Online Benefit Auction in Progress Today Only (Saturday) for Ladet Family. Steven Jennings Signed Items Included

September 12, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Please support an online auction underway today (Saturday) benefitting the Ladet children in memory of their mother Tori Haywood who was recently killed in a California car crash.

Items available in the auction include a Steven Jennings signed baseball cap, baseball card, and cleats. Jennings is a member of the Greensboro Grasshoppers, a minor league team of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Log on at www.biddingowl.com/ladetfamilyfundraiser using your phone or computer.

September 12, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A motorcycle operator was taken into custody Friday after a pursuit which started in DeKalb County and ended with him crashing his bike in Warren County.

Mark Petty is charged with driving under the influence, evading arrest, and reckless endangerment among other offenses.

Lieutenant Dewaine Jennings of the Tennessee Highway Patrol spotted Petty operating a motorcycle on Allen’s Ferry Road without his headlights on during foggy conditions. He also noticed that the bike had no license tag.

As he tried to stop it, Lieutenant Jennings said the bike took off turning from Allen’s Ferry Road to Holmes Creek Road and Golf Club Drive and then back onto Allen’s Ferry Road to Highway 56 where the bike headed north. Petty then turned around at a church on Cookeville Highway and traveled back toward Smithville on Highway 56 before turning onto Smith Road and later Midway Road and then back onto Highway 70 toward the city. The pursuit continued into Cannon County from Short Mountain to West Greenhill Road in Warren County, and back into DeKalb County on Seven Springs Road, before Petty re-entered Warren County and crashed at the intersection of Capshaw Road and Highway 56.

After being taken by EMS from the jail to the emergency room of Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital, Petty left on foot while being treated but he was quickly apprehended by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department near the intersection of Riley Avenue and West Main Street.

September 12, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Tigers suffered their third loss of the season Friday night falling to the visiting Watertown Purple Tigers in Smithville 21 to 14.

DC drops to 1-3 on the year and Watertown improves to 3-1.

Neither team scored in the 1st period but DeKalb County took a 7-0 lead with 10:39 left in the 2nd period on a 6 yard touchdown run by Nathaniel Crook, capping a 35 yard drive. Jasper Kleparek added the PAT .

Tiger Quarterback Axel Aldino later found Desmond Nokes on a pass that went for 90 yards and a touchdown. Kleparek tacked on the extra point and DeKalb County led 14-0 with 7:34 left in the 2nd period.

Watertown got on the board with 7:12 left in the half on a 58 yard touchdown run by Jordan Cason. The PAT attempt was blocked by Evan Jones and the Purple Tigers trailed 14-6 which was the score at halftime.

The Tigers were shutout in the second half but Watertown found the endzone twice more. Cason scored on a 4 yard touchdown run with 11:55 left in the 4th period capping a 63 yard drive. Cason then scored on the 2 point conversion run to tie the game at 14.

Watertown finished off the Tigers with 7:46 left in the game as Cason scored his 3rd touchdown of the night. This time on a 26 yard run capping a 54 yard drive. Trey Pack booted the extra point and Watertown prevailed 21-14.

DeKalb County (1-3) travels to Grundy County (0-3) Friday night, September 18. Kickoff will be at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage. Grundy County’s losses have been to South Pittsburg 49-0, York Institute 6-3, and Bledsoe County 40-6.