Anna Chew Wins District Golf Tournament

October 1, 2019
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DCHS senior Anna Chew showed why she was selected District 6 golfer of the year Monday.

Chew won the district tournament by eight strokes. She shot 73 at the Golden Eagle Golf Course in Cookeville to crush the other 16 golfers.

Anna advances to the Region 3, large school tournament on Monday, October 7 also at the Golden Eagle Golf Course. If successful there, Anna will advance to the TSSAA large school state championship, October 15 & 16 at Willowbrook Golf Course in Manchester.

The boys team finished 10th at the district tournament. They were led by Seniors Jadyn Young and Justin Washer. Also, swinging into action for the boys were Jake Ramsey, Eli Cantrell, and Elijah Hensley. This was the last golf match of the season for the boys.

September 30, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The family of a fallen soldier from DeKalb County will soon be given a mortgage-free home thanks to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

(Click link below to learn more)

https://tunnel2towers.org/gold_star_family/billy-anderson/

The foundation is honoring the late U.S. Army PFC Billy Anderson by providing a home to his wife Caitlin and daughter Lilly Grace who was just 8-months-old when her father was killed.

The home for the Anderson family is being paid for through the Foundation’s Gold Star Program, launched in September 2018, which honors the legacy of those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country. The Foundation provides a 100 percent mortgage-free home to surviving spouses with young children. The Foundation is committed to raising $250 million to provide 1,000 homes to Gold Star Families.

U.S. Army PFC. Billy Anderson, 20, enlisted in the Army in June of 2009 and deployed to Afghanistan six months later in January of 2010.

With two months left on his deployment he was killed on May 17, 2010, when insurgents attacked his unit with IEDs.

Billy and Caitlin met in High School but didn’t start dating till after they graduated.

The two married in June of 2009 and then welcomed their daughter Lilly-Grace into the world.
Billy didn’t get to meet her until she was two months old and he graduated from basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.

Caitlin calls Billy a kind, good-hearted man, who was nurturing and a strong Christian.

Frank Siller is the chief executive officer of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation — a nonprofit organization created to honor his brother, Stephen Siller, a New York City firefighter who died on Sept. 11. Stephen Siller, the youngest of seven siblings, was finishing his shift when the attacks occurred on that day in 2001. Strapped with 60 lbs. of gear on his back, he ran from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the twin towers. He lost his life that day.

Foundation programming has expanded over the years as its team recognized the unique needs within the military and first responder communities. The Smart Home Program, as an example, builds mortgage-free smart homes for catastrophically-injured service members. To date, 85 homes have started construction or are in the design stage. Forty homes have been given to the families of law enforcement, firefighters and emergency workers that lose their lives in the line of duty through the Fallen First Responder Home Program. And in September 2018, the foundation launched a new program designed to support Gold Star spouses, like the Anderson family.

For more information about the foundation visit
https://tunnel2towers.org/

https://tunnel2towers.org/gold_star_family/billy-anderson/

September 30, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Former Smithville Mayor Jimmy Poss and his son Tony have decided to take their cases of official misconduct and theft over $2,500 to trial.

Both were present in DeKalb County Criminal Court Monday morning but the attorneys addressed the court on their behalf.

Judge Wesley Bray set the trial for March 31, 2020.

Jimmy is represented by attorney Brandon Bellar of Carthage. Tony’s lawyer is Jamie Winkler of Carthage

The charges stem from a move by the former mayor to put his son on the city payroll in September 2017 at the city golf course and swimming pool without the approval of the aldermen. Tony was on the city payroll for six months.

In July, 2018 the DeKalb County Grand Jury returned a sealed indictment against former Mayor Poss for Official Misconduct and Theft of Property over $2,500. Tony Poss was also named in the sealed indictment for Theft of Property over $2,500.

In other cases Monday, Clinton Cope entered a plea to a 2^nd offense of driving under the influence and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to 45 days to serve including 17 days in jail and the rest in an alcohol treatment facility. He was also fined $600.

Dewayne Reeder entered a plea to a 2^nd offense of driving on a revoked license. He received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to supervised probation.

Howard Robert Mayo, Jr. entered a plea to simple possession of methamphetamine and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days to serve 30 days in either jail or rehab and then be on supervised probation. He was fined $750.

Jason Dyer entered a plea by information to reckless endangerment and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to 48 hours to serve and then be on supervised probation.

Justin Smith entered a plea to possession of drug paraphernalia and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $150 and given 25 days jail credit.