Crimes Against Children

Mayor's breakfast to begin National Day of Prayer observance (04/30/08)
Prayer! America's Strength and Shield The Lord is my strength and shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped Psalm 28:7 The annual Mayor's Breakfast will again kick off local activities for the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 1. The event begins at 6:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church. The speaker will be Pastor Eric Richardson of Ross United Methodist Church. Tickets are $3...

Trojan troupe to perform 'Life Unstaged' through Saturday (04/30/08)
The last play of the year of the Dyersburg High School Trojan Drama Club will be a truly unique experience for the actors as well as the audience. Set against a black background, with the actors wearing a black wardrobe, it will be up to the performers to set the scene in a series of scenes and monologues addressing the various stages of life...

Car crashes into school bus; driver rescued from Unionville ditch (04/28/08)

Ground broken on new Ag Learning Center at Halls High School (04/22/08)
The final step in the approving a contract with the state Department of Agriculture for a $150,000 grant to build an Agricultural Learning Center on the campus of Halls High School was completed in the April meeting of the Lauderdale County Commission...

88 indictments include variety of sex crimes (04/21/08)

17-year-old charged with rape (04/02/08)
A 17-year-old was transferred to Dyer County Circuit Court on Tuesday to face rape and aggravated sexual battery charges as an adult. Timothy Andrew Pettie, no address listed, Dyersburg, was transported from Youth Villages in Memphis after a 30-day evaluation ordered in February by Juvenile Court Judge Tony Childress. He was charged with rape of child (less than 13 years of age) and aggravated sexual battery...

Public defender services revoked in child abuse case (04/01/08)
The man accused of aggravated child abuse was released from the Dyer County Jail on Monday after posting a $25,000 bond. Joseph D. "Binks" Lee, 36, 313 Williams Dr., Dyersburg, was arrested on Friday after police investigators found he had assaulted a 12-year-old relative...

Suspect arrested for abuse of child (03/31/08)
A man suspected of abusing a 15-month old child was arrested by Dyersburg Police investigators on Friday. Joseph D. Lee, 36, 313 Williams Dr., Dyersburg, is lodged in the Dyer County Jail without bond. According to arrest documents, the 6-foot-4-inch, 280-lb. Lee is suspected to have abused the child after a relative of the child's saw bruises and sores in November 2007. The ensuing investigation resulted in the arrest...

'Read Across America' teaches value of education (03/31/08)

Men accused of stealing car indicted in Fayette Co. (03/30/08)
A Fayette County grand jury indicted two men who were using a car stolen in Dyer County. Mario Smith of Galloway was indicted on charges of possession of cocaine with intent to sell, theft of property in excess of $10,000, evading arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia...

Reputed drug dealer bound over to jury (03/30/08)
A reputed drug dealer with a lengthy criminal history in Dyersburg faces a possible indictment in Lauderdale County. Quincy "Weezy" Johnson, 27, 227 Dandridge St., was arrested Jan. 10 and charged with possessing more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell or distribute. That charge was bound over to the action of a grand jury during Lauderdale County General Sessions Court proceedings on Friday, March 14...

Women explain Ridgely murder (03/28/08)
A simmering feud escalated into a fight and ultimately ended with bloodshed and death on a Sunday afternoon in Ridgely. Now, 18-year-old Latandria "Rudy" Kimble faces a likely indictment for first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Lake County General Sessions Court Judge Danny Goodman held a preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon and determined Wednesday afternoon that there was enough probable cause to bind the case over to the action of a grand jury. ...

Carter named semifinalist in Coca-Cola Scholars program (03/28/08)
Dyersburg High School senior Whitney Carter is the real thing. That statement may come as no surprise to the people who regularly encounter Carter through her many academic, sports and volunteer activities. But a recent letter received by the energetic student reveals that the opinion is now also shared by representatives of the Coca Cola Scholars prestigious scholarship program...

Northview Middle School play is Friday (03/27/08)

Bowyer's effort for new name for DSCC endorsed (03/26/08)
Dyersburg State Community College's name should be changed to Tennessee Western Community College, the Memphis public relations firm hired to study the matter told the school's Foundation Board on Tuesday. Archer>malmo recommended the new name at a luncheon in the college's new Learning Resource Center after presenting a detailed account of the data collected in a recent four-month study...

$2.2 million stadium renovation sought to lure national spotlight (03/26/08)
Dyersburg High School head football coach James Counce on Tuesday introduced his idea to make Dyersburg a brand name in sports and entertainment venues. The key -- a $2.2 million plan to renovate the 40-year-old J.C. Sawyers Stadium and lure a national college championship to the field...

Eight arrested in meth house move cases to grand jury (03/26/08)
A grand jury is expected to consider charges against eight persons arrested in connection with an alleged methamphetamine lab in Fowlkes. All eight appeared in Dyer County General Sessions Court on Monday, March 24. Six participated in preliminary hearings and two waived their rights to a hearing...

Woman ordered to repay child's transplant fund (03/25/08)
A Dyersburg woman must repay $10,590 missing from her grandson's transplant fund, a circuit court judge declared Monday afternoon. Phyllis D. Vaughn, 57, 711 Wendell Ave., was charged with theft of property in excess of $10,000. She and her husband, Charles Norman Vaughn Sr., were in charge of a fund to benefit their grandson, Odell Terry, a teen-aged cystic fibrosis patient...

DSCC Continuing Education classes start (03/24/08)
Continuing education classes offered April through June by Dyersburg State Community College will have participating area residents enjoying the outdoors with classes on chauffer training, motorcycle safety, dog obedience and digital photography. Tom Powers, a certified professional chauffer from California, who has driven celebrities including Bill Clinton, Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Jones and Arnold Schwarzenegger, will be the instructor for the Chauffer Training class at DSCC...

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