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Timetable set for Cates Landing port
(Local News ~ 09/09/03)
Environmental studies on the proposed Mississippi River port in Lake County could be completed by March, according to a timetable established Tuesday in Memphis. Representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority and Congressman John Tanner, D-Union City, met Tuesday in Memphis to decide what needs to be done and when it needs to be accomplished...
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Larry Gray
(Obituary ~ 09/09/03)
Larry Gray, 56, of Rutherford, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003 at his residence. He was an employee of Dana-Humboldt Division and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Karnes & Son Funeral Home in Dyer with Brother John Fields officiating. Burial will be in Rutherford Cemetery...
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Alton King
(Obituary ~ 09/09/03)
Alton King, of Yorkville, died today at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Bessie Owens
(Obituary ~ 09/09/03)
Bessie Owens, of Bells, died today at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Dyer County lost its third soccer game of the season
(High School Sports ~ 09/09/03)
Dyer County lost its third soccer game of the season Monday against Crockett County in Newbern. The Lady Choctaws fell in only their second home stand 2-0 to the Lady Cavaliers, despite good goal-tending efforts from Molly Wright.
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Dyersburg Middle ran roughshod over intra-county foe Three Oaks Monday
(High School Sports ~ 09/09/03)
Dyersburg Middle ran roughshod over intra-county foe Three Oaks Monday in a 44-14 ballgame. Trojan Tyler Caldwell, pictured, scored a plethora of the points for DMS. The middle school Trojans remain unbeaten while Three Oaks is winless.
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Thorntons recovering following auto accident
(Local News ~ 09/09/03)
Dr. and Mrs. W.I. Thornton of Dyersburg are making reasonable recoveries from injuries sustained in a traffic accident last week, their son said Monday. "They're coming along fairly well with their recovery," said William Thornton by phone from the intensive care unit at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. "Their doctors say they couldn't be more pleased with their progress."...
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State doubles payments to county for inmates
(Local News ~ 09/09/03)
The Tennessee Department of Corrections this week approved doubling the rate it pays Dyer County for housing state inmates, from $18 to $32 per day. Sheriff Jeff Holt said the figures in 2004 could tally nearly $750,000, or three-quarters of the $1.1 million operating budget for the new jail...
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Jobs cabinet looks for ways to boost industrial development
(Local News ~ 09/09/03)
BROWNSVILLE -- The state can't be successful until all communities have a shot at success, Gov. Phil Bredesen told a group of Haywood County leaders on Monday. To help even the smallest of cities, Bredesen has developed a "jobs cabinet" that is holding a series of roundtable discussions across the state. Monday's meetings in Brownsville and Martin were the second in the "Hands on Tennessee" tour...
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Levee construction work continues at Black Swamp
(Local News ~ 09/09/03)
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency crews were busy at Black Swamp Monday, knocking over trees, burning them and clearing a spot for a new levee. The agency hopes to complete an 860-foot-long 5-foot-tall levee on Black Swamp's western edge in time for the winter duck-hunting season. TWRA plans to flood the forest in hopes of attracting waterfowl...
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Bystanders watch as man is attacked
(Local News ~ 09/09/03)
A Dyersburg man was transported to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis Sunday night after he was repeatedly beat in the head with a large stick by an unknown attacker, all while a group of bystanders watched the incident unfold. Jose Solomon, 39, of 1720 Parr in Dyersburg, was visiting a friend at the Gardner Heights Apartment Complex when the assailant, only identified as a black male, unexpectedly began to attack him with the weapon...
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Finley makes perfect score for cleanliness
(Community News ~ 09/09/03)
Finley Elementary School received a perfect score for the cleanliness of its cafeteria kitchen, the first time this has happened in the history of Dyer County school system, according to a state health official. All school cafeterias and kitchens in the county and city systems are inspected twice a year by the health department. ...
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