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On Thursday, April 19, at approximately 5:57 a.m, the Dyer County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a motorist that a subject was lying in the roadway on an isolated area of Bean Mill Rd. just outside the city limits.

On Friday, April 13, Newbern City Recorder Jason Roberts was placed on administrative leave with pay from his position pending an investigation into allegations made against him in a formal complaint.

On Saturday, April 14, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Dyersburg Police responded to Tennova Hospital in reference to a gunshot victim. Officers arrived and found a 23 year-old male from Dyersburg suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim reported he was shot while at a residence in the 1200 block of Southern Ave. in Dyersburg. Police reported the shooter to be a 15-year old male juvenile from Dyersburg, who had fled the scene following the shooting.

On Tuesday evening, over 40 Dyersburg High School students participated in a sexual assault awareness meeting inside the school’s atrium. The meeting was sponsored by the DHS Advocate’s Club and gave students insight on sexual assault and its impact on victims.

RACHEL TOWNSEND rtownsend@stategazette.com During a preliminary hearing held in Lauderdale County General Session Court on Thursday, April 12, at approximately 10 a.m., the case of 32-year-old Dyer County man Charles Cook was bound over to Circuit Court after a victim testimony was heard by Judge Janice Craig. The new hearing date is set for Monday, June 11 at 9:30 a.m...

BRANDON HUTCHESON bhutcheson@stategazette.com Late Friday morning, the City of Dyersburg Finance Committee convened at City Hall in the upstairs conference room to discuss the audit for fiscal year ending in June 30, 2017. Kevin Howe, CPA with Alexander Thompson Arnold, also met with the committee to discuss the audit findings...

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com While Dyersburg fans only got to see seniors Faith Sherrow and Samariah Thompson play together on the court for roughly a season and a half, black and gold faithful will be able to keep tabs on the college duo by following Martin Methodist as the duo signed to continue their basketball careers with the Lady Redhawks in Pulaski on Wednesday...

On Tuesday, Congressman David Kustoff launched his campaign for re-election. The 8th District of Tennessee representative placed Dyer County on the first day of his three-day, 15-county tour with a stop at the Dyer County Courthouse at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Over 30 local leaders and elected officials attended to hear the representative speak.