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Thursday morning, August 9, Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box confirmed deputy Clint Wallace, 37, of Dyersburg, passed away while under the care of Regional One in Memphis. Wallace was being treated for critical injuries sustained following a one-vehicle crash on Wednesday, August 8, on U.S. 412 in Crockett County.

The Newbern Police Department is reaching out to the community for any information regarding the death of Jonathon Gage Trumble, who was killed in a shooting incident in the Miller Street area on Dec. 25, 2017. The death of Trumble remains under investigation, and family members continue to seek answers. ...

At approximately 9:35 p.m. on Wednesday, August 8, Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a 1-vehicle car crash resulting in the fatal injury of a 20-year old woman from Montgomery County.

The Dyersburg Fire Department recently announced the following promotions: Alan Dunevant – Shift Captain, Scotty Hollis – Lieutenant, Cain Johnson – Driver/ Operator.

The robbery suspect of Allen’s Grocery Store has died after succumbing to multiple gunshot wounds sustained during gunfire exchange with the owner of the store. Officers were notified of his death on Sunday, Aug. 12. The suspect was identified as Joshua Foster, 31 years of age. An affidavit was obtained charging Foster with especially aggravated robbery but he was not taken into custody due to his critical condition at Regional One...

The deadline for candidates vying for mayor and aldermen positions for the cities of Dyersburg and Newbern occurred Thursday at noon. Petitions were turned in to the Dyer County Election Commission for the November election. The local ballot consists of City of Dyersburg Mayor, City of Dyersburg Aldermen (3 at large and all wards), and Town of Newbern Aldermen (3 positions)...

Squaring off against the defending Class 3A state runner-up Covington, the Trojans were unable to overcome an early Charger touchdown as Dyersburg fell 16-6 to Covington in the 2018 STAR Physical Therapy/West TN Bone & Joint High School Football Jamboree at J.C. Sawyers Stadium on Friday night.

On Wednesday, Aug. 8, Little General in Newbern donated $1,000 to the Newbern Police Department, which will now go toward the department’s ongoing efforts to help underprivileged children in the community.

JASON PEEVYHOUSE jpeevyhouse@stategazette.com For the past nine seasons, Dyersburg’s volleyball team has been the class of Northwest Tennessee on the courts as the trek to Mufreesboro for the Lady Trojans has become a regular journey to end the season as one of the top eight teams in their class in the state...

On Friday Aug. 10, DCHS students in Mary Greer’s driver’s education class participated in distracted driving simulations provided Lt. Mark Covington of the Brownsville Police Department and officer Danny Tippit of the Newbern Police Department.

The robbery suspect of Allen’s Grocery Store has died after succumbing to multiple gunshot wounds sustained during gunfire exchange with the owner of the store. Officers were notified of his death on Sunday, Aug. 12. The suspect was identified as Joshua Foster, 31 years of age. An affidavit was obtained charging Foster with especially aggravated robbery but he was not taken into custody due to his critical condition at Regional One...

Local golfers had a strong showing during a five-team match on Monday afternoon at the farms and, when the boys results were tallied, both local schools were atop the leaderboard as Dyer County’s 169 was just good enough to best Dyersburg’s second-place finish by four strokes...