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Man pleads guilty after girl dies in crash
(Local News ~ 03/25/03)
A Dyersburg man charged with vehicular assault in the death of a girl riding in his vehicle on Feb. 2, 2002, has pleaded guilty in Dyer County Circuit Court. Sammy D. Smith Jr., 23, of the 400 block of Martin Luther King Dr., pleaded guilty March 11 and awaits judicial sentencing on May 6...
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State rates Reelfoot spillway bridge as 'fair'
(Local News ~ 03/25/03)
State bridge inspectors Monday examined the Reelfoot Lake spillway bridge from the top of Highway 21 down as far as the water level would allow. Then, they gave it the second-highest rating possible. "From what I've seen, this bridge would be 'fair,'" said Jim Akin, a TDOT bridge engineer from Jackson. ...
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Couple robbed at gunpoint in home invasion
(Local News ~ 03/25/03)
Police are continuing their search for the suspect of the armed robbery of a residence on the 700 block of Christie Street on Sunday, where the unknown suspect forced his way into the home and forced a couple at gunpoint to open a safe in the bedroom...
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Wholesale beer tax nets more than $500,000 for Dyersburg, Dyer County
(Local News ~ 03/25/03)
Dyersburg and Dyer County received more than a half-million dollars between them in 2002 from the state's 17 percent wholesale beer tax. The figures were supplied by the Tennessee Malt Beverage Association and confirmed by Dyer County Trustee Judy Patton and Dyersburg City Treasurer Robert Reed. ...
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Wild turkey season open March 29th
(High School Sports ~ 03/25/03)
The Tennessee wild turkey season will officially open on March 29 and will run through May 6. All counties across Tennessee will be open for wild turkey hunting this year. Most Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) will be conducting special wild turkey hunts. Turkey hunters should verify that a specific WMA is open for turkey hunting before using that or any other WMA during the 2003 season...
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Harry Franklin Lambert
(Obituary ~ 03/25/03)
Harry Franklin Lambert, 57, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, March 23, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a former employee of Apex Supply, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Fowlkes Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Oakley and the Rev. Robert Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Palestine Cemetery...
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Charles Junior Wiggins
(Obituary ~ 03/25/03)
Charles Junior Wiggins, 72, of Ridgely, died Thursday, March 20, 2003, at his home. He was a retired farmer and attended Phillippy Baptist Church. Services were at 1 p.m. Saturday at Phillippy Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Bramlett officiating. Burial was in Lake Memorial Gardens. Dyersburg Funeral Home in was in charge of arrangements...
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Gary Wayne Wright
(Obituary ~ 03/25/03)
Gary Wayne Wright, 50, of Halls, died Monday, March 24, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-East in Memphis. He was building construction employee. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Dry Hill Cemetery near Halls...
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Bobby T. Mitchell
(Obituary ~ 03/25/03)
Bobby T. Mitchell, 48, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.
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Alden Tatum Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/25/03)
Alden Tatum Sr., 56, of Finley, died Monday, March 24, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Lake County woman recognized
(Community News ~ 03/25/03)
Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board Chairman Jimmy Williamson recognized Crystal Sutton, daughter of David Sutton and Tina Readenour, at a Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board luncheon on March 18. A 2000 graduate of Lake County High School and mother of two, Sutton completed a Board-sponsored work-force readiness program, and is preparing to enter Dyersburg State Community College in the fall, to pursue of a career in meteorology...
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