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Widow suspected in husband's death found shot dead
(Local News ~ 03/04/02)
A Dyersburg woman suspected of killing her husband with antifreeze was found shot dead in her home on Magnolia Avenue on Sunday evening. Capt. Don Newell, chief investigator for the Dyersburg Police Department, said Monday that the gunshot wound appears to be self-inflicted, although the body of Debbie Gatlin has been sent to the Shelby County Medical Examiner for autopsy. ...
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Rust purchases Iowa newspapers
(Local News ~ 03/04/02)
Rust Communications Inc., the parent company of the State Gazette and Dyersburg News, has acquired two more newspapers in Iowa - the daily Cherokee Daily Times and the semiweekly Chronicle, both in Cherokee, Iowa. The two papers have been merged into the Chronicle Times and will be published four afternoons a week; in addition a free distribution publication will be delivered each Tuesday...
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Abortion survivor speaking at Union City
(Local News ~ 03/04/02)
Want to meet the ultimate survivor? She'll be speaking at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Union City Civic Auditorium. She is Gianna Jessen. And she is an abortion survivor. Jessen was born on April 6, 1977 -- after her teen-aged biological mother, seven months pregnant, walked into a Los Angeles hospital seeking an abortion. ...
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Green power
(Local News ~ 03/04/02)
For the third year, Dyersburg Electric System has received the Tree Line USA designation from the National Arbor Day Foundation "We're proud of that," DES Manager Jimmy Williamson said Friday. "Even though some people think we don't like trees, we do and we're doing all we can to preserve them and to plant more."...
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Motorcycle theft plea brings three-year prison sentence, revocation of probation
(Local News ~ 03/04/02)
A Dyersburg man was sentenced in Dyer County Circuit Court Tuesday to serve three years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of stealing a motorcycle. Michael Lynn Mims, 22, of 770 Christie St., pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of property worth less than $10,000...
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Stinkbugs sneak under radar in high-tech assault on pests
(Local News ~ 03/04/02)
In the war against bugs, farmers have turned to high-tech ideas. They're using genetically modified seeds that reduce the need for pesticides. They're applying insecticides that target specific species instead of a broad range of bugs. They're trying to drive the boll weevil into extinction with timely applications of malathion...
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DSCC mulls cuts under "no new taxes" budget
(Local News ~ 03/04/02)
The "no new taxes" state budget proposed by House Finance Chairman Matt Kisber will leave Dyersburg State little choice but to limit the number students who attend next fall. This will be done either by raising fees, which will make it more difficult for members of low-income families to enroll, or by decreasing the number of class offerings...
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State auditors, county attorney dispute method of funding county's rural fire protection.
(Local News ~ 03/04/02)
State auditors claim the way Dyer County funds its rural fire protection violates state law, but the county's attorney thinks they are wrong. "The (state) attorney general has issued several opinions confirming that the way we're operating is fine," J. Michael Gauldin said Friday. "This is a conflict between the attorney general and the auditors."...
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Abuse suspected in child's death
(Local News ~ 03/04/02)
Lake County authorities say injuries that killed a Tiptonville girl Friday are consistent with physical abuse. Timothy Hayes, of Paris, a friend of the child's mother, was arrested Friday in Camden while driving the mother's car and charges are expected to filed against him tomorrow, police sources said...
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2002 TSSAA Boys' Sub-State Pairings
(High School Sports ~ 03/04/02)
Monday, March 4 Class A Sunbright (Runner-Up Region 2) vs. Unaka (Region 1 Champion) at Happy Valley High School Hancock County (Runner-Up Region 1) vs. Oneida (Region 2 Champion) at Oneida High School Westmoreland (Runner-Up Region 4) vs. Temple (Region 3 Champion) Temple School Chattanooga Tyner (Runner-Up Region 3) vs. Pickett County (Region 4 Champion) at Pickett County High School...
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BTW a mirror image of Dyer Co. squad
(High School Sports ~ 03/04/02)
Good shooters, a solid inside game and plenty of speed are some of the qualities of a Dyer County team seeking its second consecutive trip to the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association's boys' state basketball tournament. According to Butch Hopkins, head coach of the Choctaws, the same qualities also describe the Booker T. ...
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7-AA crown nice fit on DC boys
(High School Sports ~ 03/04/02)
SOMERVILLE - Dyer County didn't open up the Region 7-AA championship game against Haywood County very well, but a strong finish gave the Choctaws their second consecutive regional crown. The Choctaws turned an early deficit into a second-quarter advantage and controlled the game the rest of the evening on the way to a 64-48 victory. ...
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Jayroe Ballard
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Jayroe Ballard, 72, of Dyersburg, died Friday, March 1, 2002 at his residence. He was a retired maintenance worker at Ripley High School and a member of Midway Assembly of God Church.
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Harvey Barrett Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Harvey Barrett, Sr., 88, of Dyersburg, died Friday, March 1, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a farmer.
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Mattie P. Dunn
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Mattie P. Dunn, 91, of Dyersburg, died Friday, March 1, 2002, at Oakwood Community Living Center. She was a homemaker.
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Quinton Albert Haynes
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Quinton Albert Haynes, 83, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, March 3, 2002, at his residence. He was a retired employee of Heckethorn Manufacturing, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a member of Evansville Free Holiness Church.
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Alfred Hicks
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Alfred Hicks, 78, of Newbern, died Sunday, March 3, 2002, at Humboldt General Hospital. He was a retired farmer, a U.S. Army veteran and a Baptist.
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Dora May Richardson
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Dora May Richardson, 68, of Union City, formerly of Dyer County, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002. She was a nutrition coordinator at the Senior Citizen Center and a Baptist.
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Bethel Ring
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Bethel Ring, 85, of Shepherdsville, Ky., formerly of Ridgely, died Saturday, March 2, 2002 at Lakeview Nursing Home. She was a nurses aide and a member of Little Flock Baptist Church in Hillcrest, Ky.
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Bobby Sweat
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Bobby Sweat, 57, of Finger, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, March 2, 2002 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was a self-employed contractor and a member of Calvary Hill Baptist Church in Dyersburg.
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Debbie Gatlin
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Debbie Gatlin died Sunday, March 3, 2002, at her residence.
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Bessie Lee Sims
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Bessie Lee Sims died Sunday, March 3, 2002, at her residence.
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Caitlin Michelle Young
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Caitlin Michelle Young, 3, of Tiptonville, died Friday, March 1, 2002, at LeBonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis.
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Billie Joe Young
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Billie Joe Young, 71, of Newbern, died Saturday, March 2, 2002, at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a retired agent for the I.C. Railroad, a U.S. Air Force veteran and attended Phillips Street Church of Christ.
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Rachel Tipton
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Rachel Tipton, 49, of Dyersburg, died Friday, March 1, 2002, at Oakwood Community Living Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church.
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Frances Thedford
(Obituary ~ 03/04/02)
Frances Thedford, 78, of Dyersburg, died Friday, March 1, 2002 at Methodist Hospital North in Memphis. She was a retired assembly worker for Oldberg Manufacturing and attended Lake Road Church of Christ.
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He knows what a miracle he is
(Community News ~ 03/04/02)
Dyersburg attorney Noel H. "Skip" Riley believes he is fortunate to be alive and he has evidence to prove it. "I guess you're looking at a miracle," he said during a recent interview. "There's no other way to describe it." Riley is an alcoholic who has been in recovery for eight years and sober for five. ...
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Family tradition of military service honored
(Community News ~ 03/04/02)
Bill Emge of Trimble gingerly opened a small cardboard box. Inside, on the velvet lining, lay a bronze medal with a yellow, red and green ribbon. While the medal honors Emge for serving in the Vietnam War, it also serves as a perpetual memorial to a family tradition of military service. The medal - known as the Cross of Military Service - is given only to persons who both served in the military during wartime and who had an ancestor in the Confederate forces during the Civil War...
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Dyersburg celebrates Read Across America
(Community News ~ 03/04/02)
Children from across Dyer County joined millions of other Americans on Saturday in the fifth annual Read Across America sponsored by the National Education Association. With a steady mist of rain enveloping Veterans Square in Dyersburg, opening ceremonies for the "Read Around Town Read-a-thon" were moved indoors to the annex of the First Baptist Church. ...
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Two Dyer County 4-H'ers win district contests
(Community News ~ 03/04/02)
Kris Newsom and Meredith McBride won top honors Saturday for their public speaking and poster-making abilities. Newsom, a Three Oaks Middle School seventh-grader, won first place in the 4-H District Public Speaking Contest at Freed-Hardeman University. ...
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