Underwood Wins Heifer During Cattlemen’s Association Meeting

March 28, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Joe Underwood was the winner of a heifer during a fundraising raffle held Tuesday night in conjunction with the DeKalb County Cattlemen’s Association’s annual meeting.

The heifer was donated for the giveaway by Melvin Young.

Underwood lives just across the county line in Cannon County.

Pictured: left to right-Harrell Tolbert, Past President of the Association, Joe Underwood, and Johnny Barnes, Association Board member and advisor

March 28, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Two wrecks Wednesday afternoon and another Tuesday kept law enforcement officers and first responders busy.

The driver of a Toyota Camry lost control on Highway 70 on Snow Hill and slammed into a rock bluff Wednesday.  Earlier, the operator of a box truck crashed on Highway 83 (Allen Ferry Road) overturning on its side. The driver climbed out of the cab uninjured.

Both wrecks are under investigation by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Names of the drivers were not immediately available.

Two other people were involved in a wreck Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Mountain Street and West Broad at the traffic light.

Smithville Police say Lisa Ray was driving a 2012 Nissan south on Mountain Street through the intersection when her vehicle struck a 2019 Jeep Cherokee driven by Cody Wagner who was west on Highway 70.

According to the accident report, Ray said she had the green light. Wagner told police that he looked down to pick up something and when he looked back to the road he was in the middle of the intersection and unsure of the color of the traffic light at the time of the crash.

No one was seriously injured.

Members of the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department and DeKalb EMS were also on the scene.

March 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Circuit Court Judge Amy Hollars will be the guest speaker at the DeKalb County Democratic Party’s Biennial Reorganization Convention on Saturday, April 6.

The convention will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Northside Elementary School cafeteria located at 400 North Congress Blvd, Smithville, TN 37166.

Local Democrats will elect the Officers and Executive Committee for DeKalb County for a two-year term. All Democratic residents who are eligible voters of DeKalb County are urged to attend to discuss the party’s agenda and events for 2019-2020. For more information, contact Jordan Wilkins at 615-215-8450.

Judge Hollars has served on the bench since 2009 when she was appointed by then Governor Phil Bredesen to succeed her father Judge John Turnbull who resigned.

Elected to serve out the remaining four years of her father’s unexpired term in 2010, Judge Hollars was elected to her first full eight year term in 2014.

Hollars holds degrees from the University of the South and Vanderbilt University and received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee College of Law. She previously served on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. She and her husband James Hollars have three children.

Judge Hollars will be introduced to speak at the convention by local attorney Sarah Cripps. Bonnie and Charles Collier will provide LIVE music. Refreshments will also be served.