She is under a $2,500 bond and will be in court October 13. She plays first base and has been a very good defensive first baseman over the last couple of years. The truck, still hauling the trailer, veered off the highway, went down an embankment, and lodged in the tree line. * Members of the Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad and others Tuesday Morning, January 10 recovered the body of 22 year old Vincent McKeever Rossetti from Center Hill Lake at Sligo Marina. Sheriff Ray said that on June 15 a deputy met with Taylors girlfriend who said that Taylor had contacted her in violation of a no-contact order under bond conditions set out for him. The season for the DeKalb County Tigers ended with a loss to Smith County last month in the District Tournament at Cookeville. * Two football standouts at DCHS in February signed to play college football. *The DeKalb Middle School Junior Beta Club won 3rd place in the finals competition Wednesday morning, June 28 at the National Convention at Disney World in Orlando, Florida for its anti-bullying drama presentation called Be the Change after being named in the top five on Tuesday. Top Stories. March 29, 2021. The Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad was called out again on Sunday. Vance King Davenport, Vera Bell Davenport, Jimmy Dodd, Emily Durham, Tony Durso, DeKalb tourism numbers skyrocket. Chain saws were used to cut the trees and Joe Johnson, a Rescue Squad member, brought in his personal track hoe to help remove the debris from the roadways. Prior to this change, out of town medical staff served as hospitalists at Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital but many in the community didnt embrace it and the result was declining census numbers and more patient transfers to other facilities creating a concern about the future of the hospital. Democratic candidates would also be able to put all their financial resources toward the general election rather than having to spend some of their money trying to win a primary. She admitted to consuming four to six beers earlier in the evening. Swindle was observed standing in the highway trying to get a ride but ran toward Hardees when he saw the officers approaching. Wheeler has played basketball for DCHS for 4 years and is a member of Beta, FBLA, and the ACT 29+ Club. After high school, Stout started playing in country bands, and soon began pursuing music as a full-time career. *A 35 year old Nashville woman lost her life on Center Hill Lake in April. The officer gave chase, but they refused to heed verbal commands to stop. 4:00 P.M. The Smithville Police and Fire Departments wish to acknowledge Mr. Jerry Estes for his selfless act of bravery on December 4, 2016, said Chief Collins in presenting Estes the plaque. As the driver continued down the road, two officers, one with the White County Sheriffs Office , and one with the Sparta Police Department, fired shots toward the truck. Born to James and the late Birdie Stout, Sam Stout grew up in a musical family that included two older brothers. APRIL: Early voting periodApril 11 through April 26 43 year old Jeremy Aaron Bilbrey was arrested on Monday, December 18 for driving on a suspended license. Sheriff Ray said that on September 15, a deputy noticed a man, Deskins, passed out in the drivers seat of a maroon Chevy truck. The duo had been invited to join the Opry by Marty Stuart during their 100th Opry appearance in December. There is no rush to this. People will drop off their food, sign in and pose for a group picture before car pooling a short distance to the trail head where a Park Ranger will lead a 2 mile easy to moderate hike on the Millennium Trail. She will make a court appearance on January 11. News from. FAX: 615 597-6025 Two others, 26 year old Heather Standridge and 23 month old Brantley Johnson were injured. 28 year old Jessica Leeann Bain was arrested Friday, December 15 for a violation of protection order. He has applied for judicial diversion. *Despite a trend of stagnant revenues, the City of Smithville will dip into its reserve fund to purchase a new fire truck. A call was placed to DeKalb Central Dispatch of the discovery. *February 17, a storage unit was broken into, and items stolen included a black safe, a wedding band with diamonds, four silver bars, and a golden class ring. Get the full analysis behind how media bias impacts breaking news. WJLE FM FCC Public File. Voter registration deadlineApril 2 She will be working out of the central office. We also have standard partners we already work very closely with including Volunteer Behavioral Health of Cookeville and the Emmanuel House in Carthage which we would use as a model to pattern this home after as we develop this program, said Farley. When the deputy awoke Deskins, he noticed an open Budweiser in the cup holder, and one empty and another full in the floorboard. Parker has served since 1992. *1:00 p.m.: Truth that Transforms with Charles and Aaron Wright Hezekiah Manigo, 22, was. Murphy is under a $1,500 bond and she will be in court on September 29. 8:55 A.M. Email: wjle@dtccom.net MAY: PARADISE, Texas (AP) A 7-year-old Texas girl has been found dead, two days after being reported missing, and a FedEx delivery driver arrested in her death, authorities said. 24 year old Stephan Tyler Brewsaugh was arrested on Thursday, December 7 for aggravated assault (domestic). It has been recently remodeled and has bathrooms via hallways, and its within walking distance to stores, restaurants and is close to public housing, and could easily accommodate eight individuals or a mixture of females and children. Caplinger was unable to attend. Key is incarcerated at the South Central Correctional Center in Wayne County, a Tennessee Department of Correction facility. The case was investigated by a detective with the Sheriffs Department with assistance from Alexandria Police Chief Chris Russell. He was arrested without incident by agents of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Rossetti was last seen alive on Sunday, December 18, 2016 and his car, a Lexus, was found later in the parking lot of Sligo Marina beside Highway 70. As of Wednesday, December 27, 40% has been collected of the $9.06 million in 2017 DeKalb County property taxes to be collected by February 28, 2018 which includes property, residential, commercial, personal, and public utility taxes. Sangamon County man arrested for Pike County thefts. Connor J. Paladino Early voting periodJuly 13 through July 28. *First year DCHS Tigerette Softball Coach Danny Fish was named the Coach of the Year in District 8AA in May. Sheriff Ray said that a deputy responded to Mount Pisgah Free Will Baptist Church to speak with a woman regarding being involved in a domestic violence situation. Upon arrival, the deputy spoke with a woman who said that she and her husband, Emberton, had gotten into an argument. *A Living Treasure Thats how Alexandria Mayor Bennett Armstrong describes Carrie Smith. *The DeKalb County Ambulance Service along with hospital and emergency room staff at St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital were awarded the Pediatric Call of the Year award for their efforts in trying to save the lives of victims in a mobile home fire in December, 2016. His bond is $10,000 and he will be in court April 8. 2606 McMinnville Hwy 12:00 NOON Rodriguez was named in a sealed indictment returned by the DeKalb County Grand Jury on Monday, April 4, 2016. The 2017 Erlanger Life Force awards were presented Tuesday, May 23 to Greta Stone, EMT-PCC/IC and Jamie Parsley, AEMT, members of the DeKalb EMS crew who were on duty and responded to the call on Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 1276 South Mountain Street in Smithville. Email: wjle@dtccom.net The Annual New Years Day Hike and Feast is jointly sponsored by Friends of Edgar Evins State Park and the park. *Smithville Police investigated an aggravated armed robbery at the El Rancho Restaurant on West Broad Street near the high school on Wednesday, March 8. 12:00 NOON At 9:06 a.m. a call came in to dispatch from someone who found a woman on the side of the road bleeding from the throat and said she appeared to have been stabbed. Vanatta and Dean began their fifth terms. 12:00 NOON WJLE Radio AM-FM serves Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee and surrounding counties with news, weather and sports along with Country and Southern Gospel music. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd recently approved nearly $750,000 in Commercial Faade Improvement Grants to assist Tennessee communities with downtown improvements. The body of Aimee McCray was recovered in about 65 feet of water Sunday afternoon, April 9 at Hurricane Marina. Martin was taken into custody and transported to the Coffee County Sheriffs Office. According to Farley, UCHRA would provide wraparound substance abuse programs to the residents of the home along with all the standard programs and services already offered by UCHRA in DeKalb County. Phillips made it to the fiddle off by winning, for the second year in a row, the Junior Fiddling competition and she won the Grand Championship by beating the winner of the Senior Fiddling contest Tony Haley of Mount Juliet. Upon impact both vehicles traveled a short distance north before coming to final rest off the left side of the roadway. The news comes on the heels of Griner testifying in her own defense at her drug trial in Moscow where she described her arrest and says she was held for hours without a lawyer. WJLE brings you local news from Smithville, TN, DeKalb County and the Surrounding area. A juvenile was also involved and will be charged in a juvenile petition. *21 year old Jessica Ashley May will have to serve at least two more years behind bars before her next parole hearing. He was then transported to the DeKalb County Jail. Three members of the Tennessee Board of Parole voted and concurred that May should be declined parole due to the seriousness of the offense. They claimed the regular season and district tournament championship as well as the region tournament crown again this season. He placed in the top three at the Tennessee convention last November, 2016 which qualified him to attend the nationals. Knowing that Tuckers license were revoked he initiated a traffic stop. On May 23, 2013, Deputies (at the time) Jeremy Taylor and Erik Russell responded to a 911 call of shots being fired at 255 Petty Road in Smithville. Karen Blair Jacobs, Annie Rhea Johnson, Bryan Johnson, Glyn N. Johnson, Robbie Johnson, McKinley Jones, Earl Judkins, Len Judkins, Marie Judkins, September 21, 2022. Stout succeeds Jack Barton, who resigned as Jamboree President and Coordinator on February 2, after a nine-year tenure. *8:30 a.m. Outreach Baptist Church with Nathan Thomason (The Outreach Pulpit) *The Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce was awarded a $100,000 Community Development Grant (CDBG) for downtown Smithville. *A Cookeville man, Christopher Todd Montgomery, who failed to stop at a THP checkpoint in DeKalb County and then led State Troopers on a pursuit before crashing at Baxter in March. Bill Haslam and Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) Commissioner Burns Phillips Thursday announced unemployment rates in November remained low across the state and the vast majority of Tennessee counties continue to experience rates below 5 percent. Margie Barrett, Rebecca Beason, Wayne Blair, Larry Bratcher, Larry Bratten, Willard Brown, Fentress: 4.1% 6:30 A.M. 28 year old Rico Montel Foster of Eagleville is charged with domestic assault. *Multi-GRAMMY nominees and three-time International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainers of the Year Dailey & Vincent were formally inducted into the Grand Ole Opry Saturday night. This includes calls, trainings, and workings. During Tuesday nights special city council meeting, UCDD and UCHRA Executive Director Mark Farley presented a proposed memorandum of understanding between the city and UCDD, which could be changed, but will have to be adopted before the project can move forward. Stream live CNN, FOX News Radio, and MSNBC. The EMS awards ceremony was held in Chattanooga. Director of Schools Patrick Cripps named Dakas in July to succeed Randy Jennings as DMS Principal. Kelbi D. Young 9:45 P.M. *As DeKalb Utility District approached a golden anniversary, it marked another important milestone with the launch of its new water treatment plant. Qualifying deadlineNoon April 5 It was the sixth consecutive year the Tigers earned a berth in the state play-offs and their eighth appearance in the last nine years. Stetson L. Agee Da Nang Weather. The G building is some 50 feet from the H building where a fire destroyed two condos early Monday morning, July 24. A man who allegedly fired rounds from a handgun while driving away from the scene of an argument with two others has been arrested. Billings was found to have cuts to his hands, Sheriff Ray said. All of today's top news stories from WJLE Radio. 57 year old Laddie Bill Jerrells of Long Street, Smithville was arrested Wednesday, July 5th on twenty four counts including charges of vandalism, disorderly conduct, harassment, and desecration of honored places. The property selected would be purchased through the grant program. *Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital completed its renovation of the hospitals Emergency Department in April. *The Oakland Athletics selected LHP Cody Puckett, a former DCHS Tiger, in the 30th round with the 861st pick of the 2017 MLB Draft Wednesday afternoon, June 16. 28-year-old Raymond Marcelle Marks of Village Place, Smithville is charged with driving on a revoked license and criminal impersonation. , the. 05.05.2020. DeKalb County Jail 100 Public Square Smithville, TN 37166. Arrests have been made in recent days in aggravated assault cases involving a gun. No one was hurt. His bond is $2,500. The DeKalb Utility District launched its new water treatment plant while commemorating its 50th anniversary. We had received information that methamphetamine has been coming up here from Georgia and not only into our county but also other places in the state, Sheriff Ray continued. The following arrests were made by Lowndes County Sheriff's Office: Deborah Johnston, 55, was charged with possession of methamphetamine. The victim was seen by EMS and then airlifted by helicopter. The following are weekly sponsored Sunday programs: The officer asked Deskins to step out of the vehicle and while he complied Deskins had a difficult time exiting the truck and he stumbled. A Franklin man is free on bond after police arrested him for peeping over the bathroom stalls in the women's restroom at King's Bowl. WJLE is proud of our partner sponsors of religious programs each week and hopes you will tune in often and let them know you listen. The new vehicle will also come equipped with five air packs and other tools and equipment. During Monday nights monthly meeting, January 23 the county commission voted to enter into a three year contract with Southern Central Waste Services, LLC. Aaron D. Gottlied *The Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department paid tribute to a very special 17 year old boy Saturday, January 28 by making him an honorary member and giving him a ride around town in one of the citys fire engines. On Monday, the Pike County Sheriffs Office announced the arrest of Patrick Butler, 37, of Auburn, Illinois, for thefts in Pike County, Illinois, and Callaway County, Missouri. It had been more than three weeks since Rossetti went missing near the lake. In addition, candidates interested in running for the 17th Tennessee Senatorial District and State Houses 40 and 46 have the same qualifying deadline. Albert Taylor, Buddy Taylor, Cora Taylor, Ruth Taylor, U.B. 25 year old Francisco Rodriguez, under a plea agreement, is to receive a two year TDOC sentence all suspended to supervised probation. Constantly updated. It is currently zoned commercial. Carl was followed by Jacob Young, a native of Liberty who was transferred to Fall Creek Falls State Park, Spencer, in October, 2016. They are each under a $5,000 bond and will appear in court March 9. 8:55 A.M. Lindsey Wilson is a member of the Mid-South Conference of the NAIA. 24-year-old Nicholas Braedan Booher and 23-year-old Jessie Danielle Murphy of Fisher Avenue, Smithville are each charged with five counts of burglary and five counts of property theft. 12:00 NOON According to a spokesperson in Liberty, the number of participants at the Liberty Center had fallen off over the past year which had an impact on available funding for the center. The contractor was Twin K. Construction of Helenwood, Tennessee. There was a common attic between four units and the wind spread the fire across the attic. *12:30 p.m.: Music Ministry of Delmas Neal Those candidates will not be on the ballot until August and no primary elections are held for those seats. WJLE is a weekly news show that focuses on all things Chicago sports and local life. Sheriff Patrick Ray told WJLE that Swindle was with other inmates in the exercise yard during their recreation time when he quickly stripped down to his shorts and tee shirt and slithered through a very small opening between the bottom of the security fence and the fence framework. Masons bond is $3,500 and his court date is January 4. WJLE FM FCC Public File. Chief Mark Collins said 19-year-old Daisy Morales and 19-year-old Alex Diaz Vidal are each charged with vandalism over $1,000 and burglary. National News. - A football player from Tennessee who announced he was a "walk on commit" to Arkansas State University has been arrested for murder. The second property is at 805 & 809 West Broad Street near the Smithville Church of God with visibility to Highway 70. Layla L. Walker His bond is $5,000 and he will make a court appearance June 30. 8:55 A.M. 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