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Thacker murder trial starts Monday in Tiptonville
(Local News ~ 02/04/02)
Steven Ray Thacker, accused killer of Dyersburg businessman Ray Patterson, is scheduled to go on trial for his life Monday morning in Tiptonville. Thacker is accused of stabbing Patterson, 52, to death at Patterson's downtown Dyersburg service station on Jan. 2, 2000...
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Three states eye death penalty for Thacker
(Local News ~ 02/04/02)
Steven Ray Thacker's capital murder trial in Tiptonville is just the first chapter of what promises to be a complicated and lengthy judicial process for the accused killer. The trial started this morning at 9 a.m. at the Lake County Courthouse. Thacker, 31, of Chouteau, Okla., is accused of committing three murders in a 10-day period during the Christmas-New Year's holiday of 1999-2000. Thacker is accused of killing three people during his 10-day, three-state killing spree...
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Evidence of cause found at crash site
(Local News ~ 02/04/02)
Alcohol could be a contributing factor to the Saturday-morning accident on the Lake Road Extension that killed a 10-year-old girl, the incident report from the Dyersburg Police Department said. Investigators reportedly found a champagne bottle in the wreckage of the Jeep Cherokee, which was driven by Sammy Smith, 22. ...
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Public's confidence in government needs to be restored: Norris
(Local News ~ 02/04/02)
Mark Norris of Collierville, a Memphis suburb, will become the incumbent senator representing Dyer County in November. Norris, a Republican, picked up Dyer County as part of his district as a result of redistricting required by the results of the 2000 federal census. ...
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Pinion has commercial ties to Dyer County
(Local News ~ 02/04/02)
Phillip Pinion, who will run as an incumbent to represent most of Dyer County, including a small part of Dyersburg, is a businessman who has commercial ties to Dyer County. "I have a wholesale business with Knott's Foods in Obion, Lake and Dyer counties," he said during an interview with the editorial board of the State Gazette. ...
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New Dyersburg state representative Fitzhugh has roots in Dyer County
(Local News ~ 02/04/02)
The man who will be an incumbent this August in the state House district including part of southern Dyer County and most of Dyersburg never has represented Dyer County residents before. But Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley, has roots in Dyer County. "My father, Jim Fitzhugh, was born in Fowlkes and lived in Dyersburg until 1940," Fitzhugh, 51, said during a recent interview with the editorial board of the State Gazette's. ...
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New board proposed to study 911 unification
(Local News ~ 02/04/02)
Dyersburg Alderman Bob Dean this week said he and other members of the 911 board would like to see an independent study group established to consider the possibility of unifying the Emergency 911 services of Dyersburg, Dyer County and Newbern. This special task force would be composed of representatives from the 911 board, Newbern, Dyersburg and Dyer County officials, and area business leaders and technical experts from outside local government. ...
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Three Oaks girls win Crockett Co. invitational event
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/02)
A Thursday night trip to Alamo produced two pieces of post-season tournament hardware for the Three Oaks teams - the consolation prize for the Eagles and the championship trophy for the Lady Eagles. The Three Oaks boys wrapped up their campaign with a 40-36 triumph over Dresden in the Crockett County Invitational's consolation game. The TOMS girls won the top prize, besting Trenton 31-21, to end their year with event championship...
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Players suspended following fight at DCHS
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/02)
A fourth-quarter fight in the basketball game at Newbern Friday night that resulted in the ejection of two Dyer County players will keep the duo sidelined for the final week of the regular season. According to Butch Hopkins, head coach of the Choctaws, the team will play at Union City on Tuesday and at Martin Westview on Friday without the services of starters Perry Powell and Montrell Crittendon...
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Dyersburg clubs claim district wins over host Cougars
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/02)
JACKSON - The home team had big homecoming plans, but squads from Dyersburg spoiled the party. In basketball action Friday night at Oman Arena, the Lady Trojans and Trojans recorded a pair of District 13-AAA wins over the clubs from Jackson Central-Merry. After the DHS girls booked a 42-34 triumph in the opener, the Dyersburg boys made it a sweep with a 65-44 victory in the nightcap...
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DC teams sweep Obion Co.
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/02)
With a new high school nearing completion just a few miles down the road, the Dyer County clubs closed out the regular-season slate in the current facility in a sweep of District 13-AA rivals from Obion County Central. After the Lady Choctaws booked a 60-39 triumph in the opener, the DC boys rolled up an 80-44 victory in the nightcap...
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Mary W. Brashier
(Obituary ~ 02/04/02)
Mary W. Brashier, 89, of Dyersburg died Friday, February 1, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare - Dyersburg Hospital. She was a retired homemaker and the widow of Elmer Brashier.
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Eddie Britton Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/04/02)
Eddie Britton Jr., 55, of Obion, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a wastewater technician with Heckethorn Manufacturing Company.
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Wanda Lorane Elmore
(Obituary ~ 02/04/02)
Wanda Lorane Elmore, 55, of Friendship, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2002 at her residence. She was a cashier for Wal-Mart and a member of Cairo Church of God.
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Arlene Harrington
(Obituary ~ 02/04/02)
Arlene Harrington, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002 at her residence.
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Wastille Louise Jones
(Obituary ~ 02/04/02)
Wastille Louise Jones, 77, of Clarksville, died Saturday, February 2, 2002 at Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville. She was born in Dyer County on October 7, 1924 to Cecil and Iva Ozment Smith. She was a retired employee of Jostens and was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church...
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Dorris E. Koch
(Obituary ~ 02/04/02)
Dorris E. Koch, of Dyersburg, formerly of St. Louis, Mo., died Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital.
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Grace M. Strickland
(Obituary ~ 02/04/02)
Grace M. Strickland, 93, of Jackson, formerly of Dyersburg, died Friday, February 1, 2002 at Bells Nursing Home in Bells. She was a homemaker and the widow of C. W. Strickland. She was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Dyersburg.
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Peace will glow forever in brother's New York images
(Community News ~ 02/04/02)
Two photographs hanging in the Dyersburg Mall office have special meaning for mall manager Brooke Emery. They depict the World Trade Center as it was in Christmas 2000 with a simple message in lights: Peace on Earth. Her brother, Beaird Glover of Memphis, took the photographs with a wide-angle lens with a macro attachment that gives the images a rounded fish-eye appearance. ...
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Dyer County homecoming royalty
(Community News ~ 02/04/02)
Crowned during the halftime of the Dyer County-Obion County basketball game on Friday night was the 2002 homecoming royalty. At center, Michelle Pirtle reigns as queen with her court. From left: Danielle Pirtle, Kasey Bryant, Michelle Pirtle, Clarissa Wesley and Rachel Davidson...
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