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During the annual meeting of DTC Communications Saturday in Alexandria, CEO Chris Townson, on behalf of the Board of Directors, paid tribute Roy Nelson Pugh, a long time member of the Board from the Auburntown Exchange, who passed away last December. Townson presented a plaque in Mr. Pugh's memory to his wife Kathy who succeeded Pugh as a member of the DTC Board
Three members of the DTC Communications Board of Directors were re-elected to new three years terms without opposition Saturday during the annual membership meeting of DeKalb Telephone Cooperative in Alexandria. Randy Campbell (Pictured right) of the Liberty Exchange received 70 votes while Ronnie Garrison (center) of the Smithville Exchange and Bennie “Buck” Curtis (left) of the Alexandria Exchange each had 67 votes.
A Liberty woman was injured in a rollover crash on Highway 53 near Liberty Friday afternoon. According to Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 24 year old Angela Acuna was south on Woodbury Highway in a 2001 Ford Expedition when she veered off the right side of the road, overcorrected, and came back across the road, plunging over an embankment and overturning into a cornfield. The vehicle came to rest upright. She was taken by EMS to Vanderbilt Hospital. Charges are pending.
“Ruby” is in need of a loving family to give her a home! Why not make her a member of your family? “Ruby”, a domestic shorthaired cat, is the WJLE/DeKalb Animal Shelter featured “Pet of the Week”.
Members of the DeKalb County Swiftwater Rescue Task Force dove into a weekend of training Friday through Sunday, September 10-12 in the river below the falls at Rock Island.
DeKalb Swiftwater Rescue Task Force Begins Training
The Joe Hearn Memorial Scholarship Fund Poker Run will be held Saturday, September 25 at the DeKalb County Fairgrounds in Alexandria featuring Hot Rods, Bikes, etc.
County Mayor Tim Stribling and Smithville Mayor Josh Miller recently signed a proclamation designating September as Suicide Prevention Month in DeKalb County and Smithville. Jennifer Matthews (standing far right) and Lisa Cripps (standing center) of the DeKalb Prevention Coalition and Kristi Paling, Regional Coordinator at the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth (standing far left) joined Mayors Stribling and Miller for the signing.
FCE Holds Rally at Twisted Oaks Restaurant: Pictured front row L-R: Dinah Ross, Marguerite Jones, Jenelle Pugh, Jean Adams, Linda Rogers, Susan Hinton, Mary Nell Summers. Back row: Laura Chandler, Niki Yarbrough, Petra Mitchell, Joel Dawes, Judy McAfee, Dianna Junker, Susan England, Linda Thweatt, Carolyn Williams, and Helga Thompson.
The City of Smithville is a step closer to annexing property for a future residential development into the corporate limits. During Monday night’s regular monthly meeting, the aldermen adopted a resolution setting a public hearing for October 4th at 6 p.m. at city hall on the proposed annexation and plan of services for the site on Parkway Drive near the airport adjacent to the Airport Park property.
Three DeKalb Firefighters have Completed the Latest Live Burn Training including Daniel Bradam of the Austin Bottom Station, Frank Rodegeb of the Temperance Hall Station, and Neil Vogeler of the Liberty Station
