Dyersburg, Tennessee · Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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High: 30°F ~ Low: 16°F
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County school board awards contracts for new Fifth Consolidated (02/09/10)
The Dyer County School Board, by unanimous decision, awarded Forcum-Lannom Contractors the contract to be the construction manager for the new Fifth Consolidated Elementary School during their February meeting. Jim Boggan of McGhee, Nicholson & Burke Architects of Memphis will also be the architect on the project. They will receive $350,000 for their services, including civil engineering...
Teams prepare to Lose to Win (02/09/10)
Forty-eight teams registered Thursday for the fourth annual Lose to Win competition. The contest pits four-person teams against one another in a weight-loss challenge. The team losing the largest percentage of weight will win $1,000 cash and six-month memberships to both Ultimate Fitness and the YMCA...
County Commission meeting reset for Feb. 16 (02/09/10)
With snow falling Monday morning and forecasts calling for several inches of snow by evening, the Dyer County Commission postponed its regular monthly meeting. The county legislative body, which was supposed to meet at 7 p.m. Monday, is now scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Feb. 16 in the upstairs courtroom in the Dyer County Courthouse...
H.O.P.E. program rescheduled (02/09/10)
The community program to encourage and equip residents currently looking for employment or facing other struggles has been rescheduled due to inclement weather. Author Agnes O. Amos was scheduled to present a program at the Helping Our People Endure event co-sponsored by Holy Angels Catholic Church and Tucker Street Church on Sunday, Jan. 31. Due to a winter storm, the event has been rescheduled to Thursday, Feb. 25, at Tucker Street Church, located at 454 Tucker St., in Dyersburg...
Noon Rotary Rural/Urban Day is Thursday (02/09/10)
On Thursday, the Noon Rotary Club will sponsor the P.H. White Memorial Rotary Rural/Urban Day to be held at the Dyer County fairgrounds. This is the 14th year of the event, honoring and paying tribute to Dyer County's farming community. The late P.H. ...
County planners meet Thursday (02/09/10)
The Dyer County Regional Planning Commission is scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the county's Building and Zoning Department office, 1910 Pioneer Road. Items on the agenda include:...
Schools to dismiss early on Tuesday (02/08/10)
All schools within the Dyersburg City and Dyer County systems will dismiss students just after noon, on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Lunch will be served at school, with buses scheduled to run at 12:30 p.m. All teachers will be involved in staff development during the afternoon. Classes will resume at the regular time on Wednesday morning...
County commission postpones meeting (02/08/10)
With snow falling Monday morning and forecasts calling for up to 7 inches of snow by evening, the Dyer County Commission postponed its regular monthly meeting. The county legislative body, which was supposed to meet at 7 p.m. Monday, is now scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Feb. 16 in the upstairs...
Man sentenced to jail for animal cruelty (02/06/10)
A Dyersburg man who failed to seek medical help for his pet and allowed the dog's mouth to rot away will spend two days in jail. George Robertson Jr., 50, 1813 Schaffer St., pleaded guilty to a charge of cruelty to animals Tuesday in Dyersburg Municipal Court. ...
Election commission recommends prosecution of felon voters (02/06/10)
"With all expediency." These are the words that Dyer County Election Commission Chairman Joe Enoch used to describe how the process of pursuing legal action against felon voters should be handled. The commission is recommending that District Attorney General Phil Bivens prosecute convicted felons that have registered to vote in Dyer County...
Teams step up to Walk Across Tennessee (02/06/10)
The sixth annual Walk Across Tennessee kicked off Saturday with a ceremonial lap around the Dyersburg Mall, a Zumba demonstration and free health screenings. Walk Across Tennessee officially begins Monday when teams of eight persons exercise to accrue enough mileage to take an imaginary walk across the state. ...
County sees decline in health-cost reimbursements (02/06/10)
Fewer Dyer County employees have sought reimbursement for health costs this year than during the previous period last year. The Dyer County Commission's Insurance Committee learned Tuesday that the county had spent $39,060.38 from its health reimbursement account (HRA) between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2009. It spent $52,357.57 during the same time period in 2008...
Police: Suspect charged at officers with knife; King served time for murder, had long criminal history (02/05/10)
TWF youth hunt set for this weekend (02/05/10)
The Tennessee Wildlife Federation's second annual Davis P. Rice Youth Waterfowl Hunt will return to Dyersburg this weekend. The event includes a banquet at 6 p.m., on Friday, Feb. 5 at the Lannom Center, and an organized youth hunt on Saturday, Feb. 6...
Reelfoot Eagle Festival starts today (02/05/10)
The sixth annual Reelfoot Lake Eagle Festival begins today and runs through Sunday. American bald eagles migrate to Northwest Tennessee each winter from their summer homes in the upper Great Lakes and Canada. The eagles, which have 6- to 8-foot wingspans and weigh up to 16 pounds, have been returning to the open water, marshes and cypress-laden sloughs of Reelfoot Lake for generations...
Library brings back Read Across Town (02/05/10)
You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, To pick up a book and read with a child. You're never too busy, too cool or too hot, To pick up a book and share what you've got. In schools and communities, Let's gather around, Let's pick up a book, Let's pass it around...
TBI assists Colorado with cold case; public asked to help ID victims (02/04/10)
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is assisting a Colorado law enforcement agency on a cold case because investigators there have reason to believe one or both homicide victims may be from Tennessee. Their identities remain unknown to this day. The Archuleta County Sheriff's Department is seeking information from anyone who may know the identities of a man and a woman found murdered along the bank of the San Juan River at the New Mexico and Colorado border in the fall of 1982...
Resolution to change city charter fails at Trimble board meeting (02/04/10)
The issue of one of Trimble's contested sections of its charter was put to rest during Monday's meeting of the mayor and aldermen. In a vote of 3 to 2, the board failed to pass a resolution pertaining to the appointment of the town judge. In a meeting that lasted less than four minutes, Mayor James Davis asked the board to vote on Section 3.05 of the town's charter...
Man fatally shot as police serve warrant (02/03/10)
Winter storm causes several wrecks, but numbers considered low (02/03/10)
Friday's winter storm brought a lot of snow and caused numerous traffic accidents. Capt. Joel Deal of the Memphis District of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said troopers worked five accidents over the weekend, with only one of them involving injuries...
Cake auction brings Life Choices, Transitions 'Heart to Heart' (02/03/10)
Area residents can have their cake and sweeten the budgets of two ministries with the return of the Heart to Heart Cake Auction this Valentine's Day. Last February, Life Choices and Transitions of Dyer County joined together to revive a fundraiser that was formerly a tradition to benefit Young Life. The auction did so well that the organizations will offer a second helping on Friday, Feb. 12, in the fellowship hall at First Baptist Church...
DSCC hosts FAFSA Fever for financial aid (02/03/10)
Temperatures are rising at Dyersburg State Community College, with students, parents and counselors participating in FAFSA Fever now through Feb. 12. Last year, DSCC hosted its first FAFSA Fever to aid students and potential students in filling out their Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The result? An 85 percent increase over the year before in Tennessee Student Assistance Awards to DSCC students and the chance for 10 applicants to earn $100 from the college...
VITA site holds kickoff in DSCC LRC (02/03/10)
Volunteers with the Family Self-Sufficiency Alliance of West Tennessee joined community leaders, elected officials and college representatives Jan. 26 to kick off the third annual Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program in the Learning Resource Center at Dyersburg State Community College...
DHS Drama presents 'For Whom the Tinkerbell Tolls' this week (02/03/10)
Dyersburg High School Trojan Drama will present "For Whom the Tinkerbell Tolls" this week, with performances scheduled Thursday through Sunday in the DHS Little Theater. Local residents are invited to follow the antics of Snooks Beacon as his afterlife becomes complicated by a visit from the One in Charge and a mandatory 48-hour shift as the Grim Reaper. ...
City grants two beer permits; street dept. praised for work during snowstorm (02/02/10)
The February meeting of the Dyersburg City Board was short and sweet, with aldermen granting two beer permits and hearing aldermen reports in just five minutes. Two public hearings were held during New Business to award beer permits to Ranjodh S. Boparai, Surat Chatha and Kulwinder Kaur for Yours Gas and Food Mart LLC, located at 610 Tucker St., and to Tony Bacigalupo, Keith Robinson and Richie Gammons for Plantation Restaurant, located at 2100 Clubhouse Drive...