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Early Thursday morning, Caterpillar Inc. announced to employees plans to close its Dyersburg facility. Reaching out to Caterpillar’s Corporate Office regarding the closing and its impact on the Dyer County community, Caterpillar issued the following release:

Billed as one of the top 3 arts and crafts festivals in Tennessee, the 46th annual Reelfoot Arts and Crafts is set for the weekend of Friday, Sept. 29 through Sunday, Oct. 1. Located on the shores of historic Reelfoot Lake, outside of Tiptonville, the festival began in 1971, and annually attracts over 40,000 people from across the country...

On Sept. 6, at approximately 9:34 a.m., deputies of the Dyer County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call reporting a suspicious vehicle sitting in a bean field off of Great River Road.

At approximately 4:25 p.m. Tuesday, THP responded to a one-vehicle MVA on Garhill Road, north of Upper Finley Road. According to THP, 23-year-old Adam Yants was traveling south on Garhill Road in a 2010 Nissan Versa when he lost control of the vehicle on wet packed grass on the roadway.

On Thursday evening, the sound of rumbling motorcycles filled the air as riders from the annual St. Jude Rides, benefitting St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, made their annual stop in Dyersburg. Beginning in Peoria, Illinois, well over 220 bikes travelled to Dyersburg, where riders stayed overnight in various lodging accommodations before departing for Memphis Friday morning.

On Saturday night, shortly before 9 p.m., an accident at the Dyer County Fair resulted in at least 10 injuries, with two of those injured ultimately airlifted to Regional One in Memphis.

Monday morning, Dyersburg Fire Department responded to a house fire occurring in the P building at Greentree Apartments, located 725 Hwy. 51 Bypass.

Dyersburg Police is asking the public for assistance in identifying the person in the photo that was involved in a substantial theft from the Dyersburg Wal-Mart.

Pictured above, members of the Dyer County Jail’s Re-entry Program are seen performing community service at locations including McIver’s Grant Public Library and Fowlkes Baptist Church, located in the Four Points community.

On Sept. 11, a 2015 study on burglaries across the nation caught the attention of many Dyer County residents, who were led to believe that Dyersburg’s burglary rate was considered the highest across the state of Tennessee, with Memphis ranking second.

Dyersburg Police is asking the public for assistance in identifying the person in the photo that was involved in a substantial theft from the Dyersburg Wal-Mart.

Early Thursday morning, Caterpillar Inc. announced to employees plans to close its Dyersburg facility. Reaching out to Caterpillar’s Corporate Office regarding the closing and its impact on the Dyer County community, Caterpillar issued the following release:

On Sept. 6, at approximately 9:34 a.m., deputies of the Dyer County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call reporting a suspicious vehicle sitting in a bean field off of Great River Road.

Noah Flatman is the son of Kathy and Timothy Flatman and is a senior at Dyersburg High School. According to Flatman’s instructor Robert Jackson, Noah is currently participating in the welding program and has already decided that he wants to pursue welding as a career. ...

On Sept. 11, a 2015 study on burglaries across the nation caught the attention of many Dyer County residents, who were led to believe that Dyersburg’s burglary rate was considered the highest across the state of Tennessee, with Memphis ranking second.