Former WWE Superstar and current Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs Visits DeKalb County

September 22, 2023
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Former WWE Superstar and current Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs recently spoke in DeKalb County at the local Republican Party’s Reagan Day Picnic on Saturday, September 16, 2023. Mayor Jacobs was greeted by many local Republicans and wrestling fan enthusiasts. He was gracious to pose for pictures and share words of support for Republicans and fellow Tennesseans alike.

“While many know him as the WWE Hall of Famer, Kane, Mayor Jacobs is a rising star in Republican circles because of the work he is doing in Knox County,” said Ryan Mollinet, Chairman of the DeKalb County Republican Party. “He has a great personal story of growing up in humble beginnings, to becoming an international WWE Legend, to serving his community as Mayor. His conservative approach of holding the line on taxes while supporting the needs of his community–like schools, law enforcement, and emergency services–have earned him respect and support from many Tennesseans. We appreciate Mayor Jacobs coming to DeKalb County to support our local Republican Party.”

Other business at the Reagan Day Picnic included recognizing all the Gold and Silver event sponsors and all elected officials in attendance. Party leaders also reviewed the Republican Party’s election successes in 2022, and highlighted the key local, states, and federal races in 2024. For more information about the DeKalb County Republican Party, go to our Facebook Page at Dekalb County Republican Party.

September 21, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Don’t be surprised if you see a line of automobiles early Saturday morning, October 14 stretching from downtown Smithville on South College Street as far out as Green Brook Park.

It’s become a regular occurrence at least twice a year as families needing food get in line to be served by the Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s mobile food pantry in partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee.

The distribution begins at 9 a.m. with registration starting at 8:30 a.m. No one being served ever has to leave their automobile. Volunteers working the pantry will prepare food boxes filled with non-perishables, vegetables, produce, canned goods, breads, bakery treats, and sometimes dairy products and deliver them directly to the vehicles waiting in line. Automobiles will line up facing north on College Street to North Market Street.

Myra Reffue, Pantry Coordinator, said this food distribution has been a community outreach mission of the church for several years.

“Second Harvest always sends us enough food to feed about 300 families and we try to limit it to two families per car and depending upon the size of the family there is enough food distributed to feed each family for about a week. The pantry is often sponsored and paid for by TVA so the church doesn’t have to pay anything. Many times we get sponsorships from companies that go through Second Harvest and if there is no sponsor the church covers the cost,” said Reffue.

The food pantry always gets help from volunteers both from the church and the community to off load the Second Harvest truck and to prepare and deliver the food boxes but others who want to participate are welcome.

“Anyone who wants to volunteer needs to be there by 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning, October 14. For more information you may call 615-597-4197, extension 3,” added Reffue.

September 21, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Dewain Hendrixson is now the sole leader among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking college football winners after the first three weeks of the season,

Overall Hendrixson owns a record of 32-13 followed by Grant James of the James Gang, Jared Davis, and Scott Goodwin each at 31-14, Ricky Atnip, Scott Brown, Chad Kirby, and John Pryor each at 30-15, and Darrell Gill of the Gill Gang at 29-16.

For the week, Scott Brown had the best week at 9-6 followed by Grant James, Jared Davis, and Dewain Hendrixson each at 8-7, and Darrell Gill, Ricky Atnip, John Pryor, Chad Kirby, and Scott Goodwin each at 7-8.

Three Fearless Forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Jared Davis added to his lead with 4.5 points as North Texas upset La Tech 40-37. John Pryor picked up 4 points with UNLV’s win over Vanderbilt 40-37, and Dewain Hendrixson got 8 points as BYU defeated Arkansas 38-31.

Overall, Jared Davis leads in underdog points with 32 followed by Dewain Hendrixson with 12.5, Ricky Atnip with 7.5, and Chad Kirby and John Pryor each with 6.5.

Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

UCF at Kansas State, UCLA at Utah, Oregon State at Washington State, Iowa at Penn State, Ohio State at Notre Dame, Florida State at Clemson, Memphis at Missouri, Mississippi State at South Carolina, Arkansas at LSU, Colorado State at MTSU, Ole Miss at Alabama, Auburn at Texas A&M, Kentucky at Vanderbilt, UTSA at Tennessee, and in the NFL the the Tennessee Titans at the Cleveland Browns.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (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.