Cali Beth Agee is DeKalb County’s 2025 Fairest of the Fair queen. She originally received first runner-up in the competition ...

The Putnam County Circuit Court Clerk's office is using technology to help streamline the criminal warrant process, making it ...

If you own stock in the Cracker Barrel company, as of last Friday, you’ve lost money – big time. Many persons in DeKalb County own stock in the company.

My dear mother introduced this saying to me when I was but a small “young un.” Like most children, I suppose, I was “as curious as a cat.” I sometimes ...

The DeKalb County Fire Department is pleased to announce the upcoming session of its Citizens Fire Academy, a complimentary six-week educational program designed to provide residents and local employe ...

One of the most unsympathetic people in the world is the one who has never had pain. They’ve never lost a loved one and suffered the all-enveloping grief and soul-crushing ...

On the same day that one Pickett County man was receiving a six-year sentence for sexual exploitation of a minor, a second ...

On August 27, 1883, the world’s mightiest explosion occurred when the Krakatoa volcano erupted with a force of 200 megatons of TNT, killing approximately 40,000 people. The eruption produced the ...

DeKalb Telephone Cooperative, Inc. d/b/a DTC Communications will host its annual meeting on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at the DeKalb County Fairgrounds in Alexandria.

The misdemeanor charges against former Alexandria Mayor Beth Tripp were dismissed last week after the former Alexandria Police Chief, Vincent Turocy, and the criminal investigator for the DA’s office, ...

Two local proposed rock quarries have applied for local permits, as required by the County Powers Act implemented by DeKalb County. The decision as to whether they will be approved ...

The Putnam County Fire Department, along with a Tennessee State trooper and Putnam County Sheriff deputy were able to rescue livestock from a trailer that caught fire on I-40 Saturday.