Senior BETA members Johnathon Edwards and Whitney England each received recieved a $500 scholarship at the BETA banquet, held Friday night. Various community service projects and fundraising allowed the club to award two scholarships for the first time. Shown here with the winners are sponsors Debbie DePriest (far left) and Melissa Ruch (far right). Read More

The DeKalb County Board of Education unveiled its proposed 2012-13 spending plan Thursday night. Read More

After nearly a year of bitter opposition to a plan to close more than 3,700 rural post offices, the United States Postal Service announced last week that rather than close offices to cut costs and reduce a ballooning deficit, it plans to reduce the hours of operation at 13,000 rural post offices from a full eight-hour day to between two and six open hours per day, a move that the struggling mail service claims will save about $500 million per year. Read More

A McMinnville woman wanted for fraud in Arkansas was arrested by the sheriff’s department on May 9. Read More

Smithville officials opened sealed bids from two dealers looking to sell the city a ladder truck Friday. Read More

House Bill 3761/Senate Bill 3763, passed by the legislature on April 27,  provides for a reduction in the state sales and use tax rate on sales of food and food ingredients. Read More

The DeKalb County High School theatre and chorus classes presented their spring musical “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” for the public last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon. Charlie Bucket, played by Elijah Poss, sits in amazement on Willy Wonka’s lap, played by Matt Colwell, as Wonka tells him he has just won the grand prize and the candy factory is now his.  For more photos see the page 12-A. Read More

Local VFW Post 7623 will be allowed to serve beer again after the beer board returned the club’s permit last week. Read More

Donna Emmons, a teacher at DeKalb County High School, was named Teacher of the Year in DeKalb County Thursday night at the fifth annual Teacher of the Year banquet at Elizabeth Chapel Baptist Church in Smithville. Read More

Funding for DeKalb Utility District’s proposed water treatment plant has been  approved by USDA Rural Development. Read More

A Cookeville man has been arrested by the sheriff’s department and charged theft over $10,000 for allegedly stealing jewelry from a local home while he was working there. Read More

The Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce and the DeKalb County Mayor's office would like to invite residents across the county to participate in the DeKalb County Clean Up campaign on Saturday, May 12. Read More

Nineteen members of the class of 2012 have received the High Schools That Work Award of Educational Achievement.  Read More

The Smithville Police Department honored Corporal Travis Bryant with a certificate of achievement in recognition of five years of dedicated service with the department last week. Shown presenting the award are, from left, Alderman Shawn Jacobs, Bryant, Police Chief Randy Caplinger and Mayor Taft Hendrixson. Bryant serves as the department's evidence officer and radar instructor, and he has helped the department secure more than $90,000 in grants through the Governor's Highway Safety Office. Read More

A fire Sunday afternoon completely destroyed this home at 377 Magness Road. Read More

A man wanted for embezzlement in Oklahoma was arrested by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department Friday. Read More

Incumbent Diane Black of Gallatin will face off against fellow Republican Lou Ann Zelenik from Rutherford County and independent candidate Robert Scott Beasley in the Nov. 6 race for the 6th Congressional District seat in Tennessee. Read More

While the City of Smithville has hired a public relations firm to launch a campaign against a proposed DeKalb Utility District water treatment plant off Holmes Creek Road, DUD officials say that they plan to break ground on the facility by mid-summer, and expect to have the plant up and running within 18 months. Read More

Thinking about selling some timber but don’t know what it is worth or how to sell it? Read More

DeKalb County's unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent for  March, the fifth lowest in the Upper Cumberland area Read More