Free Fishing Day in Tennessee, Saturday June 8

May 30, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The 2019 Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 8 when anyone may fish free without a license in Tennessee’s public waters.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency provides the annual free day in hopes of increasing interest in fishing. The day allows anyone the opportunity to try this great outdoor sport, especially children to celebrate fishing as a wholesome and healthy recreational option. In addition, children ages 15 and younger may fish without a license beginning on Free Fishing Day through the following Friday (June 14).

The day and week are annual events in Tennessee and are great opportunities to introduce children to the enjoyment and excitement of a day on the water catching fish. The TWRA is among several organizations planning special fishing events, primarily for youngsters. The TWRA annually stocks several thousand pounds of fish for various events.

For a list of the events, visit the TWRA website at www.tnwildlife.org and the For Anglers section. Anglers and potential anglers should check the events list often since special events are frequently added.

Free Fishing Day and Week apply to Tennessee’s public waters, TWRA owned and operated lakes, and state park facilities. Some privately owned pay lakes and ponds continue to charge during this special day and week. Anglers will need to consult with those operators if there are any questions about a particular facility.

May 29, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

72 year Rick Lee has been found after having been missing for several hours today (Wednesday).

According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, Lee was found off Tucker Ridge Road about two miles from I-40 in Putnam County where he had a wreck in his truck. Lee’s vehicle had left the road and plunged down an embankment out of view of passing motorists during daylight. However before 10 p.m. a passerby saw a glow from the truck’s lights and discovered the wreck. Lee was with the truck and though injured was alert and talking.

The search for Lee began shortly after 2:30 p.m. when he called a friend from his cell phone reporting that he had been in a wreck but that he didn’t know where he was and that it would take a helicopter search to find him because he was in the woods. No one had heard from Lee since and efforts to reach him by cell phone were unsuccessful.

Lee’s friend reported his call to 911 and a search began in the general area north of Hurricane Bridge along Highway 56 where Lee’s cell phone pinged.

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department led the search for Lee with help from the Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad, Tennessee Highway Patrol, and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

May 29, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County will soon be getting a new Dollar General Store.

The site, currently under development, is located on Highway 56 south near Magness Road. It is reportedly scheduled to open June 13. It will become the fifth Dollar General Store in DeKalb County. The company has applied for an “off” premises permit to sell beer at the new location. The county beer board will consider the application June 10 at 7 p.m. at the courthouse.

Dollar General Corp. is a U.S. chain of variety stores headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.

The stores were founded in 1939 by Cal Turner in Scottsville, Kentucky as J.L. Turner & Son, Inc. In 1968, the business changed its name to Dollar General Corporation. In 2007, the company was acquired by the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), which took the company public in 2009.

Dollar General offers both name brand and generic merchandise — including off-brand goods and closeouts of name-brand items — in the same store, often on the same shelf. Although it has the word “dollar” in the name, Dollar General is not a dollar store. Most of its products are priced at more than $1.00. However, goods are usually sold at set price points of penny items and up to the range of 50 to 60 dollars, not counting phone cards and loadable store gift cards.

Dollar General often serves communities that are too small for Wal-Marts (although many locations are in relatively close driving distance to a Wal-Mart store). It competes in the dollar store format with national chains Family Dollar and Dollar Tree, regional chains such as Fred’s in the southeast, and numerous independently owned stores.

Since the turn of the century, Dollar General has also experimented with stores that carry a greater selection of grocery items. These stores (similar to the Wal-Mart Supercenter, but much smaller) operate under the name “Dollar General Market”.