Center Hill Lake Improvement Projects Identified for funding

January 21, 2022
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The U.S. Army announced Thursday the Civil Works studies, projects, and programs that the Corps of Engineers would implement in Fiscal Year 2022 with the $22.81 billion in supplemental funding provided in two recently enacted laws — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; and the 2022 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.

In the Nashville District, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is funding on Center Hill Lake the following projects: Paving the Johnson’s Chapel Recreation Area entrance: $125,000; Paving the Floating Mill Campground access road: $250,000; and paving Holmes Creek Recreation Area entrance: $350,000.

Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl, Nashville District commander, said there are aging facilities and critical infrastructure within the district, and these bills are providing much-needed funding for construction projects, and for operations and maintenance. He added that these funds are also about studies that create solutions to modern problems in a new way, as the Corps continues to seek innovative approaches and new partnerships to solve water resource problems.

January 21, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS basketball teams won both games of a catfight in Smithville Thursday night beating the Macon County Tigers and Tigerettes.

The DeKalb County Lady Tigers claimed a 59 to 32 victory while the DC Tigers won 67 to 49.

In the girls game, DeKalb County led 17 to 6 after the 1st period, 30 to 14 at halftime, and 48 to 20 after the 3rd period before going onto win 59 to 32.

Ella VanVranken scored 15, Avery Agee 12, Xharia Lyons, Dare Collins, and Cam Branin each with 6, Kadee Ferrell 4, Natalie Snipes and Madison Martin each with 3, and Ally Fuller and Tess Barton each with 2.

The Black and Gold Tigers led 15 to 10 after the 1st period of the boys game and held a 38 to 23 halftime advantage. DC led 46 to 32 after the 3rd period and went on to win 67 to 49.

Conner Close had 21 points followed by Brayden Antoniak 13, Elishah Ramos 11, Stetson Agee 9, Jordan Young 7, and Isaac Knowles 6.

The Lady Tigers are now 12-8 overall and 2-4 in the district while the Tigers sport a record of 10-8 overall and 2-4 in the district.

DeKalb County will travel to Crossville tonight (Friday, January 21) to face Stone Memorial. The girls game starts at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game. WJLE plans LIVE coverage. In the earlier meeting on December 10, the Tigers won their region opener 67 to 58 against Stone Memorial but the Lady Tigers lost to the Lady Panthers 67 to 54.

January 20, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Interested in voting in the upcoming local primary elections? The DeKalb County Election office has announced the last day to register to vote in either the May 3 DeKalb Republican or Democratic Primary is April 4, 2022.

“It’s also a good idea to make sure your registration is up to date with our office,” said Dennis Stanley, Administrator of Elections. “While verifying candidate petitions recently I noticed there are voters who signed the petitions with an address that is not the same as we have on file. Updating the address now will prevent a delay when a voter arrives at the polls to vote.”

In addition, Stanley reminded voters the May elections are “Party Primary” elections. A primary election is an election held for a political party allowing voters of that party to select a nominee that will appear on the general ballot in August.

When voting in a primary election, the voter must choose a Republican or Democratic ballot. Only the candidates representing that party will be listed on their ballot.

“The law does not allow you to vote in two different primaries during the same election. In other words, in the May Primary, you cannot vote for a Republican candidate in one county office and then vote for a Democrat candidate for a different office,” Stanley said. “When the winners of the primary join the independent candidates on the August general ballot, the voter will then have the choice to vote across party lines for local county offices.”

The qualifying deadline for the May primaries is NOON February 17th.

“We have issued over 50 petitions thus far and less than 20 have been returned to be checked and verified,” Stanley said. “Candidates should keep in mind the deadline to return their petitions is less than a month away.”

Voters or candidates seeking more information should contact the election office at 615-597-4146.