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Bush, Pentagon assess damage of initial attacks on Iraq
(Local News ~ 03/20/03)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush conferred with his national security adviser early Thursday on the initial strikes against Iraq, as officials tried to determine whether the attack aimed at killing Saddam Hussein had succeeded. Bush called his Cabinet to the White House for a mid-afternoon war update, a day after he told a global audience that war in Iraq ''could be long and more difficult than some expected.''...
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U.S. forces unleash first salvos against Saddam; Iraq responds with missiles aimed at Kuwait
(Local News ~ 03/20/03)
U.S. forces launched their long-awaited war against Saddam Hussein, targeting him personally with a barrage of cruise missiles and bombs as a prelude to invasion. Iraq responded hours later, firing missiles Thursday toward American troops positioned just across its border with Kuwait...
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8-cent city property-tax increase possible
(Local News ~ 03/20/03)
A statewide cut in county and municipal shared tax revenues will mean a loss of $191,000 for Dyersburg and that could translate into an 8-cent increase in the city's property-tax rate. That was the statement of Alderman Bob Kirk before the Board of Mayor and Aldermen Tuesday night. ...
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Three juveniles charged with animal cruelty ordered to undergo evaluations; appeal hearing today
(Local News ~ 03/20/03)
Three juveniles accused of animal cruelty on Dyer County High School agricultural property were ordered on Wednesday to undergo 30-day mental evaluations by Juvenile Referee Lyman Ingram. "I have to be very careful, especially in juvenile cases, to rule without hurting anybody," Ingram told the three and their parents. "This is really in your interest because it treats all of you the same as the young man I sent for an evaluation last week."...
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Probation revoked after woman admits drug use
(Local News ~ 03/20/03)
A Dyersburg woman who admitted Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court she used drugs while on probation had her probation revoked and was taken from court to jail. "You've had two chances at probation and a chance to go to rehabilitation and I believe you're playing games with us," said Judge Lee Moore at the conclusion of a probation revocation hearing for Kimberly Jean Etheridge, 27, of 706 St. John Ave. "Miss Etheridge, this court's done everything it can to help you...
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Fisk nominated for Mr. Basketball award
(High School Sports ~ 03/20/03)
Brian Lee Fisk of Dyer County High School has been described by some as the best AA basketball player in Tennessee and sportswriters across the state may concur with that assessment next Thursday, March 27, when the Mr. Basketball winners are announced in Memphis...
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G.B. Trulove
(Obituary ~ 03/20/03)
G.B. Trulove, 64, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at Maplewood Health Care in Jackson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Gladys Ellis
(Obituary ~ 03/20/03)
Gladys Ellis, 92, of Dyersburg, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Jennifer Renay Jones Pruitt
(Obituary ~ 03/20/03)
Jennifer Renay Jones Pruitt, 24, of Ripley, died Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. She was an employee of Applebee's of Dyersburg and a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Ripley. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Halls Cemetery...
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Students plant 150 trees on DCHS campus
(Community News ~ 03/20/03)
Dyer County High School students took a 30-minute break from regular classes Tuesday afternoon to do something most of them had never done. They planted trees -- 150 of them. Carin Cobb, a senior, admitted she'd never planted a tree until Tuesday. She accepted the assignment with gusto, helping to plant four crepe myrtles at the school entrance. Her hands were dirty and her shoes covered with mud, but she didn't mind...
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DHS students are Orlando bound
(Community News ~ 03/20/03)
Six Dyersburg High School seniors will head for Orlando, Fla., on April 26 to compete in the national DECA competitions after winning at the state business-marketing contest in Nashville this month. Megan Madden won in the Entrepreneurship category. Amy Moore and Courtney Crocker excelled in Financial Team Management. Monica Moody and Micki Gerlach were winners in Travel and Tourism Team Management and Edric Gaylor won in Quick Serve Restaurant Management...
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