Entertainment

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...

Choral Society concert is Thursday (04/30/08)
Dyersburg State Community College and the Dyersburg Arts Council will present the Dyersburg Choral Society for the group's annual spring concert on Thursday, May 1. The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Cumberland Presbyt-erian Church. Admission is free...

Grassroots political movement scheduled to meet at Fairgrounds on May 3 (04/22/08)
A nascent political movement is scheduled to host an informational rally at the Dyer County Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 3. "It's a grassroots movement to get our politicians back to using the Constitution as the basis for their voting," said Fred Joyner of Jackson, who with wife of 51 years Shirley, and Jackson radio talk show host Steve Hilton, started the effort. "It's a way to air our displeasure."...

Christian folk-alternative band to perform at DSCC (04/03/08)
Caedmon's Call, a band whose song, "Ten Thousand Angels," was recently featured on an episode of "Grey's Anatomy", will perform in Dyersburg State Community College's E.H. Lannom Gym at 7 p.m. on Friday evening. The group, formed in 1993, has reunited with one of its founding members, Derek Webb, for its Overdressed tour to create a style that "fuses traditional folk with world music and alternative rock."...

Christian rock fest planned (03/26/08)
A new company has been formed to promote and produce Christian concerts and festivals in Jackson. Four men -- Hal Royce, Erik Baker, Ivan Hinds, and Steve Hilton -- have combined their experience in concerts, festivals, media, and art design to form Unite Productions, LLC...

Tri-county region easily meets state waste reduction goal (03/21/08)
Dyer, Crockett and Gibson counties produced less wastes in 2007 than the year before, and they sent a smaller percentage of those wastes to municipal landfills. The tri-county solid waste region easily surpassed a state-mandated 25 percent waste reduction goal. ...