Out of eight contenders, half stepped out after round four of the hot sauce challenge held at the DeKalb County Fair Tuesday ...

Dinah Rose Cripps, age 73, passed away peacefully at her home on Dry Creek Thursday night June 26, 2025, surrounded by her loving family, after a brief illness. Her final days were comforted by the ...

Patricia Francis Poss Perrien, 78, of Douglasville, GA passed away Sunday, June 8, 2025. She was born July 31, 1946. She was a graduate of DeKalb County High School. Patricia served in the United ...

Harlon Lee Bates, Jr., age 75, of Smithville passed away Monday June 16, 2025, at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Mr. Bates was a member of Pomeroy Chapel Church and worked at Carrier Corporation for ...

Tommy Wayne Alexander, age 73, of Smithville passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025, at NHC in Smithville. A devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Tommy was a retired schoolteacher, football ...

Livy Hollis Slager was crowned the 2025 Little Miss Fairest last Tuesday night from a field of 11 contestants. She succeeds ...

In the first pageant of the evening, Brinleigh Cole Bain was crowned the new queen by her successor Kallen Avarie Curtis.

On June 18, 36-year-old Jessica Leann Bain of Church Street, Smithville, was arrested for child abuse or neglect (child under ...

This year’s Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree is not only a celebration of music and tradition, but a powerful opportunity for our community to come together and support local youth. Throughout the ...

After nearly 26 years serving as Clerk and Master for the DeKalb County Chancery Court, Debra Malone has announced she is retiring on June 27. Malone has served as Clerk and Master since October 1999, ...