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Hospital sold
(Local News ~ 09/26/02)
A Brentwood-based firm specializing in the operation of rural hospitals is purchasing from Methodist Healthcare seven hospitals in West Tennessee, including the Dyersburg campus. A price was not disclosed. Community Health Systems is expecting to close the sale by Dec. 1, when all employees of Methodist facilities in Dyersburg, Brownsville, Jackson, Lexington, Martin, McKenzie and Selmer will become CHS employees...
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Fugitive waives hearing; case to grand jury
(Local News ~ 09/26/02)
An Oklahoma man who led Dyersburg police on a high-speed chase into Lauderdale County earlier this month waived a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Dyersburg city court. Mark Allen Stacey, 31, was bound over to grand-jury action. Stacey is charged in Dyersburg with felony evading arrest, theft of property worth more than $500 and theft of property worth less than $500...
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About Community Health Systems
(Local News ~ 09/26/02)
CHS is the largest non-urban provider of general hospital healthcare services in the U.S. in terms of number of acute care facilities and the second largest in terms of revenues. As of August 1, 2002 CHS owned 61 hospitals, geographically diversified across 21states, with an aggregate of 6,081 licensed beds. In 87 percent of its markets, CHS is the sole provider of general hospital healthcare services...
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City changes insecticide to deal with West Nile mosquitoes
(Local News ~ 09/26/02)
The Public Works Department has switched to a more effective mosquito-control chemical in the face of growing regional concerns over the West Nile virus. Health officials have identified 26 confirmed or probable human cases of West Nile virus and four deaths in Tennessee this year. Twenty of the patients and two of the deaths involved Shelby County residents. Older people are at greatest risk of a potentially fatal inflammation of the brain as a result of West Nile...
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Unfinished business
(High School Sports ~ 09/26/02)
After blowing the lead and a chance to compete for the national championship to a second team quarterback and tailback from LSU in the SEC title game last year, someone in Knoxville came up with the catchy slogan "Unfinished Business." Hang onto those tee shirts and posters guys, you can re-cycle them for 2003...
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A steady service attack helped the Dyersburg Middle School Lady Trojans to a 15-2, 15-6 victory
(High School Sports ~ 09/26/02)
RIPLEY -- A steady service attack helped the Dyersburg Middle School Lady Trojans to a 15-2, 15-6 victory over Lauderdale Middle School in volleyball action on Tuesday. In 'B' team action on Tuesday, Dyersburg battled for a 15-10, 12-15, 15-12 win. ...
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These girls are some really Bad Cats
(High School Sports ~ 09/26/02)
Being a member of the Dyersburg High School Lady Trojans soccer team isn't just about playing hard for 80 minutes. It isn't about having a certain mind frame or scoring the most goals. It's about being a Bad Cat. The Lady Trojans currently are marching toward a chance of repeating as District 13AAA champions later next month. ...
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Mary Fay Byrd
(Obituary ~ 09/26/02)
Mary Fay Byrd, 61, of Arlington, formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002 at her residence. She was a retired cosmetologist and a member of Bellevue Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Stan Pruitt officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...
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Cecelia M. Foley
(Obituary ~ 09/26/02)
Cecelia M. Foley, 83, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a retired hospital dietician, a member of West Dyersburg Church of Christ and Dyersburg Senior Citizens Association. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Lowes, Ky. Cemetery with Brother Rick Crawford officiating...
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Athlyn Goodwin
(Obituary ~ 09/26/02)
Athlyn Goodwin, 93, of Brandon, Miss., formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Miss. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Raymond Boston officiating...
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Jean Page
(Obituary ~ 09/26/02)
Jean Page, 68, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Hawthorne Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Barry Greenlee officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens in Dyersburg...
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James Roy Patterson
(Obituary ~ 09/26/02)
James Roy Patterson, 71, of Finley, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired employee of Dyer County Board of Education and a member of Junction Church of God. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Junction Church of God with the Rev. Kenny Chessor officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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L.M. Austin
(Obituary ~ 09/26/02)
L.M. Austin, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Gerald Lawrence O'Malley
(Obituary ~ 09/26/02)
Gerald Lawrence O'Malley, 87, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002 at his residence. He was a retired dyeing supervisor for Dyersburg Fabrics, a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, and a 12-year Red Coat volunteer for Methodist Hospital...
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Career Fair draws students from four counties
(Community News ~ 09/26/02)
More than 2,500 students from Lauderdale, Obion, Dyer and Lake County school systems attended the Four County Career Fair Wednesday and Thursday at the E. H. Lannom Gymnasium on the Dyersburg State campus. The annual event, which was held between 8:30 and 11:35 a.m., drew a total of 49 companies and organizations in the region. ...
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