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Cable TV rates to rise $3
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
CableONE of Dyersburg will raise its basic cable television rate by $3, probably in February, its manager said Wednesday. "We'll be taking a raise of $3, on our basic" said CableONE manager Jim Duck. "It probably will be effective in February." CableONE announced in 2004 it would not raise rates this year. The 2006 increase will be the company's first fee hike in two years...
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Science teacher wins state, regional awards
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
Rose Lummus has a passion for science, and it shows in her classroom. She's always looking for ways to get her seventh-grade students involved, to engage their curiosity and to help them understand how earth sciences rule their lives. She participates in seminars, workshops and travel opportunities, gathering ideas that she can use both at Dyersburg Middle School and at seminars for fellow science teachers...
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Grandparents charged with looting transplant fund
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
The grandparents of a Dyersburg child in need of a lung transplant were arrested on Tuesday after they were indicted by the Dyer County Grand Jury for emptying the charity set up to assist the family with expenses. Charles Norman Vaughn Sr., 61, and Phyllis Vaughn, 55, of the 700 block of Wendell Ave. in Dyersburg, are each charged with a felony count of theft of more than $10,000...
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Magic coming to Newbern library on Tuesday
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
Friends of the Newbern City Library will host a magic show featuring Terry Scott at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Children of all ages are invited to attend.
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Cotton Villa neighborhood watch meeting set for tonight
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
The Dyersburg Police Department will host a Neighborhood Watch meeting for the residents of the Cotton Villa area at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the former Jennie Bell School at 605 Lewis Street. For more information, contact Lt. Steve Isbell at 288-7635.
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Family first to sign plan to reduce household pollution
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
Everyone has the potential to improve the environment - and the Tennessee Pollution Prevention Partnership wants to recognize those who do take action. The program, commonly referred to as TP3, has a series of membership levels based on pollution-prevention accomplishments...
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Gun incident at Dyersburg school tops agenda of state committee
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
A gun-related incident at a Dyersburg school topped the agenda of a state committee meeting in Nashville Friday to examine the safety of Tennessee public schools. The Select Committee on Children and Youth began what is expected to be a series of meetings examining the current state of security within school environments following a series of recent incidents of violence in Tennessee schools. ...
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Police find missing man dead minutes before search begins
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
Minutes before Dyersburg police began a Friday morning search mission for a man reported missing on Tuesday, the man was found hanging dead in a fencerow about 200 yards from his house. DPD Lt. Steve Isbell said foul play "is definitely not suspected."...
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72 indicted
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
A Dyer County man was indicted Dec. 12 by the Dyer County Grand Jury for rape of a child. Daniel Leon McCaig, of 885 Moore Road, Halls, is accused of sexually penetrating a two-year-old relative on Oct. 11. McCaig also was indicted on a charge of theft of property worth more than $500...
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