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Sheriff's Office updates on Henagar shooting By Staff Reports HENAGAR, Ala. — According to DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris: On the night of Friday, October 19, the Henagar Police Department received a call of a person possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol on County Road 85. The Henagar officer located the vehicle and proceeded to follow the vehicle. The driver was all over the road. When the officer attempted to stop the vehicle with his blue lights engaged, the vehicle pulled over. As the officer approached the vehicle, the suspect took off again. The Henagar officer returned to his vehicle to pursue the vehicle again.
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As the vehicle turned right onto County Road 131, the vehicle was from ditch to ditch and by this time, a DeKalb County deputy fell in behind the Henagar officer. The vehicle would not stop. The Henagar officer attempted the pit maneuver, trying to disable
the vehicle. The suspect’s vehicle did not spin a full 180 degrees as the pit maneuver is designed to do. The suspect’s vehicle was sideways in the road, as the suspect exited the vehicle and the Henagar officer and deputy exited their vehicles, the suspect
began firing, striking the Henagar officer’s vehicle in the driver’s door 4 to 5 times. The Henagar officer and Sheriff’s deputy began returning fire, striking the suspect in the arms. The
recognized the Retired Educators proclaiming November 13 as Retired Educators Day in DeKalb County. Road Department Superintendent Tom Broyles updated the Commission saying the bridge replacement project on County Road 107 should
be completed in the next day. The reclaimer is up and running and will be doing work in District 1. The Road Department will be hauling chert in preparation for the winter months. Broyles also asked the
By Marla Jones, Reporter
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PHOTO BY CHERYL BOYDSTON
Payton Anderson of the Fyffe Red Devils
Commission honors Retired Educators BOE hires two new SROs
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By Marla Jones, Reporter DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — (Full LIVE Video on our Facebook) The DeKalb County Commission held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 23 at the DeKalb County Activities Building. The Commission
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DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The DeKalb County Board of Education, in conjunction with the DeKalb County Commission and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, hired two new resource officers at a public
announcement last week. “School safety is key in today’s society,� said DeKalb County Superintendent Dr. Jason Barnett. “Over time, with the work of the Commission and the Board, we have put the SROs back to 11.� Funding issues have hindered the hiring of new
resource officers in the past, but with the addition of these two, the total will be 13. In their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, the Board recognized two outgoing Board members: Matt
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BALLOT BOX BREAKDOWN
By Zach Hester, Reporter
DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Voters in DeKalb County and across the nation will head the polls to cast their ballot on Tuesday, November 6. As we inch closer and closer to Election Day 2018, let’s take a moment to have a full breakdown on who (and what) will be on the ballot for DeKalb County voters this November. In addition to the many names on the ballot this year, you will also be able to write-in a candidate for any given office if you choose to do so. Whether or not every one of the people below
will be included on your ballot depends on your state house, state senate and state board district. Please visit capwiz.com/ state-al/home to be sure of who your state legislators are. Governor: Walt Maddox (Democrat), Kay Ivey (Republican) Lieutenant Governor: Will Boyd (Democrat), Will Ainsworth (Republican) US Representative (4th Congressional District): Lee Auman (Democrat), Robert Aderholt (Republican) Attorney General: Joseph Siegelman (Democrat), Steve Marshall (Republican)
State Senate, District 8: Steve Livingston (Republican) is unopposed State Senate, District 9: Clay Scofield (Republican) is unopposed State Senate, District 10: Andrew Jones (Republican), Craig Ford (Independent) State Representative, District 23: Tommy Hanes (Republican) is unopposed State Representative, District 24: Nathaniel Ledbetter (Republican) is unopposed State Representative, District 26: Kerry Rich (Republican) is unopposed State Representative, District 27: Bill Jones (Democrat), Wes Kitchens
(Republican) State Representative, District 29: Jared Millican (Democrat), Becky Nordgren (Republican) State Representative, District 39: Ginny Shaver (Republican) is unopposed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Bob Vance (Democrat), Tom Parker (Republican) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Place 1: Sarah Hicks Stewart (Republican) is unopposed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Place 2: Tommy Bryan (Republican) is unopposed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Place 3: Will Sellers (Republican) is
unopposed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Place 4: Donna Wesson Smalley (Democrat), Jay Mitchell (Republican) Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place 1: Christy Olinger Edwards (Republican) is unopposed Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place 2: Chad Hanson (Republican) is unopposed Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place 3: Terry A. Moore (Republican) is unopposed Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 1: Richard
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