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Dailey & VIncent Plan Inaugural Homecoming Charity Concert in Gainesboro on ... - BREATHEcast.com
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Concert tickets are $15 and are available in Cookeville at the Tennessee Bible College; in Gainesboro at Jackson Bank & Trust or by calling JB Dailey ...
Categories: Community News, DeKalb County
County Planning to Address Problem of Stray Dogs and Cats
WJLE Local News - 3 hours 31 min ago
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Funds are included in the proposed new county budget to hire an animal control officer, at least on a part time basis, to pick up stray dogs and cats.
County Mayor Mike Foster says $20,000 has been included in the new budget to fund the position. "We're anticipating hiring a full time, or at least a part time, employee to do that (pick up stray dogs and cats). I'm sure we don't get near as many calls as the city does, but we do get some calls that need to be answered."
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"We're going to need some policies in the event of a dog bite where the animal can be quarantined for ten days and make that the standard policy. That needs to be addressed."
" We have a lot of elderly people who have dogs that come to their house that are strays and we just need a way of dealing with it in a humane and orderly way with some rules and regulations."
Categories: Community News, DeKalb County
BUNKS Release New Album As Free Download For First Month - Hip Hop Press (press release)
Coffee County News - 5 hours 14 min ago
BUNKS Release New Album As Free Download For First Month
Hip Hop Press (press release)
Why are these Coffee County boys so generous? "We would rather you have BUNKS music in your stereo, than not. We've never cared about money," says Joshua ...
Categories: Coffee County, Community News
Deputies Attend In-Service Training
WBRY Local News - 12 hours 55 min ago
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The Cannon County Sheriff’s Department completed a week of in-service training July 26-30. Guest speakers during the week included Assistant District Attorney David Puckett, Public Defender Gerald Melton, Dr. Gayle Tate, DVM, Tennessee Association of Rescue Squad Instructor Tim Bell and Robin H. Kimbrough, Legal Counsel for the TN Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. A variety of topics were discussed during the session including domestic violence, preserving the chain of evidence, compiling an arrest warrant, crime scene preservation and gun qualifying at the range.
Categories: Cannon County, Community News
Gordon’s Fight Against Meth Production Proceeds through Congress
WBRY Local News - July 30, 2010 - 11:46pm
Jul 30 2010
Congressman Bart Gordon’s bill to make it harder for meth producers to access needed pharmaceutical ingredients has passed the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
“Tennessee continues to be home base for a large meth production industry. We need to cut that industry off at the source,” Gordon said. “Reinforcing tough restrictions on retailers and distributors of these products will reduce the availability of meth in our communities.”
Categories: Cannon County, Community News
Smithville Woman Charged with Stealing Items from Truck
WJLE Local News - July 30, 2010 - 5:10pm
July 30, 2010 by: Dwayne Page
Smithville Police have charged a woman with stealing items from a truck parked at Food Lion last week.
24 year old Tracy Ann Thomason of 446 The Loop was arrested on Wednesday, July 28th for burglary and theft of property. On Thursday, July 22nd, Lieutenant Steven Leffew took a report from David Elliott who stated that he had parked his truck in Food Lion's parking lot. When he returned to his truck he found a female inside. Elliot asked her what she was doing. The woman then got out of his truck, got into a blue car, and left. Elliott took down the plate number of the car. He also noticed that his Ipod and other items were missing. While conducting a follow up investigation, Detective Matt Holmes spoke with Ms. Thomason and she admitted to taking the items from Elliott's truck and selling them. Bond for Thomason is $6,000 and her court date is August 12th.
Categories: Community News, DeKalb County
Manchester Man Arrested On Bigamy Charges
Cannon County News - July 30, 2010 - 4:07pm
A man in Manchester has been arrested on bigamy charges. According to WGNS Radio, authorities said James Hubert Nash had two wives: one in Coffee County and one in Cannon County.
Categories: Cannon County, Community News
Hurricane Bridge Rehab due for Bid Letting This Fall
WJLE Local News - July 30, 2010 - 3:54pm
July 30, 2010 by: Dwayne Page
The rehabilitation of the Hurricane Bridge under the state's bridge bonding program is due for construction bid letting sometime this fall according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
Jennifer Flynn, Community Relations Officer in the Chattanooga TDOT Office told WJLE Friday that the exact date for the bid letting has not been set but will be sometime this fall. "We're currently scheduled to let the bridge rehab project sometime in the fall of this year. We're in the process of getting our permits and everything all in order to let that project. The rehabilitation project will replace the deck at the bridge. New guardrails will be installed and it will strengthen the steel structure underneath and make the bridge a lot safer and it won't have to be weight posted anymore upon completion of the project. The estimate (to do the work) is $12 to $15 million right now but we won't really know until the bids are opened on the project and let to contract. It's part of the bridge bonding program."
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The rehabilitation of Hurricane Bridge is among the projects to be funded through TDOT's Better Bridge bonding program in the fiscal year 2010-11 state budget, which was approved by the legislature this year.
Meanwhile the county will continue to fund "flaggers" at Hurricane Bridge until the state begins work on the bridge.
County Mayor Mike Foster says the proposed new county budget includes $25,000 for this expense.
Since April 15th, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department has posted a "flagger" on each end of the bridge to monitor traffic across the bridge, which has state posted weight limits.
Any vehicle (trucks, school buses, emergency vehicles, etc) above the posted weight limit are subject to being stopped Mondays through Fridays from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on both ends of the bridge to allow one truck to come across the bridge at a time.
In January, the DeKalb County Commission approved a plan to provide the "flaggers" through at least September and to apply for a state grant to help recoup the county's costs.
Categories: Community News, DeKalb County
Lawrence Co parole violator arrested in TN - KAIT
Smithville News - July 30, 2010 - 3:48pm
Lawrence Co parole violator arrested in TN
KAIT
Lamb was recently arrested in Jackson, TN for public intoxication and was taken to the jail there where a background check showed his warrants in AR. ...
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Categories: Community News, DeKalb County
Spears v Haynesworth - The Landry Hat (blog)
Smith County News - July 30, 2010 - 1:13pm
Spears v Haynesworth
The Landry Hat (blog)
In Smith County, the district attorney dismissed the charges. In March 2009, Haynesworth was indicted on two misdemeanor traffic charges stemming from a ...
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Categories: Community News, Smith County
Thunderstorm extended for Rutherford County
Cannon County News - July 30, 2010 - 12:45am
The National Weather Service in Nashville has extended a severe thunderstorm warning for: Southwestern Cannon County, Southeastern Rutherford County and Northwestern Coffee County and Northeastern Bedford County until 6:45 p.m. At 6:08 p.m. NWS Doppler radar indicated a short line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds in ...
Categories: Cannon County, Community News
Industrial Board Welcomes THC Select To Woodbury
WBRY Local News - July 29, 2010 - 9:57pm
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Up to 15 new jobs will be created here in Cannon County after the Cannon County Industrial Board approved the deal between the County and THC Select of Waverly.
THC Select is a plastic injection molding company making food storage containers for hospitals across the country, as well as CNC precision components. Corbett Gibson, company management, represented THC Select during the Board meeting at the Cannon County Courthouse Thursday night.
Categories: Cannon County, Community News
Smithville Police Investigate Three Vehicle Wreck at Busy Intersection
WJLE Local News - July 29, 2010 - 5:50pm
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Several people were involved in a three vehicle traffic accident Thursday afternoon at the traffic light in the intersection of Broad Street and South Congress Boulevard.
Central Dispatch received the call at 4:04 p.m.
According to Corporal Travis Bryant of the Smithville Police Department, who investigated the accident, 48 year old Carl Washer of Smithville was driving a Center Hill Nursery truck, attempting to turn left from East Broad Street onto South Congress Boulevard as 57 year old Marlene Lawera of Sparta was traveling east on Broad Street in a 1999 Ford Taurus. The two vehicles crashed in the intersection and the force of the impact caused the Taurus to push the Center Hill Nursery truck into another vehicle, a 2004 Chevy Trailblazer, driven by 38 year old Kim Roller of Smithville, which was stopped in the turning lane facing north on South Congress Boulevard, waiting to turn left onto Broad Street.
Categories: Community News, DeKalb County
Cannon County Driver Swerves, Hits Runner
Cannon County News - July 29, 2010 - 5:49pm
A driver who swerved to miss another car hit a jogger Thursday morning in Cannon County.
Categories: Cannon County, Community News
Five injured in head-on crash - Sparta Expositor
White County News - July 29, 2010 - 8:44am
Five injured in head-on crash
Sparta Expositor
Morgan stated personnel with White County Emergency Medical Services transported four of the individuals to White County Community Hospital, while one was ...
Categories: Community News, White County
Five injured in head-on crash - Sparta Expositor
Smithville News - July 29, 2010 - 8:44am
Five injured in head-on crash
Sparta Expositor
A head-on, two-vehicle crash on Highway 70 (Smithville Highway), between Lucille Street and Cassville Lane, on July 23, injured five people ...
Categories: Community News, DeKalb County
Jobless rate slightly increases - Sparta Expositor
White County News - July 29, 2010 - 8:44am
Jobless rate slightly increases
Sparta Expositor
According to Tennessee Department of Labor, there were 579 unemployment insurance claims in White County for June 2010. Statewide, unemployment rates ...
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Categories: Community News, White County
DeKalb County has a New Attorney
WJLE Local News - July 29, 2010 - 6:12am
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DeKalb County has a new attorney.
James M Judkins now is associated in the practice of law with local attorney, J. Hilton Conger. Their address is 200 South Third Street; hours are 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.; and the telephone number is 615-597-4087.
Judkins graduated from Tennessee Technological University with a Bachelor of Science degree in history. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Nashville School of Law.
His mother is LeAnn Foutch Judkins and his brother is McAllen Foutch Judkins both of Smithville. His maternal aunt is Lucy Foutch of Hermitage. His father was the late Marlon Judkins.
His paternal grandmother is Macon Knowles Judkins of Smithville. His paternal grandfather was the late H.J. Judkins. His maternal grandparents were the late Sallie and McAllen Foutch.
Categories: Community News, DeKalb County
Coaches like Oakland in 7-AAA football race - The Daily News Journal
Smith County News - July 29, 2010 - 3:03am
Coaches like Oakland in 7-AAA football race
The Daily News Journal
Smith County is picked to win 8-AA, followed by Livingston Academy. DeKalb County is picked fifth and Upperman is picked sixth. Murphy Fair's 2010 Tennessee ...
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Categories: Community News, Smith County
Schools to Get Slightly More Local Funds due to Growth in new Budget, but to Receive One Cent Less from the Property Tax Rate
WJLE Local News - July 28, 2010 - 3:39pm
July 28, 2010 by: Dwayne Page
Teachers and other certified personnel and support staff are budgeted a small pay raise under the proposed 2010-11 tentative general purpose spending plan for schools, which is expected to be acted on by the DeKalb County Commission on August 10th.
The proposed $18 million budget has already been recommended for approval by the county's budget committee but it appears the property tax rate for schools will also be trimmed by one cent from 49 cents to 48 cents per $100 of assessed value. County Mayor Mike Foster says the one cent reduction will not adversely affect the school system. In fact, he says since one cent of the tax rate generates more money than last year due to growth, schools will be getting $59, 956 more in local funds this year than last year exceeding the school board's request for $33,000 in additional local monies in the new budget.
Categories: Community News, DeKalb County
