”.

“With the funding stream we received on this home, its not permanent housing. They have up to two years to stay and then they would need to transition to long term permanent housing but we will be working with each of the ladies trying to make sure they are able to get employed where they can afford to live on their own and hopefully move back into normal life”, said Farley.

Their monthly rent to live at the home is approximately $125 per month.

“We are working with a lot of the great partners we have including the recovery court to bring us referrals and we will sit down and go through their applications and make sure they qualify,” Farley said.

In March 2022 the City of Smithville learned that it had been approved for a Community Development Block Grant through the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in the amount of $433,790 to fund this program.

The Upper Cumberland Development District applied for the grant on behalf of the city and the program is administered by the Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency. The grant was 100% funded with no local match requirement by the city.

The Mayor and Alderman approved a Housing Management Plan contract last November with the Cumberland Regional Development Corporation, a subsidiary of the Upper Cumberland Development District to move forward with the project. The purchase price for the property on Wade Street was $375,000 (grant funded).

Under the grant program, the UCDD and city will partner with UCHRA to manage the transitional housing facility in serving up to eight women in recovery. In addition to the tenants, the home will have an on-site residential manager.

Myra Walker of CRDC in Cookeville is the contact person for the managing agent of this project.

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