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Man arrested for attempted murder
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
Dyersburg Police on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the shooting in March of a pregnant woman in the Bruce Community. According to reports from DPD Investigator Billy Williams, who conducted the investigation, Thaddeus Holder, 19, was arrested without incident on Wednesday after a traffic stop was made to the car in which he was a passenger...
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11-digit cell phone calls, long distance charges cause headaches for local callers
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
Though the company denies it, difficulties experienced by some local cell phone users are apparently the result of maneuvering by BellSouth. "The wire line companies are discontinuing the practice of reverse billing," said Meribeth McCarick, a spokesperson for the Federal Communication Commission's Wireless Bureau, by phone from her Washington office. "There's nothing in our local number portability rules that requires this."...
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Area bowlers traveling to Chattanooga for state tournament
(High School Sports ~ 04/25/03)
More than 70 area bowlers will travel across the state to Chattanooga today to compete in a state tenpin tournament. The Dyersburg Area Young American Bowling Alliance (YABA) will be represented by 72 bowlers, ages 7 to 18, at Holiday Bowl in Chattanooga this weekend. The group is based at JC Bel-Air Bowling Lanes on East Court Street...
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Featured performer
(High School Sports ~ 04/25/03)
Dyersburg catcher Cole Shelton has caught more people stealing than Joe Friday. "The word is out," said Dyersburg baseball coach Tom Mathis. "You can't run on Cole Shelton." Shelton has a .948 throw-out percentage, proof of his ability to catch wayward base runners...
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SEC faculty leaders to tackle role of athletics in higher education
(High School Sports ~ 04/25/03)
NASHVILLE --Faculty leaders from all 12 Southeastern Conference schools as well as SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and NCAA President Myles Brand will gather at Vanderbilt University May 1-2 in a historic meeting to focus their attention on the role of academics in intercollegiate athletics...
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Evelyn Anderson Curtis
(Obituary ~ 04/25/03)
Evelyn Anderson Curtis, 82, of Union City, formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Obion County Memorial Gardens in Union with Dr. Williams Sims and the Rev. Drew Henry officiating. White Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Margaret Louanne Jaco
(Obituary ~ 04/25/03)
Margaret Louanne Jaco, 95, Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at Bailey Park Community Living Center in Humboldt. She was a former first-grade teacher in Campaign, she and her husband owned and operated Jaco's Southside Market for many years and was a member of Lighthouse Pentecostal Church...
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Louise McCorkle
(Obituary ~ 04/25/03)
Louise McCorkle, 84, of Halls, died Monday, April 21, 2003 at Oakwood Living Center. She was a domestic worker. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mount Zion Baptist Church Halls with the Rev. Dennis Chaney officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Ira Vernon McDavid
(Obituary ~ 04/25/03)
Ira Vernon McDavid, 79, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, April 24, 2003 at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Care. He was an employee of Velicor Chemical Corporation and a veteran of the United States Navy. Survivors include two nieces and a nephew who cared for him, Betty Pennington of Halls and Patty Peckenpaugh and Vernon Edward Jones, both of Dyersburg...
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Martin Ware
(Obituary ~ 04/25/03)
Martin Ware, 102 of Dyersburg, died today at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Ripley. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.
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Dogwood Festival events are coming
(Community News ~ 04/25/03)
May will soon be here and so will two Dogwood Festival events. The entry deadline for both events is April 28. The Dogwood Festival Four Man Scramble will be held May 2 at The Farms. Lunch will be at noon with shotgun start at 1 p.m. There is no rain date...
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Students cultivate knowledge during Ag Day
(Community News ~ 04/25/03)
About 500 local fifth-graders got a chance Thursday to hold a baby chicken, to pet farm animals and to learn about agriculture. Kelsey Cumberland and Haley Wells, both of Trimble Elementary School, were having so much fun that they began to plot ways to return next year...
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