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Local man returns from Haiti
(Local News ~ 03/12/04)
The family of a Trimble man has been waiting anxiously for the telephone call that confirms he has a seat on an outbound flight from Haiti to the United States. Del Toro, who works as a consultant for a clothing manufacturer based in Port-au-Prince, has virtually been a prisoner inside a protected compound along with seven other families while civil war has raged throughout the country. ...
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Supreme Court refuses Mann appeal for post-conviction relief
(Local News ~ 03/12/04)
Condemned murderer Glen Bernard Mann has had his appeal for post-conviction relief refused by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The state's high court notified Dyer County District Attorney General Phil Bivens this week that Mann's appeal for post conviction relief has been refused, letting stand a decision to deny the appeal by Dyer County Circuit Judge Lee Moore...
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Refuge Temple sponsoring musical
(Community News ~ 03/12/04)
The men's department of Refuge Temple church is sponsoring a musical at 6 p.m. Saturday. "An Evening of Praise" will feature area choirs and soloists. The special guest choir will be from Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Halls, where the Rev. Dennis Chaney is pastor...
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Walkers well on their way to the moon; Walk Across Tennessee participants tally thousands of miles
(Community News ~ 03/12/04)
A total of 504 area residents set out on a journey on Feb. 1. They hoped to "Walk Across Tennessee." They're about halfway through the program now, and they've already racked up enough miles to crisscross the state nearly 32 times, to make four round trips to Hawaii or to cover almost 15 percent of the space between Earth and the Moon...
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Two 19-year-olds charged in 2001 death of sports editor
(Other Sports ~ 03/12/04)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Two high school students beat and strangled mid-Missouri journalist Kent Heitholt to death more than two years ago in a random robbery, the Boone County prosecutor said Thursday. ''There is no indication that the defendants knew Heitholt at the time this occurred,'' said Prosecutor Kevin Crane...
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Choctaws hosting pre-season tournament
(High School Sports ~ 03/12/04)
The Dyer County High School baseball team has been hosting the Sports Plus Rehab Pre-season Tournament this week. Eleven teams from around West Tennessee have been getting ready for the upcoming 2004 baseball season at DCHS with the five-day event. The tournament continues today with Humboldt taking on Halls at 4:30 p.m. then Gibson County at 6:30 p.m. on Field 1. Union City and Ripley begin things on Field 2 at 4:30 p.m. with Obion County and Halls ending the day at 6:30 p.m...
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Grizzlies fighting for playoff position
(Sports Column ~ 03/12/04)
A five-game win streak didn't do it. Playing the defending NBA champions didn't do it. Playing for home-court advantage in the playoffs doesn't seem to be doing. If those three factors can't bring Memphis Grizzlies fans to the Pyramid, then it's hard to imagine what will bring them out...
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Saint Louis 72, No. 23 Memphis 61
(Professional Sports ~ 03/12/04)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Ever so slowly, No. 23 Memphis got its heart broken again. Izik Ohanon led a late 16-2 run that sent Saint Louis to a 72-61 victory over the stunned Tigers in the Conference USA tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night. Saint Louis (18-11) will face Cincinnati in the semifinals, hoping its slog-it-out pace lulls another opponent and takes the Bearcats' crowd out of game. Cincinnati won the regular-season meeting by 25 points on Feb. 25...
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Vanderbilt 70, Mississippi 50
(Professional Sports ~ 03/12/04)
ATLANTA (AP) - Matt Freije isn't ready to celebrate a spot in the NCAA tournament just yet. Vanderbilt solidified its postseason credentials, reaching 20 wins for the first time since 1998 with a 70-50 victory over Mississippi in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament Thursday night...
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No. 1 Saint Joe's upset by unranked Xavier 87-67
(Professional Sports ~ 03/12/04)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Saint Joseph's had its perfect season ruined on the same court it pulled off one of college basketball's biggest upsets 23 years ago. Unranked Xavier shot 71.1 percent from the field and never trailed in ending the Hawks' one-week reign at No. 1 with an 87-67 victory in an Atlantic-10 quarterfinal Thursday...
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Josephine Sigman Flowers
(Obituary ~ 03/12/04)
Josephine Sigman Flowers, 83, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, March 11, 2004 at her residence. She was a photographer's assistant and an artist, a member of Christian Sabbath Assembly, Rachel Circle at First United Methodist Church and McDowell Music Club. ...
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Rev. Temple Samuel Houston
(Obituary ~ 03/12/04)
Rev. Temple Samuel Houston, 86, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at Jackson Regional Hospital. He was a retired Baptist minister and a barber, a U.S. Army veteran, a member of Three Oaks Baptist Chapel and Modern Woodman of the World. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Bill Phipps and Brother Wilson Wally officiating. Burial will be in Terrace Hill Cemetery in Troy...
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Fisk selected to All-Freshman squad
(College Sports ~ 03/12/04)
Lipscomb University guard Brian Fisk was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference's All-Freshman team. The announcement was made last week. Fisk, a graduate of Dyer County High School, was one of the most outstanding players for the Bisons this season with a team-leading 11.5 points per game average, 52 steals, 78 assists and a 41.6 field goal percentage...
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Adult spelling bee on March 29 to again be team event Adult spelling bee on March 29 to again be team event
(Local News ~ 03/12/04)
For the second year the Matthew 25:40 Help-A-Spell adult spelling bee is to be a team event, organizers have announced. The fund-raiser for the social-service agency will welcome teams of up to three members competing to be named the area's top spellers. The entry fee is $100 per team...
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