The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man last week wanted in Missouri.
35 year old George William Rogers, II of Potts Camp Road, Smithville is charged with being a fugitive from Justice. His bond is $25,000 and he will be in court March 5. Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Saturday, February 28 Rogers was arrested on a warrant from Missouri for violation of probation. He will be extradited to Missouri.
55 year old Daniel Ray Anderson of Dry Creek Road, Smithville is charged with two counts of a fourth offense of driving on a suspended license. He was further issued a citation for violation of the registration law, violation of the financial responsibility law, and for not wearing a seatbelt. His bond totals $12,500 and he will be in court March 12.
Sheriff Ray said that on Monday, February 23, a deputy spotted Anderson driving a motor vehicle. Knowing that Anderson had prior warrants against him, the officer stopped his automobile. A computer check confirmed his license were suspended. He was placed under arrest and brought to the jail for booking. Anderson has three previous driving on suspended charges against him on August 30, 2011, June 22, 2009, and November 26, 2006.
In the other DSL case against Anderson, Sheriff Ray said that on May 5, 2014 a deputy was dispatched to a two vehicle crash on Blue Springs Road. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with Anderson, who was apparently involved in the accident. The deputy checked his license and found them to be suspended for failure to satisfy a citation in Putnam County on May 3, 2001. Anderson left the scene of the accident before the officer could take him into custody.
23 year old Travis Joe Davenport of Eagle Creek Road, Smithville is charged with driving on a revoked license. His bond is $1,500 and he will be in court May 21. He was further issued a citation for his vehicle having a brake light out. Sheriff Ray said that on Monday, February 23 a deputy stopped a gray Jeep traveling on Highway 56 south for a traffic violation (brake light out). The officer spoke with the driver, Davenport who admitted he did not have a valid license. A computer check confirmed that his drivers license were revoked on April 17, 2014 for failure to satisfy fines in a criminal offense in Warren County. He was placed under arrest.
47 year old Bobby Dean Porterfield of Richland Road, Murfreesboro is charged with a fourth offense of driving on a revoked license. He was further issued a citation for violation of the responsibility law (no insurance) and a violation of the light law. His bond is $6,000 and he will be in court March 12. Sheriff Ray said that on Monday, February 23 a deputy stopped Porterfield’s vehicle on Highway 70 for having a tail light out. While speaking with the officer, Porterfield admitted that he did not have a drivers license. A computer check revealed that Porterfield had at least three previous charges for driving on a revoked license.
48 year old Paul Jerome Grizzle of Sugar Tree Knob Road, Liberty is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $1,500. Sheriff Ray said that on Tuesday, February 24 a deputy was dispatched to Short Mountain Highway in response to a domestic assault. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with a woman who said that her boyfriend, Grizzle became intoxicated and violent. She claims Grizzle pushed her over a chair in the living room, pushed her into the railing on the porch outside, and then pushed her into the corner of a building while she was trying to get help. The woman said she was afraid that Grizzle might assault her again after the officer left. Grizzle was placed under arrest.
49 year old James Bertland Blankenship, III of McMinnville is charged with simple possession of a schedule II drug dilaudid. His bond is $1,500 and he will be in court March 5. Sheriff Ray said that on Thursday, February 26 a sheriff’s department detective went to Banks Pisgah Road to serve a warrant. While there, the officer spoke with Blankenship who consented to a search of his person and vehicle. Inside Blankenship’s pants pocket, the detective found three hypodermic needles. Blankenship also had a small plastic baggie in another pocket containing three and a half dilaudid pills. He was placed under arrest. Meanwhile, 44 year old Jefry Vincent Overall of McMinnville was cited for simple possession of a schedule II drug (morphine) arising from the same incident. He will be in court March 5. According to Sheriff Ray, Overall was in a vehicle which was searched. Found inside the automobile was a pill bottle bearing Overall’s name. The bottle contained one morphine fifteen milligram pill and two oxycodone thirty milligram pills. Overall could not produce a prescription for the pills at the time.
20 year old McKay Lindon Gray of Antioch Road, Smithville is charged with a second offense of driving on a revoked license. His bond is $3,000 and he will be in court April 16. Sheriff Ray said that on Thursday, February 26 a deputy saw Gray operating a motor vehicle. Knowing that Gray’s license were revoked, the officer stopped his automobile. A computer check confirmed that Gray’s license were revoked for a DUI in 2013. Gray had also been cited twice that year, once for driving on a suspended license and driving on a revoked license. He was placed under arrest.

Several months after reducing the daily operating hours in a cost saving measure, the U.S. Postal Service has announced plans to tinker with the schedule again at the Dowelltown and Liberty Post Offices, effective Saturday March 21.
This time the move is being done not to further reduce retail window hours but to adjust them to comply with recent updates to collective bargaining agreements, according to David Walton spokesman for the Tennessee District of the U.S. Postal Service. The Smithville and Alexandria Post Offices will not be affected.
“The Dowelltown and Liberty Post Offices are adjusting their hours because of recent updates to our collective bargaining agreements and transportation network changes,” Walton told WJLE.
Still, postal customers might find these new hours less convenient for them.
Notices have been posted at both locations but no public hearings will be held this time. “Public meetings were held when we reduced hours at these offices. However, in this case we’re not reducing any hours, only making minor adjustments to the current retail hours,” said Walton.
New hours effective March 21:
Dowelltown Post Office
8:00 a.m. to 11:30 and 12:30 to 3:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday (Currently morning hours are 8-11 a.m. and afternoon hours are 12:30- 3:30 p.m.)
8:00 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday (no change)
Liberty Post Office
7:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 2:45 p.m. Monday thru Friday (Currently afternoon hours are 1:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Monday-Friday)
7:45 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday (no change)
Last year the Postal Service changed both the Dowelltown and Liberty Post Offices from a full eight hours to six hours a day at the retail windows with no change in Saturday hours. A similar plan was enacted earlier at the Alexandria Post Office.

The DCHS FBLA chapter competed in regional competition recently. The following were the winners at Regional Conference who are eligible to compete at state conference in April.
1st place
Nicole Atkins: Securities and Investments
Reagan Taylor: Database Design and Applications
Kelsey Hedge: Health Care Administration
2nd place:
Katie Willoughby and Taylor Ellis: Global Business Team
3rd place:
Destiny Franklin: Computer Applications
Luke Green: Personal Finance
Hannah James: Public Speaking II
Sahara Lafever: Health Care Administration
Max Pafford, Braxton Pugh, and Kirkland Smallwood: Management Decision Making Team
Susan Webb: Public Speaking I
4th place:
Eli Cross and Katie Parker: Hospitality Management Team
Christian Ellis: Spreadsheet Applications
Bailey Redmon: Introduction To Business Communication
Heather Scott: Job Interview
Kamien Sparks: Cyber Security
5th place:
Julia Little: Public Speaking II
Anna Malone, Keely McKay, and Hailey Walker: Marketing Team
And, Braxton Pugh was elected as the 2015-2016 Regional Treasurer for Region 5. He will serve in this role for the entire region.

Smithville Aldermen Monday night took the final step toward authorizing liquor sales with the passage of an ordinance on second reading to amend the Municipal Code by establishing regulations for package stores in the city.
The vote was 3-0. Aldermen Danny Washer, Gayla Hendrix, and Jason Murphy all voted in favor. Aldermen Shawn Jacobs and Josh Miller were unable to attend the meeting.
Before the vote, Mayor Jimmy Poss opened a hearing for public comments but no one spoke either for or against.
As adopted on second and final reading, regulations are established for persons to make application for a certificate of compliance. Applicants could be required to appear before the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to provide information as to their application.
Applications would be referred to the police chief for investigation and to the city attorney for a review (background check), who then would submit their findings to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen within thirty days. Once an applicant receives a certificate of compliance from the city, he or she must then send it to the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission as part of the state requirements in making application for a liquor license.
Other conditions set forth in the proposed ordinance before a certificate of compliance could be issued are as follows:
An applicant must have been a resident of the city for the previous two years or a citizen of the county for three years. Anyone in a partnership must also meet the residency requirements.
No applicant convicted of a felony within ten years of filing an application could be issued a certificate.
There would be no limit as to the number of stores that may operate but no retailer shall operate, directly or indirectly, more than one liquor store in the city.
Liquor stores could only be operated in locations zoned for that purpose.
No store could be located in a space of less than 1,500 square feet and the store buildings must be of a permanent type construction.
Liquor stores would be required to keep in stock a minimum $150,000 inventory
Entrances must be on the ground floor, with only one main entrance. If a store is on the corner of two streets, a door opening may be maintained on each such street.
No liquor sales would be permitted for consumption on the premises.
No radios, amusement devices, or seating facilities would be allowed
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In no event would a liquor store be permitted within 400 feet of any hospital, school, church, or other place of public gathering. The distances are to be measured in a straight line from front door to front door. If there is no building on the place of public gathering, the distance would be measured from front door of the liquor store to the nearest property line of the public gathering location.
The ordinance authorizes inspection fees and civil penalties for violations.