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A modern-day gypsy, 51-year-old artist Angel Sewell is the definition of a rolling stone. Along with her sidekick, an 11-year-old pit bull named Speck, she has placed hundreds of miles of highway between herself and family while working abroad.

On Tuesday morning inside the baseball locker room at DHS, Principal Kim Worley announced to members of the program a new head coach has been hired to fill the vacancy left when former coach Chris Messer was relieved of his duties.

BRANDON HUTCHESON bhutcheson@stategazette.com Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee visited Dyer County Wednesday evening as part of his Tennessee Town Hall tour. Lee, wife Maria, and his team arrived at Dave’s on the Square in downtown Dyersburg at 5:30 p.m., where they were met by nearly 30 local residents...

A 23-year-old Dyer County man was treated at West Tennessee Healthcare Wednesday, June13, after sustaining a gunshot wound to his right arm. According to Newbern Police Department, Newbern police officers Tim Wright and Brandon Alexander, along with deputies of the Dyer County Sheriff’s Department, responded to a call regarding shots fired in the North Grayson Street area at approximately 11 p.m.

The City of Dyersburg is proud to announce that Capt. Brett Sipes has been promoted to fire chief of the City of Dyersburg Fire Department. Chief Sipes began his career with the Dyersburg Fire Department on Aug. 28, 1995 as a firefighter. He was promoted to driver in August 2003, lieutenant in April 2009, and on to shift captain in November 2014...

What do you do when stray animals are taking over your neighborhood?

On June 14, 2018, the 29th Judicial District of the West Tennessee Violent Crime and Drug Task Force, under the direction of District Attorney General Danny Goodman, arrested 7 individuals in Union City after indictments were handed down from the Dyer County Grand Jury on Monday, June 11, 2018...

At 11:44 a.m. Friday, the Dyersburg Fire Department responded to a house fire at 119 Butterworth Avenue. Firefighters from all three DFD stations were on the scene for nearly 4 hours, battling the fire, smoke, and the 90-plus degree weather.

On Tuesday afternoon, Ryan Wood was named the new head baseball coach at Brighton High School, accepting the role following former head coach Michael Wickersham’s departure to take over the baseball program at Gibson County.

On June 13, following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct and workplace harassment on the part of Newbern Mayor Justin Wright, asserted by six employees of the City of Newbern, the Law Offices of Lannom Coronado Haight Pllc issued a 10-page report of allegations and attorney recommendations.

That’s it, we’ve crossed the finish line of another high school sports season here in Dyer County with the Choctaws, Lady Trojans, Trojans and Lady Choctaws. The past year was one which saw some growth for our programs as new players stepped up, older players carried on traditions and some teams made it past their advances from last season to show the progress which we all hope continues when the next school year begins in about two months...

On June 13, following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct and workplace harassment on the part of Newbern Mayor Justin Wright, asserted by six employees of the City of Newbern, the Law Offices of Lannom Coronado Haight Pllc issued a 10-page report of allegations and attorney recommendations.

The City of Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen convened Monday evening inside the Municipal Building courtroom at 7 p.m. for their second meeting in the month of June.

A 23-year-old Dyer County man was treated at West Tennessee Healthcare Wednesday, June13, after sustaining a gunshot wound to his right arm. According to Newbern Police Department, Newbern police officers Tim Wright and Brandon Alexander, along with deputies of the Dyer County Sheriff’s Department, responded to a call regarding shots fired in the North Grayson Street area at approximately 11 p.m.

What do you do when stray animals are taking over your neighborhood?

Our look back at the school year of sports that was picks up where we left off during basketball season. After a banner year for the Dyersburg Trojan basketball teams, many people were surely wondering what head coach Blaine Mahaffey and his returning players could do for an encore to a season which saw the black and gold rise to the top of the polls...