SCV Group to Honor Mac and Eva Willoughby

December 8, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The Sons of Confederate Veterans will honor Mac and Eva Willoughby with an informal reception prior to and following the Alexandria Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 12 at 5 p.m. The outside reception is on the east side of the Public Square at 404 East Public Square in Alexandria.

Mac and Eva have moved to Murfreesboro. Former students, friends, co-workers, and the curious are invited to stop by the Sons of Confederate Veterans tent on the east side of the Alexandria Public Square and wish Mac and Eva well. Social distance will be maintained during this event.

December 8, 2020
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Peyton Taylor of the DeKalb County Fire Department graduated from the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Training Academy’s Live Burn Firefighter I class held Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6.

Captain Brian Williams said this 16-hour course requires students to demonstrate skills needed to extinguish a passenger vehicle fire attack, exterior Class A fire attack, interior structure fire attack, commercial buildings and ground cover fire attack.

“We are extremely proud of this recent graduate. Today, our department stands better prepared to respond to emergencies because of the high standards for training we set for our firefighters,” said Captain Williams.

December 8, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

After being sidelined for almost two weeks due to cases of COVID-19 in both programs, the DeKalb County High School basketball teams are set to resume their season schedule Friday night, December 11 hosting Watertown.

The girl’s game tips off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game.

Saturday, January 2 the DCHS teams will head to Jamestown to face York Institute. The original schedule had DCHS playing at York on Friday, December 4 but those games were postponed to December 12 and now to January 2.

The Tigers and Lady Tigers were scheduled to play at Grundy County on Saturday, November 28 and at home against Sequatchie County, Monday November 30. Those games were also postponed and no makeup dates have yet been announced.

DCHS was further scheduled to play at Livingston Academy tonight (Tuesday, December 8) but those games have been re-scheduled for Friday, December 18 at Livingston.

The Tigers and Lady Tigers were to compete in the Sonic Shootout at Sparta December 17-19 but have withdrawn as they continue to rework their schedules.