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Ford says he's confused by apparent change in port management sale
(Local News ~ 03/16/06)
An apparent change in the terms of the sale of U.S. seaport operations by Dubai Ports World has U.S. Rep. Harold Ford confused, he said Wednesday. "If last week we heard the deal [for DPW to operate six U.S. ports] was dead, then why are we learning today there's a four- to six-month window before they're out of the picture," Ford, D-Memphis, said during a statewide teleconference with reporters. ...
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Motorcyclist pulls in front of truck in bypass crash
(Local News ~ 03/16/06)
A Dyersburg man was injured Saturday when he drove his motorcycle onto the Highway 51 Bypass in front of a truck pulling a flatbed trailer. Clarence Ray White Jr., 57, of the 600 block of Christie Street, was driving a 2002 Kawasaki motorcycle when he pulled from Christie Street north onto the bypass, into the path of a 2000 Ford F-350 driven by Ned Bernard, 54, of the 800 block of Central Street. ...
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Family worries buried wastes may be cause of illnesses
(Local News ~ 03/16/06)
Betty and Dan Fowlkes suffered from frequent skin rashes. She also suffered nosebleeds, broken bones, weak muscles, headaches, extreme bouts of diarrhea and more. Many of the couple's dogs died, despite efforts to keep their pets' quarters extra clean...
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Chamber tells board of necessary future for growth
(Local News ~ 03/16/06)
It is a complaint often heard on the streets of Dyersburg -- the city isn't doing enough to recruit new industry. Members of the Dyersburg-Dyer County Chamber of Commerce assured the Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen in a called meeting Tuesday all that can be done is under way. ...
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Prison guard indicted for inmate murder
(Local News ~ 03/16/06)
A former corrections officer at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville was indicted for second-degree murder on Monday for the 2004 death of an inmate from Newbern. Dyersburg Police on Tuesday morning arrested without incident Joshua Lee Adams, 29, at an apartment in the 1400 block of Schaffer Street...
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Investigation into newspaper theft under way
(Local News ~ 03/16/06)
Stealing newspapers is a crime. Over the last several months, copies of the State Gazette have been stolen from racks in Dyersburg and Dyer County, and from the routes and homes delivered by independent contractors. As a result of these crimes, the State Gazette is asking current subscribers to check the independent contractor to whom they write their check or pay cash to for delivery of their State Gazette subscription. ...
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