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Newbern celebrates Christmas in the Park
(Community News ~ 12/08/04)
Lucile Parker and John Leeper play for the crowd at the Depot
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Pet of the week
(Community News ~ 12/08/04)
Lelu is a sweet 7-8-week-old female lab-mix puppy. She is a quiet, soft, clean puppy who loves attention. She is available for adoption at the Dyersburg-Dyer County Humane Society's animal shelter at 325 Church Ave. S. in Dyersburg. For more information, call the shelter at 285-4889...
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Oakwood's female residents get cozy gift
(Community News ~ 12/08/04)
Female residents of Oakwood Community Living Center will be able to stay warm this winter thanks to a project by the Dyer County Office on Aging. Peggy Jones, DCOA's arts and crafts coordinator, along with DCOA assistant director Deliah Frazier and nutrition coordinator Rosa Gipson, presented the fleece ponchos on Tuesday...
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Right Choices to offer series of parenting classes; hospital employees may register Dec. 16
(Community News ~ 12/08/04)
Parents of teen-agers may get frustrated and think that their children aren't paying attention to anything they say. That isn't so, according to a survey of teen-agers completed in September 2003. Of those interviewed, 88 percent said it would be easier to postpone sexual activity if they were able to have more open, honest conversations with their parents...
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Vehicle death under investigation with THP
(Local News ~ 12/08/04)
A Dyersburg man was fatally injured in a one-vehicle car accident on Saturday near the Millsfield area. David Butler, 53, was driving a 1995 Ford Explorer, traveling north on Bluff Road, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, when he ran off the road into a ditch...
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Judge rejects DUI plea as too lenient
(Local News ~ 12/08/04)
A Newbern man's guilty plea to a drunken driving charge was rejected Tuesday by Dyer County Circuit Judge Lee Moore until certified details of his prior convictions can be secured. Jason Allen Bradford, 32, of 620 Parks St., was prepared to plead guilty under a plea negotiation worked out with District Attorney General Phil Bivens...
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City approves purchases
(Local News ~ 12/08/04)
The city board approved purchases of three trucks totaling about $62,000 for the public works, gas and street departments and a $12,000 upgrade for the restaurant kitchen at the Dyersburg Regional Airport in its meeting on Monday night. Three aging city trucks in poor condition were slated for replacement in the current budget year. They included two 1989 Chevy half-ton pickups, one with a utility body, and a 1996 GMC with utility body that had been driven 235,000 miles...
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City code changed following public hearings
(Local News ~ 12/08/04)
The Dyersburg City Board on Monday night approved a change in the city ordinance that allowed that city employees take over the annual inspection of backflow-prevention devices on water lines and offer the service free of charge. Backflow preventers are required at many businesses to keep contaminated water from reaching the city's potable water system. ...
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Police looking for trio of armed robbers
(Local News ~ 12/08/04)
The Dyersburg Police Department has issued an alert to local citizens to be on the lookout for three men who robbed the Northside Truck Stop at gunpoint on Nov. 3 and took an undetermined amount of cash. The three suspects in the robbery being sought by the police are Michael Wayne King, 30, whose last known address in Dyersburg was on Fuller Street, John Yanders, 36, of Lauderdale County, and Dejuan Griffin, 21, of the St. ...
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Millie Fay Anderson
(Obituary ~ 12/08/04)
Millie Fay Anderson, 73, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Phillips Street Church of God. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Pastor Mitchell Wilson officiating...
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John Dalton Fowler
(Obituary ~ 12/08/04)
John Dalton Fowler, 60, of Ripley, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2004 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. He was an insurance agent and a funeral director for Munford Funeral Home-Millington Chapel and was a Baptist. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Don Prescott officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...
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Minnie Lou Hinson
(Obituary ~ 12/08/04)
Minnie Lou Hinson, 69, of Friendship, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2004 at Jackson Regional Hospital. She was a retired cook for Winfrey Center and was a Baptist. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Crocker officiating. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery...
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Henritta Long Fowlkes
(Obituary ~ 12/08/04)
Henritta Long Fowlkes, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004 at Wesley at Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.
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Trojans shoot past Westview, 60-50
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/04)
The Trojans from Dyersburg High School looked to get back to their winning ways Tuesday night in Martin. After a strong effort the Trojans accomplished what they were after with a solid 60-50 victory against Westview. Westview started the game on fire, breaking the DHS press and scoring baskets. ...
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Lady Chargers get past DHS
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/04)
MARTIN - The Dyersburg High School Lady Trojans looked to run their record to 7-0 on Tuesday night in Martin. There was only one problem: the Westview Lady Chargers were looking to do the same thing. The Lady Trojans fell short on the scoreboard, when all the smoke cleared the final was 78-70...
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