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Secretary chases man downtown after theft from purse (04/30/08)
A Memphis man was arrested for theft on Tuesday after a woman whose pocketbook he stole chased him into the Dyer County Courthouse. James Jones, 60, 2815 Bay Wood in Memphis, was booked into the Dyer County Jail on a $500 bond. Teresa Shell, a legal secretary in attorney Ralph Lawson's 306 S. Church Ave. law office, said she and Lawson were talking about a case in the office's back room at about 1:45 p.m. when she heard the door open, then close a few seconds later...

Challenger withdraws from 82nd House race (04/29/08)
The Alamo resident challenging State Rep. Craig Fitzhugh for his seat in the 82nd House District said on Monday had made a decision to withdraw from the race. Brian Black, who manages the Crockett County 911 service, sent an e-mail to the State Gazette and weekly newspapers Crockett Times, the Lauderdale County Enterprise and Lauderdale Voice stating his intention to leave the contest...

House won't get resolution on new name (03/30/08)
State Rep. Craig Fitzhugh, who represents the geographic area that includes the main Dyersburg State Community College campus, said he is "in no rush to judgment" to vote on the college's name change. The Tenn-essee Board of Regents on Friday voted to change DSCC's name to "Tennessee Western Community College."...

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...

Bowyer suggests name to boards (03/23/08)
DSCC President Dr. Karen Bowyer on Thursday announced her recommendation for the new name of Dyersburg State Community College. Bowyer will recommend to the Board of Regents that DSCC's title become "Tennessee Western Community College." The decision will be brought before the DSCC Foundation Board on Tuesday,...

Newbern board approves rezoning Highway 77 corridor to spur growth (03/20/08)
The Newbern City Board on Tuesday approved rezoning a strip along Highway 77 from residential to commercial to encourage retail development. A public hearing at 6:30 p.m. drew little comment, though the board -- aldermen Mary Dycus, Robert Hart, Bill Parks, Larry Fesmire, Olen Parker and Kathy Clements -- discussed the two residential houses currently occupied in the rezoning area...

Alderman voted to approve rezoning of his son's land (03/20/08)
Newbern alderman Bill Parks voted to approve rezoning land his son owns along Highway 77. "I didn't even think about it," said Parks. "He does own that land." Parks's son, farmer and building contractor John Parks, owns 53.59 acres on the north side of 77 immediately east of the Graystone Subdivision. Of that parcel, 7.2 acres is inside the Newbern city limits; the northern remainder lies in the county...

Arts Council to host one-man performance of American icon (03/20/08)
Special to the State Gazette "The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has!" "Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what's going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House?" "I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they do today."...

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