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West Tennessee anti-terrorism efforts in hands of Assistant U.S. Attorney
(Local News ~ 02/20/03)
Information and education on terrorism in West Tennessee is being coordinated by two anti-terrorism task forces, both directed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Godwin. "There actually are two task forces that are dealing with terrorism in the western district of Tennessee," Godwin said by phone from his Memphis office on Wednesday. "One is the Joint Terrorism Task Force and the other is the Anti-Terrorism Task Force."...
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Bungling burglars break into house, steal truck
(Local News ~ 02/20/03)
Three adults and a juvenile were arrested Tuesday night after breaking into a house in the 600 block of Oak Ridge Road in the Lakewood Subdivision north of Dyersburg, but only after deputies surprised the group by blocking their exit from the area. According to the Dyer County Sheriff's Department, the owner called to report the break-in and burglary at 5:29 p.m. ...
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Traffic stop leads to meth charges
(Local News ~ 02/20/03)
The Dyer County Sheriff's Department made two major methamphetamine arrests early Monday morning, Sheriff Jeff Holt said. "One of our deputies made a routine traffic stop on Community Park Road at the Dyer County Fairgrounds shortly after 2 Monday morning," Holt said. "In the car we found 3.8 grams of methamphetamine and 1,057 grams of crushed pills used to make methamphetamine...
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DPS second-graders learning about nutrition
(Local News ~ 02/20/03)
Dyersburg Primary School second-grade teachers got a package of goodies Tuesday, but they won't be keeping the goodies to themselves. The pencils, games, trading cards and more will go to students who do well. The rewards are part of a nutrition lesson promoted by the Dyer County Health Department and the Tennessee Nutrition Consumer Education Program, which is coordinated by the Dyer County Extension Service...
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Tyson shows off tattoo, not much else
(High School Sports ~ 02/20/03)
TUNICA, Miss. (AP) - Mike Tyson gave the world a glimpse of the new tattoo on his face. What he didn't show was what kind of shape he was in or the shape of his often troubled mind. Tyson's handlers said that made little difference, considering he was fighting Clifford Etienne on Saturday night in a comeback fight. They figure even a mediocre Tyson was enough to take care of a mediocre opponent...
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Rosie Lee Battles
(Obituary ~ 02/20/03)
Rosie Lee Battles, 87, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired employee of Marrs Cleaners and a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Tabernacle Baptist Church with the Rev. Louis Hudson III officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Billy King Beaver
(Obituary ~ 02/20/03)
Billy King Beaver, 71, of Friendship, died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2003 at West Tennessee Skilled Nursing Center in Jackson. He was a retired farmer and bus driver for Dyer County School Systems for 22 years, an Army/National Guard veteran of the Korean conflict and a member of Elizabeth United Methodist Church where he served in the administrative council...
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Burning of an American flag
(Community News ~ 02/20/03)
Students at the Church of Jesus Christ Christian School in Dyersburg were taught there is a time and place for the burning of an American flag. Staff Sergeant Shane Anglin of Louisiana, standing in uniform at left, a U.S. Army recruiter stationed in Dyersburg, showed the students how to properly retire a flag by separating the field of stars from the stripes and then cutting each stripe away from the others. ...
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