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After further review, the Dickson City Council voted to stick with its original decision on a discounted building permit for the new Dal-Tile plant, even after learning the discount is bigger than originally thought. At an adjourned session Monday night, the council voted to reconsider the reduced construction cost it had accepted at its Jan…. Read more »

Under a tentative agreement approved by the Dickson City Council, the five judicial commissioners currently paid by the city and county will become county employees with the city making an annual payment for its share of the cost. The agreement will be presented to the county commission for approval next month. City Administrator Rydell Wesson… Read more »

A funeral service for the Pop of Pop’s Car Wash in Dickson will be held Wednesday at Taylor Funeral Home. Joseph Robert “Pop” Curcio Sr. of Dickson died Monday at the age of 96. Mr. Curcio was the patriarch of the Curcio family that has operated the car wash on Henslee Drive for several years,… Read more »

Creek Wood High School takes on a pair of Montgomery Central teams that have been struggling tonight. After heading into the Christmas break tied with the Red Hawks for first place in District 11-AA, the Indians have lost four of their last six district games to slide to fourth at 8-4. Despite being unbeaten and… Read more »

Friday’s seven-point loss to Brentwood knocked the Dickson County Lady Cougars from fourth to seventh in this week’s Associated Press poll for Class AAA. Dickson County slipped behind 18-4 Oakland, 21-2 Mt. Juliet and 18-5 Riverdale. Blackman (19-2), Ridgeway (17-0) and Dyer County (23-0) remain the top three. The loss left Dickson County and Brentwood… Read more »

Dickson Middle School’s Dragons built a big lead early then put Richview away in the final quarter of a 46-24 quarterfinal game in the Class AAA Area 1 tournament in Clarksville Monday. The Dragons advance to today’s semifinal and also earn a berth in the Midstate Sectional tournament starting Saturday. Darian Burns scored seven and… Read more »

A Dickson County jury convicted Edward Joseph Benesch II of aggravated child neglect and voluntary manslaughter for the 2013 death of 18-month-old Somarah Camilla Smith. After a four-day trial and almost eight hours of deliberation, the seven-man, five-woman jury announced its verdict at 11:32 pm Saturday in Dickson County Circuit Court. The jury acquitted the… Read more »

The Dickson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating Friday’s discovery of a woman’s body at Montgomery Bell State Park. Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe said Sunday that investigators are “still waiting on the state medical examiner for positive identification and cause of death,” and could not release any further information at this time. According to sources with knowledge… Read more »

The owner of a downtown Dickson restaurant was arrested twice last week for violating restrictions of the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry. 44-year-old Carmen Anthony Leato is charged with employing juveniles, working within 1,000 feet of daycares or a public park and failing to have a sex offender designation on his driver’s license, according to arrest… Read more »

For the first time this season, Dickson County High School dropped both games of a doubleheader. On a night when the CougarNation honored retiring Lady Cougars coaches Eve and Henry Hamilton, the Lady Cougars dropped their first District 11-AAA contest 49-42 to Brentwood, to split the season series and fall into a tie for first… Read more »